What`s good? What`s lovely?? What`s happenin` y`all??? I hope Life`s been treatin` you well! Today I`m going to be dustin` off a good ol` 12 inch single from the East Bay Gangsta himself, Spice 1. This joint was released thru Jive Records back in 1993 to help promote his second album titled "187 He Wrote". So on this "Dumpin` `Em In Ditches" single you get a total of 5 tracks. The first 4 joints are produced by CMT & E-A-Ski, while the last song on this single "Smok`Em Like A Blunt" was done by Too $hort while Ant Banks mixed it down...
The first track on this 12 inch is the Street/Album Version of "Dumpin` `Em In Ditches", a great song in my opinion. CMT & E-A-Ski supplied Spice with a great backdrop for him to flex that hard gangsta ish that he`s well known for spittin`, they even somehow managed to make the sleigh bells work. The second joint on this single is the Extended Version & it shares the same beat as the Street/Album Version. What`s DoPe about it however is that it`s more of a Clean/Radio Version of the song, but Spice 1 actually took some extra time to redo the lyrics without any cussin` or lame censored edits. He definitely gets some extra props from me for spendin` that time on the song because I really hate when the artists get lazy & choose to leave the song as~is & just have it lamely censored. Then again it may not be the artists themselves that make that choice, the record labels are more than likely behind it. Either way tho, I dig it! I mean if you can still give a song that hard gangsta edge without having any cussin` on it, you`re definitely a talented emcee...
The third song on here is the Video Version which is essentially the same as the previous track without the extended instrumentation. Following that is the Instrumental, for those wondering it has the clean hook on it instead of the album`s dirty version. The final joint on this 12 inch single is the Too $hort produced "Smok`Em Like A Blunt". Honestly it`s far from some mind blowin` lyrical masterpiece, but I do dig the Reggae vibe that it has. It`s the same version that appears on the "187 He Wrote" album if you were wondering. So there ya have it, enjoy the tunes...
Another joint from one of the "newly" found external hard-drives; King Sun`s "Mr. Policeman" produced by Jazzy Jay. This song was originally recorded for the "Who`s The Man?" soundtrack back in 1993, but ended up going unreleased instead. The reason? Who knows really, but I can only guess that it was probably due to all the "Cop Killer" music controversy that was taking place at the time. The label releasing the soundtrack probably didn`t want to get caught up in all the backlash. So in an effort to skip the headache they just simply chose to omit the song altogether, but that`s just my lil` theory on it. BiG uPs must go out to Nobs, the one who originally shared this tape with the masses! Much appreciated BiG homie!! With this tape rip you get the song & instrumental, obviously due to the source the sound quality is far from HD. It is what it is though, I`d rather have the chance to hear the song than not at all. So check it out & enjoy...
“Return Of The Boom Bap”……Ahhhhhhhh mannnnnn! What should I say
about this album? Aside from the fact that it’s still my favorite KRS-One album
to this day? Aside from the fact that I still have the cassette over at my
parents’ crib? Copped it thru one of those music clubs back in the day; you
know Columbia House, BMG music, etc. I actually gotta BiG uP those music clubs
because I was able to experience a whole lot of Hip Hop thru the memberships
that I had with ‘em when I was 13 & didn’t have a large grip of dough to
spend. Copped plenty of albums at reasonable prices, cassettes at first because
I hadn’t yet moved onto CDs until a bit later in the game. The only thing that
I wasn’t a fan of was when ya had to buy the required amount of CDs or tapes at
their full price because their prices were quite high especially with their
shipping costs, but that’s another story for another day. So anyway that’s how
I was able to get my hands on the “Return
Of The Boom Bap” tape amongst many others & once I slapped that tape
into my Sony Walkman I played the hell out of it thru~out my high school years!
I was feeling a little nostalgic a few weeks ago so I actually dug out the album
from one of my many boxes of CDs & decided to dust it off. While giving it
a listen thru that’s when I got to wondering why hasn’t this album been
re~released with some bonus cuts? It’s definitely worthy of such a release, so
I said fuck it & decided that I’d put together one of my web~famous HeRBaN DeLuXe VeRSioNs & this here
is what I came up with…
Originally this great gem of an album was released in 1993 thru Jive
& it included 14 tracks in total, with production handled by the likes of
DJ Premier (6 tracks), Norty Cotto (1 track), Kid Capri (2 tracks), Showbiz (1
track) & even KRS-One (5 tracks) himself. So at just under 56 minutes in
length, it left me enough room to add another 6 tracks to complete this HeRBaN DeLuXe VeRSioN (I`m Old School so
I try to keep these H.D.V`s under 80
minutes so they can still fit onto a CD if one so chooses to burn it onto a
disc). The first song that I decided to add is “Hip Hop vs. Rap”, a tune that in all honesty should`ve been on
the retail release of “Return Of The
Boom Bap” anyway. The next selection was a no~brainer really, “Outta Here [Original Demo Version]”,
definitely worth the listen for the Mr. Magic DiSS alone. It was kind of hard
to find a track to follow that almost lost piece of Hip Hop history, but I
think I made the right choice with “Sound
Of Da Police [Rmx]”. After that I hit the 12 inch singles for “Return Of The Boom Bap [Iron Lion Rmx]”
& “Mortal Thought [Kenny Parker
Rmx]” respectively. “Hip Hop
vs. Rap [Spinbad Blend]” closes out the album very nicely. Now for some
reason unbeknownst to any true Hip Hop head you haven`t heard this album
before, let me break down exactly what you`re in for…
“KRS-One Attacks” opens up things & gives the
listeners a glimpse of what to expect. KRS doesn`t actually spit anything on
this, it serves as more of an intro. The way DJ Premier cuts the various
KRS-One samples to create it is simply awesome. “Outta Here”, which I believe was the album’s first single, was
produced by DJ Premier. Over the simplistic, but very hard beat KRS-One kicks
some tales of Hip Hop History as only the teacha could. What’s DoPe about it is
how he does it in such a way that it`s pretty much first~person perspective
because…well, he was a crucial part of the history & it`s kind of awesome
to see things from that side of the fence. The self~produced “Black Cop”, which was previously
released on the “CB4 Soundtrack”,
rocks a simple yet effective enough loop for KRS to get his points across. DJ
Premier shows up once again to handle the production on “Mortal Thought” & provides a nice jazzy backdrop for
KRS-One to flex his lyrical braggadocio mic rockin’ rhymes over…
The KRS/Premier collaborating continues, but this time they both handle
the production on “I Can’t Wake Up”.
This song could be taken 2 ways; a lot of folks take it as an anti~Weed smokin’
tune, but I think that it should be interpreted as a dream that KRS-One
probably had after indulging in a few blunts himself. I mean c’mon, he’s a
blunt being passed around & smoked by a who’s~who of Hip Hop (at the time).
Either way you take it though, it’s a good concept record worth the listen so
don’t sleep! “Slap Them Up”
features a little uncredited intro by DJ Premier & some uncredited raps
from Ill Will. The beat was produced by Latin House producer Norty Cotto &
co-produced by Douglas Jones. To be honest I`m not really familiar with either
one of these producers, but they sure gave KRS a nice backin` for his rhyme
flexin`. Now the Showbiz produced “Sound
Of Da Police” should need no introduction, I mean c’mon it’s featured
in the 2016 animated “The Angry Birds
Movie” for cryin’ out loud. My son was singing the hook of this tune at
4 years old because of said movie….LoL, both Showbiz & KRS must`ve seen
some nice residuals off that song placement, anyway this was the album`s second
single. The head~nodding beat & catchy chorus will definitely hook your ear,
but it’s the lyrics that you really need to hear. I’d quote some, but honestly
you truly need to hear them over the beat to do `em justice. Trust me you won’t
be disappointed at all!!!
“Mad Crew” is a self-produced joint that’s sure to get ya`
head noddin’, Boom Bapp`N Hip Hop indeed. The simplistic beatboxin’ backdrop on
“Uh Oh” is almost the perfect backing
for KRS’s reggae~vibed storytelling, another self-produced joint. “Brown Skin Woman” is the
Blastmaster’s ode to well just that, Kid Capri provided the smooth production
on this one. “Return Of The Boom Bap”
is another joint that KRS-One produced himself. Some folks out there may
remember hearing the DJ Premier produced “P
Is Still Free” while they were listening to the “Menace II Society Soundtrack”, which was also released in
1993. Something interesting to note; if you actually take a look at that
tracklist the song’s credited to Boogie Down Productions. So does that make it
the last official BDP song? Or did someone at Jive just fuck up?? Someone out
there on the Internet knows, feel free to school me…
Kid Capri takes on double duties on the Jazzy~vibed “Stop Frontin`” as producer &
guest emcee, he handles both very well I`d have to say. “Higher Level” is some great funkdafied spiritual Hip Hop, produced
by DJ Premier. This song is the closer on the original album release &
honestly I have to say that it’s a great way to end such an awesome album.
Still as a KRS fan I can’t lie, I was always just a little disappointed in the
fact that “Hip Hop vs. Rap”,
the B-Side of the album`s first single, was never included as part of the album.
So naturally that was my first choice when it came to the songs that I chose to
add to this HeRBaN DeLuXe VeRSioN.
The song’s produced by both KRS-One & Kenny Parker, definitely something
you just need to hear on your own, my words probably wouldn’t do it enough
justice…
Next in the added bonus joints is the “Outta Here [Original Demo Version]”. Unfortunately the sound
quality isn’t that great, sounds like a cassette rip & the song itself
sounds like it was dubbed from a radio show. So maybe it’s not actually a demo,
but an alternate radio version, because the song is censored, has the same beat
pretty much, but it also contains a few Mister Magic DiSSeS that don’t appear
on the retail album version of the same song. I’m not sure of the source of the
file so I couldn’t tell you, either way though it’s definitely something worth
listening to just for the historic value of it. The “Sound Of Da Police [Rmx]” comes with a nice thumpin` beat that
Kenny Parker produced, it’s DoPe but I’m still kind of partial to the way
Showbiz rocked the original album version myself. Regardless it’s a great song
& that’s why I added it…
The “Return Of The Boom Bap
[Iron Lion Rmx]” comes from the 12 inch single released in 1994 &
features Mad Lion. It has a nice Reggae vibe to it & I believe that Mad
Lion was the one to produce the track, couldn’t find any production credit on
the track so feel free to school me if I’m wrong. The “Mortal Thought [Kenny Parker Rmx]” is another joint off that “Return Of The Boom Bap” 12 inch
single. It’s ok, but doesn’t compare to the original version, Premier just
rocked it more, my opinion of course. Still plenty of heads dig the tune, I
think the reason that I don’t dig it as much is because it’s censored &
well Premier didn’t do it….LoL, anyway “Hip
Hop vs. Rap [Spinbad Blend]” closes out things here. DJ Spinbad does a
great job blending in various beats to match KRS’s lyrics. I think this was
featured on a mixtape or something, to be completely honest I’m not sure of its
source. So there ya have it, did I do the album some justice with the added
tracks? Is there something else that should have included? Feel free to leave
some comments…
All I can say is WHOA!!! Being from Fla and a Miami Bass head from way
back, I've been a fan of Marquis and Toomp since the 80's. I guess I
first heard Toomp on MC Shy D's album Comin` Correct In '88. But I never
knew this album even existed til today. I never knew Marquis and Toomp
teamed up. So major, major props for putting me up on this one!!!
Here`s an album I`m sure some folks out there don`t have, it`s a bit on the rare side or so I have been told. Brother Marquis of 2 Live Crew fame & DJ Toomp of Poison Clan fame made up 2 Nazty & they dropped their only album titled "Indecent Exposure" back in 1993 on Attitude Records. It`s safe to say that fans of Miami Bass or the 2 Live Crew vibe will definitely DiG this joint. With thumpin` beats & raunchy lyrics how could ya go wrong? After all their name`s 2 Nazty what did you expect? Some lyrical murderin`? Some scientific raps??.....LoL, C`mon now just look at some of the songs` titles; "Pussy Whipped", "Mr. Big Dick" & "Be My Bitch". That should give ya an idea on just what to expect with this album...
The only song on this album that really stands out like a swollen hitch~hiker`s thumb is the single "Can`t Say I Love You", they even released a music video for this track. It`s not a bad song, it just doesn`t really fit in with the rest of the album`s vibe. It has one of those early slow 1990`s R&B love song vibes to it even if it is the opposite of an 'I love you' song if that makes any sense to y`all. Aside from that lil` hiccup though the rest of the album`s a decent listen on some good speakers `cuz them beats definitely BuMP like pimples on the face of a teenager fresh into puberty...
Brother Marquis gets most of the lime light on the album, but DJ Toomp gets 2 instrumental tracks to show off his skills on "Sex Fien`" & "Toomp`s Jam". Something interesting to note is that this album was done a lil` while after 2 Live Crew disbanded, that`s why you hear Brother Marquis state that he was 'fired' from the group because 'they didn`t have love for him' on the "Interview" intro. It`s also probably why it sounds like 2 Nazty`s goin` at Luke on "Be My Bitch". I wonder if Luke ever retaliated? Anyway standout joints for me are; "Don`t Stop", "Pussy Whipped", "Mr. Big Dick", "Somebody Say Ho" & the previously mentioned "Be My Bitch". It`s a decent listen, so go `head & check out the album for ya`self...
1. Interview [Intro]
2. Do `Em Dirty
3. Pussy Whipped
4. Mr. Big Dick
5. Don`t Stop
6. Can`t Say I Love You
7. Get Me Off
8. Ain`t No Secret [Interlude]
9. Sex Fien`[Instrumental]
10. Be My Bitch
11. Somebody Say Ho
12. Toomp`s Jam [Instrumental]
13. Shout Out
What`s happenin` y`all? Hope all is well & Life is treatin` ya good. Today I have another album from Arabian Prince courtesy of the home G~NuT who seen my "Brother Arab" album post & told me that I needed to hear (& share with the blog) the Arabian Prince`s 1993 album titled "Where`s My Bytches?" So BiG props goes out to him, your suggestion & link were very much appreciated. Now let`s get to the music shall we???
For those of you who couldn`t really get into the Electro~Funk~Party vibe of his "Brother Arab" album then this joint should be a lil` more to your liking. It`s definitely more of a Rap album, sure the topics may be a lil` on the repetitive side but it has way more rappin` on it & the beats fall more into the Hip Hop arena. This is actually his second album after "Brother Arab", he had put together a follow up album titled "The Underworld" but EMI shelved it because it was a lil` more on the dark side when compared to "Brother Arab" so instead of taking a risk they got scared & decided not to release it. Here`s what he said about the unreleased album during a lil` interview with HipHopDX.com back in 2008 (peep the rest of the interview here)...
"After N.W.A., I put an album on EMI/Orpheus, the "Brother Arab"
album, which had "She`s Got A Big Posse", and stuff like that. It was more
party music still uptempo, more club uptempo, not Electro uptempo.
Then, after that, I did another album for EMI, called "The Underworld",
which was more dark. My sound has always been a dark sound anyway. They
were kinda scared of it. It got four or five stars, but they never
released it, `cause they were scared. Its still sitting on DAT`s. One day
I`m gonna drop that out"...
I`m kind of curious about that unreleased joint, it`ll probably make for an interesting listen but let`s get back to this "Where`s My Bytches?" album. Now I`m sure some of y`all are saying that the Arabian Prince decided to get all 'Gangsta Pimpish' on this joint because he was trying to capitalize off of the whole N.W.A. controversy since his first album after leaving the group didn`t do so well sales~wise, but that`s not the case. Well according to the Arabian Prince the content of the album was very much influenced by a girl that he was dating at the time, here`s what he said about the album (from the previously mentioned interview)...
" I did "Where`s My Bytches?" which was all
sexist stuff. I had been in this relationship, man, and this girl pissed
me off right in the middle of my album. I was like, Aw man, you gonna piss me off? Here, let me dedicate this to you! [Laughs] but it was still good music though..."
Maybe the chick that was the album`s inspiration is the one on the back cover.....LoL, only the Arabian Prince knows for sure. Anyways if you can look beyond the repetitive topics of sex, bitches & pimpin` the album`s not too shabby at all. What really stands out the most in my opinion is the beats that back up the Prince`s less than stellar lyrics, they really get your speakers thumpin` that`s for sure. So go `head & give it a listen...
