And B-Real may not be the best lyricist there is, but his flow is simply great in all its irritatingness. Everytime he's featured on other rappers' albums, he tends to outshine them, be it Dilated Peoples, Outkast or De La Soul. The tune he had on The Alchemist's album is one of my favourites of the last couple of years.
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 4 January 2007 08:40 (seventeen years ago) link
Regardless though, Hits from the bong, that song with the bassline from Son of a preacher man, is a classic.
― Rowlando for the kidz (Sam Rowlands), Thursday, 4 January 2007 14:05 (seventeen years ago) link
weird opinions in this thread
― choom gangsta (deej), Sunday, 28 December 2008 00:12 (fifteen years ago) link
I was listening to Stankonia recently and had forgotten about that track with B-Real on it. "Dre, pass me the glass of wine/So I can pour it over my homies' graves then mine" Not the greatest song anyway but his verse kinda derails the whole thing like WTF is this guy doing on an OutKast album? How did that even come about?
― Whitey on the Moon, Sunday, 11 January 2009 04:06 (fifteen years ago) link
I like this one:
― Mark, Sunday, 11 January 2009 04:17 (fifteen years ago) link
trip hop? wtf. the first album is classic. 2nd still had some good songs on it too. kinda lost interest after that. but muggs is still a great producer.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Sunday, 11 January 2009 16:07 (fifteen years ago) link
First album still sounds great to me. Haven't heard the others.
― o. nate, Sunday, 11 January 2009 20:11 (fifteen years ago) link
dj muggs & planet asia made an album last year which I enjoyed
― J0hn D., Sunday, 11 January 2009 21:00 (fifteen years ago) link
yah it was good
im kinda looking forward to the new b-real album thats supposed to come out in feb. even tho the single is kinda whatever (and samples toms diner ...?)
― xhuxk d (deej), Sunday, 11 January 2009 21:12 (fifteen years ago) link
er, interpolates
― xhuxk d (deej), Sunday, 11 January 2009 21:13 (fifteen years ago) link
First album is classic
― There was even a brief period when I preferred Sally Forth. (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 12 January 2009 17:46 (fifteen years ago) link
does the 2nd album get a bad rep (for being the one that crossed them over to college kids and rock fans?) im thinking it might actually be pretty good. i need to find my copy.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 12 January 2009 17:51 (fifteen years ago) link
first record is top shelf but black sunday sounds pretty damn good to me today
― Brio, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 19:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, I never understood why Black Sunday is considered not-so-good? Maybe the beats are are a bit samey, but they found a killer formula with that record.
And everyone who loves Muggs' beats should listen to Temples of Boom, that's one of the best-sounding rap albums of the 90s. The RZA guest production is actually kinda weak compared to some of the Muggs beats there.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 19:52 (fourteen years ago) link
That Muggs and GZA record is good too. Grandmasters.
― Brio, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 20:09 (fourteen years ago) link
MUGGS VS KUTMASTER KURT VS ALCHEMIST
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 20:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Muggs is one of the best producers in rap. The first disc of Skull and Bones has pretty goddamn good production.
― Melvin van Osterlow, Jr. (res), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 20:16 (fourteen years ago) link
I listened to the first two back-to-back last night, there's not much to choose between them really but I prefer the overall sound of Black Sunday. That and Ill Communication were the two rap albums the rock crowd at my school liked back in about 1994.
― Gavin in Leeds, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 20:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Cannot believe these guys are still cranking out records honestly. The new single is getting crazy amounts of airplay on Q101 right now.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 20:48 (fourteen years ago) link
I remember Black Sunday and Doggystyle being the two rap albums that were really played a lot at my school around that time, and Cypress Hill especially was one of the main things that got me into rap (besides Warren G and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony). "Sabotage" was known because of the video, but I don't think Beastie Boys were that popular in here back then, at least not among North Helsinki working class kids. Can't remember anyone actually owning Ill Communication.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 20:54 (fourteen years ago) link
(x-post)
their first album is straight up CLASSIC and is on par with "The Chronic" even though it's got an old school East Coast sound. In fact, it has some of the most interesting and catchy beats I've heard on any rap album. I especially like the beats on "Real Estate" and "Psychobetabuckdown."
― Melvin van Osterlow, Jr. (res), Thursday, 25 March 2010 04:30 (fourteen years ago) link
I agree their first album is a classic, but I prefer "Black Sunday", as it pushes their sound even further into the pleasure zone. It's a perfect stoner album
― Dan S, Thursday, 25 March 2010 05:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Hits from the Bong is so fucking good
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 22 December 2016 23:04 (seven years ago) link
whenever i hear son of a preacher man I'm always disappointed
― Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 22 December 2016 23:05 (seven years ago) link
Both otm
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 22 December 2016 23:48 (seven years ago) link
Perhaps inevitably...
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― nashwan, Thursday, 27 April 2017 11:46 (six years ago) link