Less Talked-about 90s releases

yuichi

Randomly came across Frankie Cutlass "Politics and Bullshit".  Dope beats.  Nice cameos.  What are some of your favorite lesser-known, perhaps less-appreciated favorites from the 90s?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKXqeI5MWcI

leofromvermont

I never hear anyone mention the poor righteous teachers and I love all four albums. 

Both Nine lives and cloud 9 by Nine. 





Mannish - audio sedative

RAJ

Listened to this in the 90s...  Reggae with some rock and hip hop tendencies.



British version of Digable Planets



Moody, trippy suicide music.



I could list tons more.

ketan

most people stay not knowing about the Scientifik album, in spite of the Traffic reish a while back

finelikewine

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Ninja-Cuts-Funkjazztical-Tricknology/release/193575

I still love this comp of blazing towntempo. There is no other record that shaped my taste in music like this one. In 1995 when this was released I was 14 years old and listend to the tape recording of it constantly on repeat for several month. It was a door opener to everything I listen today. It is almost uncanny how relevant and contemporary the music on it still sounds today. I still can't wrap my head around it how those producers could achive such a high level of quality in production with the limited means they had availablel 20 years ago.

deezlee

if PRT counts, i gotta add that wise intelligence's solo more recent stuff is dope.  i got a cdr from him at a show.  i think the songs are on the timothy taylor album but maybe earlier versions.

deezlee

da king and i

deezlee

anyone in the bay remember "donut productions?"
got a tape off a dude on the street.

Jimster

Galliano Feat. Omar - Golden Flower.

Jimster

Palm Skin Productions - Like Brothers

Jimster

Outside - "Minty"

I thought it was about the one LEIGH BOWERY (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_Bowery) but I sat down with Matt Cooper over a kebab one time and he telt I it was about HIS FUCKING CAT.

Thanks to the ones DUDER/SKEL for the vinyl version.  Well worth the price of my liver.

Junior

Ha, I'd totally forgotten about the existence of Galliano....

And plus 1 for the old Ninja Tune comps. I don't know if I could listen to them now but they were massively important to me at the time.

On a similar tip, when they weren't signalling the death of "Trip hop", Mo Way put out some interesting stuff like this Carl Craig 12" (always used to play +5)



And I always thought this compilation was slept on. It even had a Saafir track on it

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Tags-Of-The-Times-Version-20/release/5129454

Big_Stacks

Hey,

I'll add on these two:

Peace,

Big Stacks from Kakalak

ketan

the beat junkies remix is incredible - and it's not up on youtube.  if i come across it, i'll real headz it with the quickness.

ketan

i was only into a few of the tommy boy 'black label' things, but this was nice

ketan

okay, i think a lot of late 90s hip hop was overlooked.  a lot of people soured when Puffy hit the streets.

batmon

ketan said:

okay, i think a lot of late 90s hip hop was overlooked.  a lot of people soured when Puffy hit the streets.

Ill have to disagree.

Even w/ Puffy slicking up the game there were plenty bad backpack  and mediocre experimental shit overflooding an industry that was being dissected, cloned, and over-analyzed by "fans". Especially in the late 90's. 

ketan

batmon said:

ketan said:

okay, i think a lot of late 90s hip hop was overlooked.  a lot of people soured when Puffy hit the streets.

Ill have to disagree.

Even w/ Puffy slicking up the game there were plenty bad backpack  and mediocre experimental shit overflooding an industry that was being dissected, cloned, and over-analyzed by "fans". Especially in the late 90's. 

Yeah, okay, the people who didn't sour really dug in and helped support that other lane. I think I just lived in a place where it was more the former than the latter.

ketan

I was pretty into Nobukazu Takemura earlier in the decade, but missed this at the end:

Heard it this year and love it.

batmon

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Homework were a pop\R&B group from Boston founded by Maurice Starr (who also founded New Kids on the Block and New Edition).

Homework opened up for New Kids on the Block and Perfect Gentlemen along with sharing the stage with other artists such as Expose, Technotronic, Gang Starr Posse, Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch, The Fresh Prince & DJ Jazzy Jeff, C&C Music Factory, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, Dino, Cathy Dennis, the Osmond Boys, Brenda K. Starr, the Good Girls and the Cover Girls.

After Maurice Starr left Sony\Epic Records, the group went through record label and management changes which only left Melvin, Raphael, and Evan as the remaining members.

Despite attempts to boost their image and find new members, it eventually failed and by 1992, Homework was no more.

TheKindCromang

Found this record recently and it still holds up:

cai

I really like the second Funkdoobiest record, though I should say it's more for the crusty SP1200+S950 beats than the raps.

Big_Stacks

cai said:

I really like the second Funkdoobiest record, though I should say it's more for the crusty SP1200+S950 beats than the raps.

  Yet, I dig Son Doobie's flows too.

Peace,

Big Stacks from Kakalak