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Mandrill "Composite Truth" Appreciation

yuichiyuichi Urban sprawl 11,331 Posts
edited May 2008 in Strut Central
Yea, we already had plenty of Mandrill threads, but I'm listening to this album for only the fourth time. I had a mid 70s release from them that I never really bothered with, but this album kicks some major ass. Not to mention, the joy when I heard the DITC sample! Yes, I am a late adopter, but better late than never!!! I need more Mandrill in my life.

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  • dayday 9,611 Posts
    I just left this record behind at the thrift store for whoever wants it.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Yes.

    >
  • kicks79kicks79 1,334 Posts
    This is a much better album
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    This is a much better album

    NO.
  • willie_fugalwillie_fugal 1,862 Posts
    This is a much better album

    NO.

  • kicks79kicks79 1,334 Posts
    How you not gonna ride for Fat City Strut? that song is dope
  • willie_fugalwillie_fugal 1,862 Posts
    Fat City Strut is probably a better single than anything on Composite Truth, but as far as a whole album goes, I gotta give it up to Composite.

    p.s. when fat city strut goes into the piano & latin thing in the middle:
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Yes.

    >

    unfair comparison

    Composite Truth was Mandrill in their prime

    Galaxy was War past theirs
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Fat City Strut is probably a better single than anything on Composite Truth, but as far as a whole album goes, I gotta give it up to Composite.

    p.s. when fat city strut goes into the piano & latin thing in the middle:

    NO.

    Fencewalk sons the whole album.

    I ride for Fat City Strut, Mango Meat, & Two Sisters Of Mercy.

    But Composite Truth's Side A is fuckin unstoppable....

    Hangloose - Fencewalk - Hegalo - Dont Mess With People.
    U can play that shit out. Drop the needle on Side A and walk away.
  • cascas 1,484 Posts
    U can play that shit out. Drop the needle on Side A and walk away.

    where do you dj at...show and tell bar nights?

    that's not the science of the kulture, gawd. get right in the name of bambaataa.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    U can play that shit out. Drop the needle on Side A and walk away.

    where do you dj at...show and tell bar nights?

    that's not the science of the kulture, gawd. get right in the name of bambaataa.

    GTFOHWTB!!!!!!!!!
  • yuichiyuichi Urban sprawl 11,331 Posts
    But Composite Truth's Side A is fuckin unstoppable....
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts

    GTFOHWTB!!!!!!!!!



    I think your cipher just got policed!

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts


  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    lol those grenades are the size of pistachios.

    micro-processor power source =

    now that sounds like a Kool Keith lyric
  • cascas 1,484 Posts

    GTFOHWTB!!!!!!!!!



    I think your cipher just got policed!



    actually i just had a moment of clarity. i read his "just walk away from the record" line from a dj perspective. however...it is quite possible that he meant he puts the record on in the privacy of the batmon batcave and walks away while he is doing preventive maintenance on his bootleg utility belt, posting about taking field trips to the bronx and trying to get his online batmacking on. if that's the case, then i apologize to you, batmon. feel no way.
  • cascas 1,484 Posts



    your level is make believe, holmes.

    check out my policing tools. real shit. no pretend shit over here.



    do one of the things on your utility belt hold wishes? how about batmacking cologne? i deal with reality and there's no fools with capes on any corners of my block.
  • yuichiyuichi Urban sprawl 11,331 Posts
    You got beef with the BX? i smell salt.
  • CraigCraig 269 Posts
    This is a much better album

    That's my favourite lp by them so many killer tracks. It was the first one i picked up in the early 90's.

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    i deal with reality and there's no fools with capes on any corners of my block.

  • MjukisMjukis 1,675 Posts
    My favourite song of theirs is actually a slow one, "I refuse to smile" off this:



    Both CT and JOOT are way better albums though.
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