Afrika Bambaata, oh how I've been dreading you. Well, not you exactly but this album. What happened here? Well, unfortunately you lived up to my dread and let me say, listening to you all day today did not make my life easier, nor did it repair my piss poor mood. I actually think I'm going to remove a good portion of these songs.
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Okay, so I'm revisiting this and listened to the album a bit more carefully and in a much better mood. This double disc album wasn't quite as bad as I made it out to sound above.
The first disc is old skool, eighties and early nineties focused beat-box jams. This collection has got all the quintessential sampled and cut sounds and beats that have set the backdrop for hip hop in the years to come. I guess there's some classic stuff on here, but that being said most of it is awfully redundant and lacks much complexity. A lot of the lyrics lack texture or dimension... I mean no disrespect though, because I do respect the fact that the artists featured here helped build hip hop as we know it... There's some gems on here though and a few songs that got my head bobbing - some funky stuff with irresistible beats. A couple of winners such as 8th Wonder, If I Rule the World and Set a Drift on Memory Bliss were really enjoyed.
And on to the next album. This one was a lot easier to listen to. A heavy line up of hardhitters from the late nineties... A lot more fun and really gets your booty shaking. I listened to this one a lot less carefully just because I was so familiar with most of the tracks and by the time I got to this disc Ken was complaining about having to listen to MORE Afrika Bambaataa.
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