On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, Greg Clow wrote:
quoted 7 lines OnEarlierThisMorning:> > OnEarlierThisMorning:
> > Puff Daddy - =No Way Out= (you gotta admit it, the man knows hooks; anyway,
> > most of hip-hop nowadays is a big cash-in [e.g. Master P.])
>
> Well I gotta admit that I've seriously lost touch with rap/hip-hop in the
> last 5 or 6 years - haven't bought a disc in the genre since the second
> Cypress Hill
It's been slow. Most of the Wu-Tang Clan and associated projects (Method
Man, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Chef Raekwon, Genius/GZA) are well-worth checking
out. Most of the tracks are produced by The RZA. I didn't like
Ghostface's album as much. Also there's Killarmy, with tracks produced
mainly by 4th Disciple (RZA protege it would appear). DJ Muggs' (Cypress
Hill) solo/comp project was a step forward. Dr. Octagon, on the Mo'Wax /
insane-abstract-scientific tip, is quite good if a little hit-and-miss
(produced by The Automator). I was impressed by Hyaenas in the Desert,
too, on Chuck D's label.
--Mark