The album marked a change in the groups sound and direction as it was their first release not to be produced in collaboration with prince paul. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Actually i think this album is why 2pac dissed them. 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. First serveis a pleasant record with a retro flavor from one of the genr. I tried to flip stakes is high, but change the time signature from 44 to a 68. I gets down like brothers are found ducking from bullets. The instamatic focal point bringing damage to your boroughs. 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.
Defy the odds and surpass the doubts by rocking this stakes is high tshirt for all the right hiphop occasions. Stakes is high was mainly produced by the group themselves with additional tracks provided by jay dee, dj ogee, spearhead x and skeff anslem. The singles collection is an excellent alternate look at one of alternative raps finest crews. Add to cart defy the odds and surpass the doubts by rocking this stakes is high tshirt for all the right hiphop occasions. As with nearly every other rhino compilation to hit the shelves, its presented. I know some might jump out of their seats at a comment like that and no disrespect to tribe, the roots and the long line of formidable groups that have helped build the cultur but there is. A singles collection from the authors of hiphops greatest fulllength. They are best known for their eclectic sampling and quirky, surreal lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz hop subgenre. Stakes is high could have had a drummer, the beats sound that alive. The members are kelvin mercer posdnuos, mercenary, plug wonder. 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 respective. The instamatic focal point bringing damage to your boroughs be some brothers from the east with some beats that be thorough got the solar gr.
A departure from the sonic identity of previous long play offerings, the album addresses social issues and the changing state of hip hop in 96 over production from the likes of the late great jay dee and atcq collaborator skeff anselm among. Be some brothers from the east with some beats that be thorough. The three formed the group in high school and caught the attention of producer. So i flipped the ahmad jamal swahililand i hope you all dig tbg. Although the trio still consisted of posdnuos, trugoy the dove, and maseo, and they were still signed to tommy boy records, there were some marked differences between this effort and their other releases. The instamatic focal point bringing damage to your boroughs be some brothers from the east with some beats that be thorough got the s.
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