― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Sunday, 21 September 2003 18:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Claire (Claire Miccio), Sunday, 21 September 2003 19:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
Can we talk more about how horrible that Unplugged album was? I feel like there should be an eternal flame that makes sure we Never Forget.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 21 September 2003 22:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
And -- huh? -- what the fuck is "unsafe" about "admitting" the Fugees were "pretty nice"? Only someone who worried about what others thought of his/her taste could possibly ask that question. I liked the Fugees back in '96 or whenever, and they still sound > "nice" to me. WTF?
― David A. (Davant), Monday, 22 September 2003 03:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― trife (simon_tr), Monday, 22 September 2003 04:05 (twenty-one years ago) link
Sure, they could be earnest, but they could be funny too, which is a hard thing to pull off without inviting novelty act perceptions. The Fugees and solo Wyclef manage to do this, I think (sometimes).
Where would the Fugees be today if they'd stayed together/made more records? And, a tangential question, given all my opinionated crap above -- are they the hip-hop Pixies? Ha ha.
― David A. (Davant), Monday, 22 September 2003 04:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Monday, 22 September 2003 05:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Monday, 22 September 2003 05:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Monday, 22 September 2003 05:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
― trife (simon_tr), Monday, 22 September 2003 05:05 (twenty-one years ago) link
Wait... is all rap funny, anyway? I don't think so, I don't think you can be that general. Altho' it's an interesting thought that some (much?) of the humour has perhaps been missed by (white?) mainstream critics too busy seeing only threat.
― David A. (Davant), Monday, 22 September 2003 05:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
― trife (simon_tr), Monday, 22 September 2003 05:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 22 September 2003 05:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
― ... (gareth), Monday, 22 September 2003 06:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 22 September 2003 06:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
― JasonD (JasonD), Monday, 22 September 2003 06:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Barima (Barima), Monday, 22 September 2003 10:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
― columns, Monday, 22 September 2003 11:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
(And I honestly don't understand what about it is so bad as to be considered an "incident".)
"Fu Gee La" is definitely bad-ass and smooth, and The Score was a great album in so many ways. Clef's mic-rocking abilities maintained pretty well for The Carnival, but it seems like they fell short after that (although he still writes some good songs, don't get me wrong..."Thug Angels" is THE SHIT).
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 22 September 2003 17:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 22 September 2003 17:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
best song they didnt jack from somebody else?huh? does no one know Teena Marie's "Ooh La La La"?
― zebedee (zebedee), Monday, 22 September 2003 17:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 22 September 2003 17:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Pete Scholtes, Monday, 22 September 2003 17:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
i'm amazed again at how some of the smartest people here still haven't figured out that uncool and/or awkward music can still be really good
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 22 September 2003 18:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Pete Scholtes, Monday, 22 September 2003 18:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
Okay....Who's the Tim Dog in this that has a tv show??? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT TIM DOG WHO DID FUCK COMPTON???
If you are, I'm complaining to my cable provider today...I must see this show....
― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 22 September 2003 20:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
ethan is right, BTW ...
― Eisbaer, Sunday, 23 December 2007 03:25 (sixteen years ago) link
... i mean, i heard this @ starbucks tonight, after not hearing it for years. i was stunned with how good it still sounds after all these years.
― Eisbaer, Sunday, 23 December 2007 03:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Fu Gee La is dandy. I've yet to hear a Wyclef full-length (caught some singles) and would love too. Hell, I'm even curious about his version of "What's New Pussycat?" I'd also like to hear that Bono/Jean collabo for NetAid again, but I wouldn't be surprised if they destroyed all copies.
-- Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 21 September 2003 22:17 (4 years ago) Link
― The Reverend, Sunday, 23 December 2007 11:22 (sixteen years ago) link
I gotta go with "Nappy Heads (Remix)" but "FuGeeLa" close second (and "Cowboys" close third)
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 23 December 2007 11:36 (sixteen years ago) link
it's safe now to admit?????
idiot!
-- reo fordecor, Sunday, 21 September 2003 04:48 (4 years ago) Link yeah start savin cash up for that lauryn hill/ani difranco unplugged 04 chump
-- trife (simon_tr), Sunday, 21 September 2003 05:00
zing!
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 23 December 2007 11:45 (sixteen years ago) link
This is the remix. This...this...this thread has been remixed. Refugee Camp Allstars.
― Geir Hongro, Sunday, 23 December 2007 12:52 (sixteen years ago) link
I see what you did there.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 23 December 2007 19:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Have been playing this in my car for a week.
― The Neb-U-Taunt Ball (roxymuzak), Sunday, 21 June 2009 03:41 (fifteen years ago) link
word
― s4rgent boy tell em (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 June 2009 08:22 (fifteen years ago) link
the skit at the end of "the beast" is so funny
― HOOM gang (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 4 March 2010 23:44 (fourteen years ago) link
don't put that lil retarded leg in there
The title track is my favorite after the hits.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 March 2010 23:50 (fourteen years ago) link
i can judge a character like ito judge a verdict
― HOOM gang (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 4 March 2010 23:53 (fourteen years ago) link
fake bullets can't scar mei can smell the weak out like safariplay you out like atarisacrifice you hari kari
^ lauryn >>
― HOOM gang (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 March 2010 00:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Don't put that little shrimp in my chicken fried rice.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 5 March 2010 00:58 (fourteen years ago) link
still my favorite Fugees song, after all these years.
― 伊恩斯科特的冰磧喜歡他媽的他的母親。 (Eisbaer), Saturday, 26 January 2013 05:10 (eleven years ago) link
duhhh
― The Reverend, Saturday, 26 January 2013 05:25 (eleven years ago) link
yeah no doubt
― d'eejban (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 26 January 2013 07:15 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah that's the best single but my favorite track off this is Family Business. That part when Clef switches into maniac mode and L comes in and smooths it over with an insane verse of her own is O__o Also no Pras verse is a +
― queef ka queef (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Saturday, 26 January 2013 08:01 (eleven years ago) link
he was a good mc at that point! also The Carnival is much much better than the Lauryn disc (either of them haha)― M Matos (M Matos), Sunday, September 21, 2003 4:13 AM (9 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This is so on the money.
― queef ka queef (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Saturday, 26 January 2013 08:02 (eleven years ago) link
Listening to The Score for the first time in a decade or more. "The Mask" and "Cowboys" are a good 1-2.
― your fretless ways (Eazy), Friday, 1 March 2013 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
― queef ka queef (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Saturday, January 26, 2013 2:02 AM (1 month ago)
If I'm honest with myself, The Carnival is one of my 10 favorite rap albums of the '90s (which is a bigger deal than it sounds, given how massive the pool of competition is).
― Evan R, Friday, 1 March 2013 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
Probably in my top 40 or so. Love that album to death.
― Harlem vs Alabama (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Friday, 1 March 2013 20:41 (eleven years ago) link
Even the skits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rssw8i036D8
― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Monday, 25 November 2019 21:03 (four years ago) link