Re: The GD Music Archive
Hip-Hop
Aesop Rock - Labor Days
Second full length release offering a bleak reflection of consumerism and its connection with working class culture, Labor Days ably demonstrates Aesop Rock's unique delivery and progressive beats. Sample Daylight, Battery and 9-5ers Anthem.
Dangerdoom - The Mouse & The Mask
Collaboration between DJ Danger Mouse, who rose to prominence for The Grey Album, a remix of Jay-Z's Black Album with The Beatles' White Album, and underground legend MF Doom. Doom's laid back flow and Danger Mouse's innovative beat are sure to nod your head, and make The Mouse & The Mask an entirely enjoyable shot at "urban culture" and the characters (both real and fictional) that inhabit it. Inspired by Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, particularly Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Sample Sofa King, Old School Rules and Space Hos.
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
The original landmark in alternative hip-hop, this 1989 debut responded to the embryonic gangsta rap of the time with a style that saw them branded "hippies" for not being bone-headed sociopaths. The child-like positivism is infectious though and it won't take long to 'get into' tracks like The Magic Number, DAISY Age and Jenifa Taught Me.
Last edited by Ephor; 22 Apr 2006 at 23:14.
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