quik & kurupt - HEY PLAYA!

yeah seriously! apparently i've been hearding the wrong 2000 major label rap records.

hearing

xxxp np dude! it was a good review--def confirmed my suspicion that i want to pick up this album.

okay, blaqkout is great; cosine on all above raving

daaaaamn ohh!

yeah took me three listens to really like this.
1st - lol wtf
2nd - ok these beats are bananas
3rd - top ten of year

Lolz, keep waiting on Exodus for it to go into the Michigan J. Frog Rag!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGE8wVTvHF0
not a complaint mind you, this is great

2.54 + 4.12 for those of you with deprived childhoods

did u get on a boat w/o a ticket? ME TOO. LET'S KICK IT!

I would be deeply appreciative if somebody could point me (on or off thread) to an instrumental version of this album. GF can't deal with the rapping, though I think she's nuts, but she loves the beats and wants them to run to.

ban forksgf

eh, I could certainly understand having issues with the sexism

yah tru

xp, for some reason she takes offense to extensive "fuck that bitch in the face" diatribes. http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Image%3AItisamystery.gif

http://sparror.cubecinema.com/beingll/archive/jun06/its_just_a_mystery.jpg

lolz, she saw me posting this and DEMANDED that I clarify that she does NOT have an issue with the lyrical content; it's just she doesn't think Kurupt rides the beat well.
So there's that.

lol forksgf needs her own account

xp, for some reason she takes offense to extensive "fuck that bitch in the face" diatribes.

― (pronounced /ˈfɑrv/sklOf/tO/fewˈ/) (forksclovetofu), Sunday, June 21, 2009 7:01 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

wait ... fuck that bitch in the face diatribes? what song is that

i know the parts like 'gossip like a lady but youre the only bitch'

most of whatcha wanna do is not gloria steinem approved
she has her own account she just hardly ever posts

she is also really warming up to this "in spite of the rapping" from repeat play

Got told it's not available in britisher land unless I pay crazy import prices. This is why people love illegal downloading. Gonna check amazon now I guess.

i've heard the whole thing now and the wacky bananas beats make more sense nestled in the flow of the record. you sort of get taught how to listen to the beats, starting with some very satisfying but not particularly challenging back-in-the-day style grooves and gradually the center loses its ability to hold

absolutely loving this smooth summer west coast groove & am v. v. v. grateful to deej for reviewing it (that was you, right?) 'cause I wouldn't have noticed it otherwise

^__^ thnx j0hn

i've heard the whole thing now and the wacky bananas beats make more sense nestled in the flow of the record. you sort of get taught how to listen to the beats, starting with some very satisfying but not particularly challenging back-in-the-day style grooves and gradually the center loses its ability to hold

― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, June 23, 2009 7:23 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this is it exactly

yeah that is otm. the album is sequenced remarkably well

Agreed, there's a seven song run between Ohh! and The Appeal that's as pleasant as anything I've heard in long form release this year.
How's Bees to the Honey? Worth corralling and downloading?

yes

the appeal is my least fav song i think

also ... u guys ... hey play video shoot:

http://twitpic.com/86ag9

*hey playa

But what yall know about ridin camels! step yo game up!

^dj quik otm

the appeal is my least fav song i think

― matt h. (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, June 23, 2009 1:44 PM Bookmark

maybe, but still pretty great in its own right. I love how quik's voice first comes in in this really unexpected way, with that wet reverb and then he has a funny-ass conversation with himself, especially the "you can fight the temptation"/"naw dawg she's as-si-an/ and she's finer than lacy stacy or kimmy kardashian" bit

i can't really get with "watcha wanna do", whoever said they'd like to hear e-40 on that beat was dead on though.
Kurupt _does_ get a little hit or miss on this after repeat listening; Quik sounds great throughout.

Cream is fucking dope as hell tho'.

deej what did you say in your review, something like "kurupt tries hard to say nothing in the most complicated way posssible"? or something...anyway that was totally great description of him i thought

cream is my fav by far

"kurupt tries hard to say nothing in the most complicated way posssible"

This only really makes sense talking about "9xs Outta 10" (although could apply just as well to Quik on "Hey Playa!" or "Jupiter's Critic & the Mind of Mars"). The rest of the album Kurupt is a lot more understandable.

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs114.snc1/4839_524412192033_43201281_31246244_1131248_n.jpg
http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs114.snc1/4839_524412192033_43201281_31246244_1131248_n.jpg
http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs114.snc1/4839_524412192033_43201281_31246244_1131248_n.jpg

(although could apply just as well to Quik on "Hey Playa!" or "Jupiter's Critic & the Mind of Mars"

i disagree w this -- i think its pretty obvious what hes talking about on hey playa. jupiter's critic is a lil more oblique but its still got pretty concrete concepts going on

i.e. 'dropped by the majors,' owing taxes, etc

& about how getting involved in hip hop = lose your lust for sleep

"Ohh!" is my favorite today.

Loving this but the use of "twat" (pronounced with a r) really creeps me out.

i got two friends and they're my nuts/And all my ex-girlfriends hate my guts

you think i give a shhhhhhhit?
MAN UR WRONG

why not
not why

"watcha wan do" is such a great song but yoyo's beat-oblivious verse is terrible and completely inconsequential

MAN UR RONG

there needs to be a kurupt "MAN UR RONG" graemlin