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From Mike
Here
is my top 5, I was disappointed to see none were in your top 5
5)Nas - Nas is like
4) Jurassic five - Concrete Schoolyard
3) B.I.G. - Dead Wrong
2) Wu Tang Clan - triumph
1) 2pac - Changes
I think they should at least be upgraded (examples : Triumph was
#34, dead wrong was # 25, Changes was #6 and my other, two werent
even on your list)
Just my opinion
Thanks
The list of the Top 5 song are of course,
just our opinion. While it's not an interactive feature (IE - we
argue it amongst ourselves then post it) your top 5 will appear
in the Mail Bag. It's hard to meld the
likes and tastes of three people when you do the Top
50 List. Some of my favorites got left out in the cold as well,
but that's the nature of the beast. Thanks for checking out the
site and for writing in.
Great H.
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From KaryTri
Hey man I like bizzy bone a lot and how can I get a copy of
Hell'z Movie? I need this
CD it seems tight as hell
There are countless variations on the Hell'z Movie LP. Most seem
to contain roughly the same tracks. I purchased mine on Ebay for
$15. There are also sites that sell these underground type releases,
although they can get a bit pricey.
A word of warning - most
all the CD's that are being auctioned on Ebay are CD-R's. That is,
bootleg copies of the CD. If this phenomenon pisses you off, you
should write to the person running the auction and verify what you're
buying before you buy it. Since it's technically illegal to auction
these on Ebay, most sellers are very reluctant to say if it is a
CD-R. Also, check the track list to make sure you're getting one
with the most tracks. Hell'z Movie is great for the Bizzy fan flat
out. No true fan should be without it.
Thanks for writing in
and for checking out the site!
Great H.
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From Brant
Your
review of xzibit's 'restless'brings
up some valid points (aren't we all a little tired of hearing
what eminem thinks about his fans, ICP, and boy bands); overall
though, it seems to indicate that you aren't too familiar with
his past work. I can't agree with you that 'X needs to explore
himself a little more'- he knows exactly who he is, and I think
it's summed up nicely on both of his earlier albums. X has clearly
been taken under the wing of Dre's camp, and he is holding back.
And for once, I think Dre has done some damage to an artists sound--
40 dayz and 40 nightz has such a distinct sound that really seemed
to mesh with X. This stuff seems to trivialize him, make him sound
like more of an actor, a quality that doesn't do him any favors.
I agree with you
on the sub-average quality of the album, just not the reasoning
behind it. It seems clear to me that the 'dysfunctional member
of the alkaholik family tree' is holding back in fear of alienating
himself from a larger fan base. It's too bad-- he's following
the k.i.s.s. tactic : Keep It Simple Stupid.
Xzibit, and tha
alkaholiks (or whatever they are calling themselves this time
out) seemed to stand out because they were successfully able to
merge not just east and west coast beats, but combining the style
of west coast, with some of the loftier types of east coast lyrical
substance. It's a shame, cause Xzibit obviously doesn't need to
convince any body that he's a 'hard core rapper', but he does
so anyway, at the expense of being a good rapper. In fact, he
seems to do his best with KRS-one looking over his shoulder; I
guess any rapper would be nervous about quality content with that
guy lurking around.
Anyway, you guys
have a good site, and I dig a lot of your reviews. It's nice.
P.S. 'Restless''
testimonial intro track is quite possibly the lamest thing I've
ever heard.
First off thanks for writing in and the positive comments!
Now, to my response:
While I plead guilty
to not having heard the previous albums, those can't play a role
in the review of Restless. (I will eventually get to them as I move
through The Abbot's 'CD graveyard' [ed note: half of The Abbots
CD collection is on loan to him]). Each album must be viewed
in a completely independent light. When you get into comparison
and pulling stuff out of past work it can cloud the issue a bit.
That said, I do treat Xzbit like brand new artist in the review
and this is probably a mistake.
Not being a big Xzibit
fan, I can't say one way or another whether Dre has damaged him.
I will say that he does appear to be trying too hard. He seems like
the little brother along for the ride. He's saying the same things
but you kind of cringe a bit when he does, because he's doing something
wrong. I don't know what it is, maybe he appears to be a little
too excited about hanging out with Snoop and Dre.
You bring up interesting
points and I look forward to checking out the other Xzibit albums.
Thanks again for writing, and for visiting the site.
Also, is anyone else
sick of the stupid spellings of words rappers come up with? Is there
something really thuggish and ruggish about illiteracy or what?
It's hard to convince someone that a rapper calling himself an 'alkaholic',
a 'ryder', or 'Krayzie' is a serious artist. Why not just break
down and spell the words right, would that be giving in to the man
or what?
Great H.
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From Javier Moreno
Hello,
Recently I was browsing through websites, reading up on my new
favorite album, Until The End
of Time, by the greatest rapper of all time, 2pac.
Coming upon your
recent review, I have one thing to tell you: you are a fucking
idiot. Actually I do not know who to blame here: YOU for not knowing
what you are talking about and thinking you do, or your Employer
for letting a moron like you give an opinion on something you
know shit about.
I guess you have
listened to the album, probably only once though. If you had indeed
paid attention to the lyrics and really gotten them, you sure
would have liked more than seven of the tracks. I myself like
all of them, and many other real rap lovers will agree. Perhaps
you should put more research and effort into your reviews. As
you stated, "In one particularly funny incident 2Pac demands
that BIG be sent to the Jenny Craig fat farm." Okay, you
stupid motherfucker had you known what you were talking about,
or even listened to the song, your uneducated (I'm guesing white)
ass would know that Pac was NOT talking to Biggie Smalls, but
Wendy Williams. Wendy Williams is a female, thus the line "...I
know your pussy stinks..."
Also, you try to
criticize the new album and 2pac himself "for stealing hits
from the 80's like Puffy." Okay, here again you prove yourself
to be an idiot. This album was made AFTER 2pac's tragic death,
not before. 2pac did not have any input on the production or beats.
He is dead. Think about it. As your posted "favorite line"
you even fucked that up. You tried to quote a line from "Until
The End of Time" but fucked that up too. Get a clue. And
as for the "Afeni Shakur being back on crack" remark,
I won't even go there. If you are going to talk shit, at least
post your picture and name, you bitch ass. I will be reading your
future reviews to see if you take my advice. Get a clue, educate
yourself, and actually know what you're talking about before you
speak on something you are supposedly an "expert" on.
Go ahead and review whatever else you want, but know that your
words mean shit.
Javier Moreno
troublesome_javier@yahoo.com
Another very similar
message from FB2boy
I think your reviews
fucking suck. Tupac's new album until the end of time is off the
fucking hook and you dissing pac all because u dont understand
his shit. Just tell everyone that your to fucking stupid to understand
it dont diss it. Pac is the greatest rapper ever and you listen
to any of his music you should know his lyrics are the realist
ever wrote. He is the realest rapper there will ever be know one
can ever reach the level pac was at. Oh yeah he aint dead neither.
On
one hand, I'll admit that you caught me in ignoranceville. That
was a flat out dumb move that I knew would come back on me. [ed.
note: He is referring to the quotation that sited 2Pac sending BIG
to Jenny Craig and not Wendy Williams] I made a guess and came
up wrong. I'll change the review and credit you. I'll give credit
where it's due and you got me. [ed. note: see
the review for the corrections and the credit given to Mr. Moreno]
Then, there's the other hand. I think this 2Pac cult is out
of control. I can tell you are not capable of judging a Pac record
without bias because of your fanatical devotion to this clearly
mediocre record and your "troublesome" email address.
While 2Pac was a great rapper, one of the tops, he was human. 2Pac
songs are not all good. This is a fact that we are all going to
have to deal with. When you say you like all the songs you are lying.
Are you telling me you just slip this in and let it fly? Come on!
Nobody does that. There are about 4 CD's in the world you can do
that with, and this doesn't come close! This CD is closer to 2Pac
with Outlawz than it is to 2Pacalypse Now or All Eyez on Me.
I am not a huge 2Pac fan, and I'm sorry that brings you to racist
and unreasonable levels. Perhaps I mistyped the quote, but it was
taken from the CD jacket where it's quoted. I don't care about these
small mistakes. They don't detract from the meaning and they're
actually all over the site if you look closely. Since we are all
full time students with part time jobs, the site is clearly secondary.
While it's not terribly professional to have mistakes, we're working
on it. Let me know when your site comes online and I'll come check
it out.
I stand by my remarks
about this merciless milking of 2pac. By using recycled stuff (Breathin
appears on Bizzy Bone's Hell'z Movie) and wringing every last scrap
of 2pac out of the archives his legacy is being dimmed. For every
fanatic like you, there are 10 normal rap fans that think the CD
is average. I don't rightly know whether it's Afeni Shakur or Death
Row who is milking the legacy, but someone is doing it. In addition,
while you try and call me out for not 'feeling' his lyrics I gave
him high marks for lyrics.
I take your point about
the "hits from the 80s". I know he's dead. I know he had
no role, but I have to wonder why they can't make a chorus for the
songs. I don't know one way or another whether he did the hits from
the 80s or not. All I know is that it is getting tiresome. In the
end, I have to rate whether I like what the artist is doing. If
albums are being put out under his name, someone has to be to blame
for 3rd rate songs. Unfortunately, the songs as a whole just don't
do it for me. Ultimately, that's what our site is about. I love
it that you disagree with me. I like that you called me out on the
mistake. I deserved it, flat out. That was a ridiculous move on
my part. However, my opinion on this painfully long 2Pac effort
is that it was not a blockbuster album. Five is an average score.
I'm glad you'll be coming
back to the site, and I'm glad that our homemade site [ed. note:
we are a notfor profit site] made you think I had an employer.
Please keep the feedback coming. Perhaps you might want to read
my 2Pac and Outlawz review and see
what you think of that. I will be writing an editorial very soon
about the "brilliance" of 2Pac. Lately, I have stepped
into some old school classic rap and am seriously reevaluating what
meaningful rap is. People really seem focused on the 2 out of 15
songs 2Pac does that are positive. Most of his songs may as well
be No Limit Records, because he's just being a hardass. The only
difference is that he does it a little better.
Anyway, Have a good day
- and take some advice:
(1) don't take everyone
on the web for experts
(2) don't take
everything so seriously.
Dan
Dalrymple
AKA The
Great Hart.
 In
response to Mr. Moreno
comments on the Great Hart's review
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A couple of messages
from Mutny
I'd just like to
know how you can diss this album so relentlessly. Ok,
so it's not as good as '36 Chambers' but its definitely the
best cut by the Wu since. And another thing, how can you rate
'Release Yo' Delf' over 'Bring the Pain'? Answer me that!
Sorry to bother
you again but your reviews are really starting to get me pissed.
Nas's first album is blatantly one
of the finest albums ever made. The melting pot of production
styles and sheer exuberance of Nas on the mic just shows how poor
his recent work is. From 'Halftime' and 'NY State of Mind' to
'It Aint Hard to Tell' the production is second to none. The producers
on this album are practically a 'Dream Team' with the likes of
DJ Premier, Large Professor, Pete Rock and Q-Tip. I'd love to
hear what you have to say in defense of your review.
First off I would like to thank you for taking the time to visit
our site and for taking the time to think about our point of view.
We appreciate that.
As for Tical, I really
don't like Method Man as a rapper. He is sloppy and if you pay attention
well enough you will find that he doesn't flow with his beats. I
just felt, like I did with illmatic
that the overall sound is very drab and dull. He also has zero meaningful
lines in the entire album, which in my opinion restricts the album
from being legendary.
As for Illmatic,
it too is dull, and boring. Nas is not a great rapper, he just has
great lyrical talent. But I didn't find to many lines that were
mind-blowing brilliant. The beats are simple and there few meaningful
lyrics, and these are big selling points for me. It also should
be noted that I'm not a huge fan of the New York sound, I feel its
dumbed down, unimaginative, and Tical and Illmatic are two perfect
examples of that.
That's just my opinion
and thanks for giving us yours. [ed note: See Above for further
explination by SJ]
Sloppy Joe
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From Mclennan
I liked your review on Born Again
by Biggie. Well done. And as for "Dead Wrong" as
one of your all time faves, it goes for me too. The lyrics were
so tight,tough and brilliant.
I really like Eminems verse it was him at his best if I say
so myself.
Thanks for the kind words and for writing in. Here's another portion
I love from Dead Wrong:
"Beat
you to a seizure
then fuck your moms, hit the skins to amnesia.
She don't remember shit,
just the 2 hits.
Her hittin the floor, me hittin the clits!
Suckin' on the tits,
got the
hooker beggin for the dick!"
Biggie really plays to
his strength here - morally disturbing criminal acts. Jesus, lay
off the Notorious.
Thanks for writing,
keep checking for us at 10rc - we're just getting this started.
Great H.
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