World Ultimate

Artist: The Nonce
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 093624300229
EAN: 0093624300229
ASIN: B000002M8I

Release Date: 1995-02-28

World Ultimate

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Tracks:

On The Air
Keep It On
Bus Stops
The West Is...
Mix Tapes
Testing
World Ultimate
Good To Go
On The Road Again
Hoods Like To Play
J To The I
Eighty Five
Mix Tapes (1926 Sunday Night Remix)

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Everyone knows about L.A. rap's G-Funk, but there's another, less celebrated side to Angeleno rap that's been harboring some of the country's most talented rappers. Rhymers like Ahmad, the Pharcyde, and the now defunct Freestyle Fellowship--dissenting voices to G-Funk's gangsterized clique--have looked back to the east and taken New York's original old school dynamics and freestyle lyrics to new levels of technical proficiency. From this retrominded school of West Coast doggy dog refuseniks comes the debut <I>World Ultimate</I> from the duo the Nonce.

More than any of their South Central cohorts, however, the Nonce get permanently stuck in a New York state of mind. Juggling old school styles with new school production, the pair come closest to A Tribe Called Quest's jazzy hop. And on "World Ultimate," the tight beats are standard Pete Rock while the mic passing harks all the way back to the Treacherous Three. The single "Mix Tapes" is one of the few spots, though, where the Nonce's retro action is inspired rather than unoriginal. A tasty shot of authentic, first-generation rap--with handclaps, scratches, regular cadences, and references to hip-hop culture--the song no doubt pushed the nostalgia buttons of American Records head Rick Rubin, who once produced records like "Mixed Tapes" for Def Jam before he packed up and headed to Burbank. <I>--Roni Sarig</I>

Customer Reviews:

Get Your Hands On This {5 Stars}.......2007-03-20

The Nonce are composed of the duo Nouka Basetype (aka Nouka Base) and Yusef Afloat. World Ultimate was their debut and it was largely ignored despite quite a few dope singles. The first thing that jumped out at me was how much Nouka sounds like Aceyalone. Acey makes a few guest appearances and I couldn't (and still can't) distinguish one from the other. Of course, over the span of time Acey has gotten older so his voice doesn't sound like this anymore. Yusef, on the other hand, has more of a nasal pitch that makes his flow unique yet familiar. The rhymes are of the everyday b-boy ilk which, when done right, can be very, very entertaining. Of course, they do it and do it well on this album. The production is handled entirely by The Nonce. A lot of people compare their sound to A Tribe Called Quest, but I don't hear it. I think their sound was totally their own when they dropped in '95. No disrespect to Tribe, but these guys don't really need name dropping in order to validate their freshness. Just cop the album and pop it in...it'll speak for itself.

I found quite a few things wrong with this album. First of all...... Nah, I'm kidding. This album is perfect. From start to finish you get smoothed out beats of varying tempos and the rhymes are on point. If you're not nodding to this, check your pulse.

World Ultimate is literally the kind of album that you will only see or hear once in a lifetime. This album is so hard to come across that I'm STILL bangin' the promo copy because I don't want to open the original issue. Amazon has a few copies online and I think $15 is a steal for this joint. With Yusef leaving us on May 21, 2000, you will never ever hear anymore fresh Nonce material outside of what's already out. That, along with the fact that the album is so dope, makes World Ultimate, as well as their other releases, a must have for your music library. Nouka Base (who now operates under the name Sach -- from Project Blowed family) once said that he had over 40 tracks of unreleased material that he was going to put out along with a reissue of this album in CD and vinyl format, but that was a minute ago. Don't hold your breath, just grab this one while you can.

Standout Tracks: Mix Tapes - 1926 Sunday Night Remix, J To The I (My Favorite), On The Road Again feat. Figures Of Speech, Eighty Five, Bus Stops feat. Aceyalone, On The Air, Mix Tapes, and Good To Go

R.I.P. Yusef Afloat Muhammad

SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN MORE LOVE.......2007-02-02

this album is a masterpiece in itself. i love everything that is on here. my faves are MIX TAPES, BUS STOPS, KEEP IT ON, THE WEST IS........, the title cut, ON THE ROAD AGAIN, HOODS LIKE TO PLAY (lovely use of OODLES OD O'S by de la soul here), and GOOD TO GO (nice use of the epmd STRICTLY BUSINESS lyric here). if you can find it out there in some crate, then get it. the best bet though would be to get it here. for me, this was the only place i could find it again (had the tape). i feel that more west coast acts like this (freestyle fellowship, aceyalone, madkap, the pharcyde) should have gotten more credit as well.

classic masterpiece.......2005-06-11

I love this album. Great jazzy production that isn't too soft. Perfect flows to complement the beats. Very complete and well put-together with highlights including "Mixtapes" (and its remix), "On The Road" and "Bus Stops"

Ultimately.......2005-06-04

The Nonce consist of two, Nouka Basetype & Yusef Afloat, on their debut hailing from Los Angeles. Nothing what you'd expect from a West Coast group as they produced the entire album with a jazz, hip-hop, commercial appeal tracks. As they describe the scene to find the most of the opposite sex, at the "Bus Stops" over an almost jazz slow groove. The highlight of World Ultimate is "Mix Tapes", as Nouka sing the hook, "...I used to sell mix tapes, but now I'mma emcee, I got the rhymes and beats, I used to rock them tapes..." It good to hear someone represent L.A. from a different light. They flex their production skills on the mainstream instrumental interludes "Testing" and "Eighty Five". "...the mellow / the fellow / the one that likes to say hello / to a fly girl that's good to go...", and this is the feel of "Good To Go". The roughest of them all, "Hoods Like To Play" as the two made a killing without the gun play. There are only a couple fillers that keep this from being called ultimate classic, but it's a good album with original tunes or Killafornia's bounce (with the exception of "Mix Tapes - 1926 Sunday Night Remix" that contains a sample.

WEST COAST MASTERPIECE.......2005-04-07

CLASSIC
LYRICS --------- 9/10
PRODUCTION COURTESY OF THE NONCE ---------- 10/10
THEME --------- 10/10
ALBUM COVER ---------- 8/10
CONCEPT ---------- 10/10
STANDOUT TRACKS ---------- ALL TRACKS
OVERALL ----------- PURE HIP HOP NON STOP.

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