Less Talked-about 90s releases
yuichi
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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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKXqeI5MWcI
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Both Nine lives and cloud 9 by Nine.
Mannish - audio sedative
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.
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.
got a tape off a dude on the street.
Galliano Feat. Omar - Golden Flower.
Palm Skin Productions - Like Brothers
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.
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
Hey,
I'll add on these two:
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
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.
Heard it this year and love it.
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.
I really like the second Funkdoobiest record, though I should say it's more for the crusty SP1200+S950 beats than the raps.