actually, there was a time when we were selling 40,000-60,000 singles. I remember the day we shipped 30,000 Common-199 singles in one day! So shit was really real like that back then....
amir
Curious question, how many copies did something like DITC Day One move? I know a couple of dudes who put out indy 12's around that era and remember the #'s they were moving and was pretty impressed.
you're right most cats were making instant classics as singles but it wasn't until the late 90's and early 2000's that cats decided that they wanted to make albums....when that happened things got tough for alot of cats. alot of bedroom mcs starting making albums and thinking they were the shit.....i really miss the days of pushing 30-40K ditc singles...
i mean from memory i believe the only ditc single that didn't do 30+ was dignified soldiers...but full scale ep did 60+ i know that. trust me, back then shit was out of this world....i don't think the fat beats of today could even come close to that...
PUTS - Question In The Form Of An Answer http://www.discogs.com/release/237311 Youth explosion is a hot track and i really like We'll Be There a lot too.
People Under The Stairs - Question in the Form of an Answer. Ugly Duckling - Journey to Anywhere. Deltron 3030. Baby Blak - Once You Go Blak. K-Otix - Universal. J-Zone - A Job Ain't Nuthin' But Work.
Haven't listened to this all the way through in years. I really like that moody instrumental disco joint on it, and that's the one song I keep returning to. As this is most likely a Fat Jon thing, I ought to check out his solo stuff (which I haven't).
DocMcCoy"Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,913 Posts
milano-"deal with a feeling"
Great record. Did this dude ever do an album?
I generally shrink from the term "classic" as applied to recent-era hip-hop, but for me, Masta Ace's Disposable Arts and Long Hot Summer were both solid records. And laugh all you like, but I bumped that Theodore Unit album all summer in 2004.
DocMcCoy"Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,913 Posts
I throw in a few Euro classics:
UK
UK
UK
FR
GER
SWE
Ty is good, Vadim so-so, and I prefer Run Come Save Me as far as Rodney's concerned. The others I don't know.
I generally shrink from the term "classic" as applied to recent-era hip-hop, but for me, Masta Ace's Disposable Arts and Long Hot Summer were both solid records.
I like songs from both these albums, but damn, the skits make me not want to listen to the album at all.
i know he worked on one but not sure if it ever came out...honestly, man i stop paying attention to indie rap or underground rap after i left fat beats in jan. 2005. i didn't love the shit no more....had been there since late 1996 so I needed something else...
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DocMcCoy"Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,913 Posts
it's funny to read this discussion on the same board that just recently put 3 Feet High and Rising into question.
It's the old "obscure 45s over the essentials" debate, but with a different t-shirt on. I kind of agree with Amir's point; over the last decade, hip-hop has gone back to being the singles-driven medium it was in the early-to-late 80s. I'm pretty surprised if I hear more than a handful of albums each year that I'd bump from end to end. Also, much as I love 3 Feet High, it's not my favourite De La album. Its true classic status is undeniable, though.
Are we talking about "the best part"? Many good songs on that, but its really a mid-90s album that took 6 years to come out. Not sure if that fits the question at hand.
regardless, there are at least a handful of tracks on this album that were pretty mind blowing.
His follow up "all of the above" was good, but not what I would call classic.
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There's no wonder people were focusing on making a hot 12" with those kind of numbers dominating.
I think it would be easier to list classic 12"s from early this decade. There were alot more than albums.
Curious question, how many copies did something like DITC Day One move? I know a couple of dudes who put out indy 12's around that era and remember the #'s they were moving and was pretty impressed.
amir
You sure? Eurorap is as diverse as US Rap is. There's a lot to be missed as there's a serious amount of crap like everywhere.
I was going to say "The Next Step" but that came out in '98 (right?) so I didn't.
Not hip hop.
http://www.discogs.com/Third-Sight-Zodiac-Killer/release/455456
PUTS - Question In The Form Of An Answer
http://www.discogs.com/release/237311
Youth explosion is a hot track and i really like We'll Be There a lot too.
True, but what would you call it? R&B ?
Id take that Fat Jon solo joint over it.
Crap.
Diverse - One AM
Dope beats on here
I agree, Humanoid Erotica & Wave Motion are real dope.
Ugly Duckling - Journey to Anywhere.
Deltron 3030.
Baby Blak - Once You Go Blak.
K-Otix - Universal.
J-Zone - A Job Ain't Nuthin' But Work.
Haven't listened to this all the way through in years. I really like that moody instrumental disco joint on it, and that's the one song I keep returning to. As this is most likely a Fat Jon thing, I ought to check out his solo stuff (which I haven't).
Great record. Did this dude ever do an album?
I generally shrink from the term "classic" as applied to recent-era hip-hop, but for me, Masta Ace's Disposable Arts and Long Hot Summer were both solid records. And laugh all you like, but I bumped that Theodore Unit album all summer in 2004.
Ty is good, Vadim so-so, and I prefer Run Come Save Me as far as Rodney's concerned. The others I don't know.
I like songs from both these albums, but damn, the skits make me not want to listen to the album at all.
While I do ride for 3030, I prefer the instrumental album....Del tends to get on my nerves after a while.
Worse than I could have imagined
Delete this thread immediately and ban everybody that poasted in it
It's the old "obscure 45s over the essentials" debate, but with a different t-shirt on. I kind of agree with Amir's point; over the last decade, hip-hop has gone back to being the singles-driven medium it was in the early-to-late 80s. I'm pretty surprised if I hear more than a handful of albums each year that I'd bump from end to end. Also, much as I love 3 Feet High, it's not my favourite De La album. Its true classic status is undeniable, though.
it just got started.....
Are we talking about "the best part"? Many good songs on that, but its really a mid-90s album that took 6 years to come out. Not sure if that fits the question at hand.
regardless, there are at least a handful of tracks on this album that were pretty mind blowing.
His follow up "all of the above" was good, but not what I would call classic.
and for your listening pleasure:
Tender inferiority complexes revealed...