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Albums that should have been EPs.

BeatChemistBeatChemist 1,465 Posts
edited December 2014 in Strut Central
Talking about The Private Press in the Anti-100 thread made me think about albums that would have been really good EPs if you trimmed the fat.


Dj Shadow - The Private Press EP

1. Fixed Income
2. Walkie Talkie
3. Six Days
4. Blood on the Motorway
5. You Can't Go Home Again

Add on!

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  • SIRUSSIRUS 2,554 Posts
    nas's entire post "it was written" career.
  • BeatChemistBeatChemist 1,465 Posts
    Haha. He could maybe squeeze out an LP from everything after that...
  • RishanRishan 454 Posts
    always felt CNN - War Report would be a great candidate for this treatment. that intro beat and then 5-6 great tunes. the rest is frustrating...
  • magpaulmagpaul 1,314 Posts
    Teflon Don EP

    1. Free Mason
    2. Tears of Joy
    3. Maybach Music III
    4. B.M.F
    5. Aston Martin Music
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Interlude
    December 4th
    What More Can I Say
    Encore
    Public Service Announcement
  • pcmrpcmr 5,591 Posts
    wu forever
    all eyez on me
    life after death

    1lp instead of 2lp (Cd)
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    pcmr said:
    wu forever
    all eyez on me
    life after death

    1lp instead of 2lp (Cd)

    yeah
  • BeatChemistBeatChemist 1,465 Posts
    batmon said:
    pcmr said:
    wu forever
    all eyez on me
    life after death

    1lp instead of 2lp (Cd)

    yeah

    OBVIOUS GUYZ

    b/w



  • LazarusOblongLazarusOblong 896 Posts
    Sgt. Pepper

    Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
    Fixing A Hole
    Within You Without You
    A Day In The Life

    Face it, the rest is rubbish.


  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,794 Posts
    This might be Strut heresy, but I rarely listen to the B side of [em]N*ggarmortis[/em] ([em]6 feet Deep[/em]) by the Gravediggaz. The skits increase and there aren't many great tracks. A 6 track EP, minus skits, pressed LOUD, a bit like the Hot Club Wax edition of Geto Boys' [em]Til Death Do Us Part[/em], which is a great EP that made the LP redundant for me.
  • DawhudDawhud 213 Posts
    ^^^ 100% Gravediggaz starts strong and then slowly falls apart in my opinion.
  • RishanRishan 454 Posts
    oh no, oh dear, no. Gravediggaz, yes agreed it's top heavy, but this is an album, a proper album that needs listening all the way through. take away the concept and the creativity and the whole thing goes to pot
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Rishan said:
    oh no, oh dear, no. Gravediggaz, yes agreed it's top heavy, but this is an album, a proper album that needs listening all the way through. take away the concept and the creativity and the whole thing goes to pot

    I agree...its the entire body that works. It needs the weaker experiments along w/ the bangers.
  • Controller_7Controller_7 4,052 Posts
    Trippin on the Gravediggaz. I enjoy the whole thing. Just looking at the list, it's pretty solid. Maybe not on its own, like Bang Yout Head maybe, but they fit into the overall experience. I think it's a solid album.

    B1 Diary Of A Madman
    Co-producer – Prince Paul
    Featuring – Killah Priest, Scientific Shabazz
    Producer – RNS, RZA
    4:33

    B2 Mommy, What's A Gravedigga?
    Bass Guitar – Scott Harding
    1:49
    B3 Bang Your Head 3:27
    B4 Here Comes The Gravediggaz
    Producer – Mr. Sime
    3:36
    B5 Graveyard Chamber
    Featuring – Dreddy Kruger, Killah Priest, Scientific Shabazz
    Producer – RZA
    4:56
    B6 Deathtrap
    Featuring – Masta Ace
    Keyboards – Don Newkirk
    2:56
    B7 6 Feet Deep
    Producer – RZA
    4:36
    B8 Rest In Peace (Outro)
    Featuring – Biz Markie
    2:01
  • leonleon 883 Posts
    In an attempt to totally flip this thread around, i feel that most albums can be brought back to EP size without any problem. Any genre / era.
  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,794 Posts
    Controller_7 said:

    B3 Bang Your Head 3:27
    B4 Here Comes The Gravediggaz
    Producer – Mr. Sime
    3:36
    B5 Graveyard Chamber
    Featuring – Dreddy Kruger, Killah Priest, Scientific Shabazz
    Producer – RZA
    4:56
    B6 Deathtrap
    Featuring – Masta Ace
    Keyboards – Don Newkirk
    2:56
    B7 6 Feet Deep
    Producer – RZA
    4:36
    B8 Rest In Peace (Outro)
    Featuring – Biz Markie
    2:01

    These last 3 just don't seem as great as the rest. It is hard to see what's gained from removing them (aside from the rest of the tunes would've been pressed louder), but if they weren't there, I'd still love what's left as a shorter, stronger album.



    Or maybe I'm just struggling for nominations!
  • dukeofdelridgedukeofdelridge urgent.monkey.mice 2,453 Posts
    Niggamortis has that extra song over 6 Feet Deep, which is like hmm maybe because I didn't hear it as much i can be like sure I'll allow some cuts.

  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,794 Posts
    OK, just remembered that [em]Here Come The Gravediggaz[/em] is one of my favourite tunes on the album! Great bass line.
    But on [em]Mommy, What's A Gravedigga?[/em] (which has an incredible guitar hook) they're not really saying much that hasn't been covered already, and it's so short they must have felt the same.
    [em]Bang Your Head[/em] makes me think of Onyx, not feeling the beat.
    [em]Graveyard Chamber[/em] is a dud beat compared to the rest, but the lyrics are quite funny and maybe this song deserved some of the remix treatment.
    The track [em]6 Feet Deep[/em] is like a skit that goes on too long, it's funny, but...
    [em]Diary of a Madman[/em] is OK, like the beat.
    [em]Death Trap[/em] is pretty sick - doesn't really feel like the rest of the album, but wicked percussion.


    OK, I give in, not enough worth trimming to make it an EP. Having said all this I think I'll give the whole thing another listen.
  • The_NonThe_Non 5,691 Posts
    Listen to Bang Your Head really loud. Used to hate it. Took me prolly 6-8 years to come around to it.
  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,794 Posts
    The_Non said:
    Listen to Bang Your Head really loud. Used to hate it. Took me prolly 6-8 years to come around to it.

    The best part is the weird saxophone parp. I listened to Bang Your Mother Fucking Head BANG YOUR HEAD on repeat one night on acid with some friends. I think I liked it more then (when I was younger) than I do now.

    Maybe I just need to drop more acid. There's an Underdog remix (not the one on yootoob, but a better minimalistic version) which fucking kicks aRse. Skullsnaps drums never snapped like it.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Gravediggerz isnt a good example.
  • deezleedeezlee 298 Posts
    pcmr said:
    wu forever
    all eyez on me
    life after death

    1lp instead of 2lp (Cd)

    + As High As Wu-Tang Get
  • ketanketan Warmly booming riffs 3,180 Posts
    Wu Tang - The W

    "Careful (Click, Click)"
    "Hollow Bones"
    "Protect Ya Neck (The Jump Off)"
    "Let My Niggas Live" Ft. Nas
    "I Can't Go to Sleep" Ft. Isaac Hayes
    Bonus: "Conditioner" Ft. Snoop Dogg

    Is it sacrilege to say that Tical should have been an EP?
  • Controller_7Controller_7 4,052 Posts
    Tical worked as an album when it came out, but could probably be trimmed to an EP now. Maybe a longer EP. It works if you're in that vibe, but you're probably not going to listen to the whole thing more than once these days. I recently listened to 6 Feet Deep for a week in the car. I couldn't do that with Tical.
  • DJ_EnkiDJ_Enki 6,475 Posts
    batmon said:
    Interlude
    December 4th
    What More Can I Say
    Encore
    Public Service Announcement

    And "99 Problems" as long as it's rapped by somebody else (Jay's voice just isn't up to task of matching the energy of the beat). In fact, have Ice-T rap it. Done and done.
  • GrafwritahGrafwritah 4,184 Posts
    Take it even further - albums that should have been singles. Cassingles, even.

    D-Nice - Call Me D-Nice.

    Actually I'm not even sure that should have come out at all.
  • BallzDeepBallzDeep 612 Posts
    LazarusOblong said:
    Sgt. Pepper

    Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
    Fixing A Hole
    Within You Without You
    A Day In The Life

    Face it, the rest is rubbish.



    I just... I mean, who says this...
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