Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1

Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1 Artist: The Brand New Heavies
Label: Delicious Vinyl
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio Cassette


UPC: 610447180748
EAN: 0610447180748
ASIN: B000006C7L


Release Date: 1998-04-28

Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1


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Tracks:

  1. Bonafied Funk - The Brand New Heavies, Main Source
  2. It's Gettin' Hectic - The Brand New Heavies, Gang Starr
  3. Who Makes the Loot? - The Brand New Heavies, Grand Puba
  4. Wake Me When I'm Dead - The Brand New Heavies, Masta Ace
  5. Jump N' Move - The Brand New Heavies, Jamal-Ski
  6. Death Threat - The Brand New Heavies, Kool G Rap
  7. State of Yo - Black Sheep, The Brand New Heavies
  8. Do Whatta I Gotta Do - The Brand New Heavies,
  9. Whatgabouthat - The Brand New Heavies,
  10. Soul Flower - The Brand New Heavies, The Pharcyde

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On this record, the Brand New Heavies play their funky, jazzy British soul behind some of the finest MCs of the early '90s. Sadly, only Gang Starr survived the next few years as a viable allstar, but these tracks document a golden age of hip-hop writing. Gang Starr's Guru declaims; Brand Nubian's Grand Puba is laid-back and playful; Masta Ace is agile and crisp. A shimmery, techno-edged guitar riff brightens Kool G. Rap's street-real "Death Threat," while Black Sheep play verbal Three Stooges on "State of Yo" and Pharcyde get all Little Rascals on the comic "Soul Flower." As Puba says: "The bass player's real, and the drummer's real/It ain't just a simple loop so don't get souped." <I>--Suzanne McElfresh</I>

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Who Makes The Loot?.......2000-11-28

Grand Puba. Also, Kool G Rap ( yes, he can curse up a storm even against a semi-funky live beat), Ed OG, Black Sheep and even Masta Ace (the track, with its KRS 1 sample, grows on ya).

Jamalski and Tiger come off, unfortunately, like those annoying drunk guys at a dope house party who pin you against the wall and breath their stinky breathe in your face, while talking a whole lotta nothing. Fast forward past their booty tracks, please.

The fratrockish, Brit-funk beats, honestly, are nothing to write home about, but the novelty of a live band mixing it up with some real-life hip hop cats is enough to make this a must-have CD for your hip hop collection.

5 out of 5 stars A little known gem.......2000-02-18

One of my favorite albums. I've played it so many times and it only gets better. Interested sounding rappers [not like Mace] rap over some fantastically simple funky riffs. Just try to be depressed listening to the Pharcyde with 'Soulflower' and you'll be dancing round you're house by the end of it. Anyone with even a remote like of Hip Hop or funk MUST by this album, because there isn't a chance of a sane person regretting it.

5 out of 5 stars This CD grooves! -- don't let EXPLICIT scare you away!.......1999-06-30

I have listened to this CD very often for the last 6 years. One of my all time favorites. Good for those who aren't sure they like rap -- a jazzy background, and smooth (but edgy) lyrics and rhythm.

5 out of 5 stars Classic mix of funk and hip-hop.......1999-04-01

This CD is still one of my all-time favourites. There's something about the (still rare) mix of live instrumentation and rap that really blows up the funk. The whole is more than the sum of the parts. And how did they talk that hype lineup of MCs into the studio anyway? There's something magical about the whole project, and you can hear it in EVERY track.

If you can't remember what it was about Gangsta, 'Death Threat' has stood the test of time as an evil classic: "Bodies are thrown off boats, and doin' dead-man floats, Straight down the river, with a bullet inside his muthaf**kin' liver". Compare 'Soul Flower' to the mix on 'Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde' to hear what the Heavies bring to the table.

Holds its own with the best of The Roots and Digable Planets.

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