Donnie - The Colored Section
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Why did this dude not blow up? I just pulled this record out and it's still
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But really, production and vocals are incredible. He definitely is on some Stevie/Donny ish, but it doesn't come off as fake or contrived.
I'm just surprised more people haven't been checking for dude. This record came out in 2002 and I never hear people talk about it.
What's that all about[color:white]*[/color] ? I don't think I ever heard it. There's a Danny Krivit edit of "Do You Know" I'm checking out right now.
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a/k/a MadKap
How can you rightfully compare tough-dude-sounding, NYC-centric, straight-ahead rappers shouting out golden age mc's to jazz-centric, West Coast neuvo-hippies lyrically praising Dr. Seuss color schemes?
It's the same crew, dude. Read up on your readups.
The read-up I checked does indeed mention that Coke of Madkap was at one time or another a member of Coloured Section...so hooray for faux's uncanny ability to connect his hate through seemingly divergent strands of rap.
The read-up also mentions that Xzibit was at one time a member of the Coloured section....slightly interesting because I'm now left expecting faux to somehow clown each of Xzibit, tha Alkaholiks, Ras Kass, and Saafir as a result of said affiliation.
Damn-- surprising that Harvey didn't know that. The beats on Colored Section's Bomb MC EP/LP were actually quite good, though.
***Disspelling the myth that I'm such a Project Blowed sycophant that I have followed every step by every artist even marginally associated with either the Good Life or the Blowed.***
I knew that Coloured Section came from LA and I knew their song got big via the Wake Up Show...but that's about it.
Really, not my preferred style of LA rap...
Same here, and I still listen to the album often and still love it.
I liked Madkap's beats though.
As if I need to point to affilliations to clown the likes of Ras Kass and Xzibit.
BIZAROO STRUT.
Day, I'll check for this.
Dude, we're talking about tough-dude-sounding, NYC-centric, straight-ahead rappers shouting out golden age mc's and jazz-centric, West Coast neuvo-hippies lyrically praising Dr. Seuss color schemes that no one cares about. Please don't get it twisted.
To get back on the subject of the thread: I think the fact that Donnie is openly gay may have presented a bit of a marketing puzzle.
damn, I didn't know Donnie was a homosexual.
but yo, Faux. Care to mention other R&B albums that didn't blow up but should of?
Ooh, ooh, ooh, you love me?
Yeah, he's from Atlanta. Used to perform at the Yin-Yang Cafe right down the block from my old apartment.
I don't know if this album should've blown up, but I definitely think it should have been released:
anyone notice this
damn, coldblooded-edededed
Wow, I had no clue. I guess that would make marketing him to females kind of challenging then.
I actually never listened to the whole album from start to finish until this morning. There's a few lackluster joints on there, but there's also some
That was the most hard-core, non-homosexually-related thing you've ever seen in your life, ha?
I think that is a big part of it, sad to say. However, his eagerness to sound exactly like Stevie on that LP is maybe the bigger problem for the mainstream. He does a great live show, though I'll give him that.
Not when just about every male vocalist on black radio sounds like a weird mutation of Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway and Michael Jackson.