I strongly recommend this, and my final word on this is that it combines classic hiphop lyricism with easy listening, meaning that whether youre in it for. With its colorful, neopsychedelic collage of samples and styles, plus the long island trios lowkey, clever rhymes and goofy humor, the album sounded like nothing else in hiphop. Over 70 minutes of remastering music drawn from the trios tommy boy catalog. The members are kelvin mercer posdnuos, mercenary, plug wonder why, plug one, david. The members are kelvin mercer posdnuos, mercenary, plug wonder. And and bass up the track a little bit cause im i wanna hear that woom sssch woom, knowhatimsayin. The three formed the group in high school and caught the attention of producer. Where most of their contemporaries drew directly from oldschool rap, funk, or public. Gold era native tongues by spittzwell, released 24 february 2019 1. First serveis a pleasant record with a retro flavor from one of the genr. Da inna sound, yall philosophy on their brilliant and weird debut, three feet high and rising making them the firstand probably onlyhiphop act to appropriate a johnny cash song for their album title. They are best known for their eclectic sampling and quirky, surreal lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz hop subgenre. Common discover this songs samples, covers and remixes on whosampled. Pete rock j dilla a tribe called quest the roots common qtip.
Were in the library of congress, but were not on itunes, mr. A year later, the group created a free download of all their early albums and. Released on the same day as nas alterego epic it was written and sandwiched between albums like jayzs reasonable doubt and outkasts atliens, its very possible that stakes is high didnt get its rightful burn in. Listen to both tracks on whosampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes. Tommy boy copyright disclaimer under section 107 of the. Listen to both songs on whosampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes.
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