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who bought this album this week? i've been listening to their previous album, Nia, all week just to get back in the mode. but i have my copy ready for later tonight, and having heard five songs from it and read many fan and professional reviews of it, i can tell you that it is a formidable classic (perhaps even better than Nia, which is an amazing album). it came out this past tuesday, and if you live near a Best Buy you can buy it this week for the bargain price of $7.99. take my advice and pick it up. the production is shit hot (chief xcel is the producer of the group, but it also has a few tracks featuring dj shadow, ?uestlove of the roots, hi-tek, cut chemist, and even ben harper). gift of gab is one of my FAVORITE emcees and i know what i'm talking about. he is just amazing. in addition, this album has a ton of talented guest vocalists: saul williams, lateef the truth speaker, lyrics born, miho hatori, ben harper, zack de la rocha, charlie tuna, and jaguar wright. you can NOT go wrong with this album, especially for under $10. |
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I like nia better. going to buy this one too of course. agreed on gift of gab. |
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whats blacklicious like .. i think the only stuff of theirs/his/hers i've heard was off some Mo Wax? compilation, which had Dj Shadows Entropy on it .. and blacklicious also, but i don't remember being overwhelmed by black..'s tracks? The Compilations was Solesides: Greatest Bumps? Speaking of such things .. what's Quannum like? |
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i just posted this url in another thread to you, but again for all the info you need: www.solesides.com blackalicious is on quite a bit of the solesides greatest bumps compilation. gift of gab is the rapper and chief xcel is the producer, so it's a duo. listen to the tracks on the album, and keep in mind that those are nearly 10 years old and imagine how much they must have matured (lyrically, musically) since then. the new album is mindblowing. i'm going to make my avatar a little ad for it to convert people here. quannum is chiefly: both members of blackalicious, dj shadow, lyrics born, and lateef the truth speaker. it also has new members like lifesavaz and other extended affiliates like cut chemist, charlie 2na, etc. hit up that web site above.. |
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i wanna keep this thread going for a day or two to get people's attention. this album is probably my favorite so far this year, which says a lot. try out these songs: release make you feel that way chemical calisthenics brain washers sky is falling .....it's all overwhelming me, oak and elming me. release arguably features saul williams' best performance to date. the lyrics (he just goes off for MINUTES): $7.99 @ best buy, don't forget. |
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release is just amazing..saul williams is by far one of my favorite poets..i heard some of this album today from my friend and i think i will have to pick it up.. |
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^ merci beaucoup titsworth .. much prechiated! :) |
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Tits: Its nice nice nice (ANTI CHEESY MUSIC)!!! I even like Blazing Arrow better than NIA (but thats pobably because I played NIA too much and got kinda tired of it). Its so nice to have some new Blackalicious material. This is some very well produced ambitious music no doubt. |
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I can never get tired of the track Shadow produced for NIA tho. Wich track did DJ Shadow produce on this one?....got to check the booklet. |
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cliffhanga |
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Blackalicious KICK ASS!!!!!!!! |
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lots of blackalicious coverage @ ekmag.com |
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cliff hanger on nia (one of my favorites, great storytelling and CRAZY beat); on blazing arrow shadow did an interlude between paragraph president and it's going down. the title in the liner notes for the interlude is "halfway home" but it's not its own track. just a reminder to everyone.. buy it! |
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I'll definetly make it my next music purchase, my brother got me into blackalicious a while back, ooh they flow so sweet, it will be mine |
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(bump) |
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yeah, loving chemical calastenics, and a couple of others...make you feel that way is the most stand out track i think. Its the kind of album that needs a few listens methinks |
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i was underwhelmed..... |
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that bad ? |
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Did DJ Shadow do any production on BLAZING ARROW?? |
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nope, cut chemist did, so did hi tek...but no shadow :( |
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can't you read? see my message, #00205670, right above. he did an interlude track. anyway, being close to xcel and gab (they're all part of quannum) i'm sure shadow saw how mca was pressuring them to have a lot of outside producers and vocalists, so he eased off on doing anything substantial. chemist, also close to the group, did a sequel to his a2g ep stuff. but chief xcel is the producer in blackalcious and i think his beats (which are on almost every single track) are the best. the album is a grower for sure, but even initially i loved it more than anything else i've bought this year. this week i am really feeling "first in flight" (with legendary jazz/soul singer gil scott-heron), "sky is falling" (has a geddy lee on amphetamines type feel to it), and "nowhere fast" (one of the album's lyrical highlights, and a great guest spot from tracey of jazzyfatnastees). |
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i bought it ... its good but not great... i prefer older so cali hip hop music like heiroglyphics, dilated peoples, aceyalone etc |
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I think this album is dope. One of the best hip hop albums I have ever heard. Blackalicious got skillz! |
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dilated peoples' last album (expansion team) was a huge letdown lyrically, they just had nothing to say. you can't make that same claim about blazing arrow though. and i think tons of tracks on it have the aforementioned cali vibe, tho not as much as nia - this one is more musically experimental. keep listening to it, mrtenzin, it's a grower. there's not one bad song on it, tho jaguar wright kinda fucks up "aural pleasure" for me. |
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Ibought it today... I like a lot dj shadow, quannum and blackicious, so I decided to buy it (maybe too late) and I wanted to post here to say that it is great... I am glad to have this classic at home |
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Blazing Arrow owns jo0! The lyrics on this CD are brilliant. |
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I love the first 5 tracks (so far) the one with ben harper is good but I expected more ben harper |
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its been out for months here in canada, i dont know where you are, . i havnt read the above posts so maybe someone mentioned this, i saw saul williams name up there somewhere, hes great, seen the film hes in?'slam' good stuff, gorrilla film making all the convicts were real convicts and th free style session that saul and his cell neighbor have was spure of the moment, you know me and 3 friends were on the guest list (thanks to williams himself) for the show in vancouver 4 or 5 months ago, blackalicious were there too, we couldnt make it, but we just emailed him and he put us on the list. his album amethyst rockstar is very very good. |
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Actually, the thread has been started in may, look at the date in the first post. |
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ah, shit, thanks, |
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No probs. |
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i'm STILL listening to this. |
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I'm just today, I'm just the way I am I am ever single day I am I'm February, April, March and even May I am I'm only what you make me hope I'm what you pray I am Today I am, I'm never really far away I am You better scope me like the hunter does the prey I am You play "I am" out in the picture yes today I am I'm everything your memory say I am beautiful... |
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I better pick this up one then.. *adds to list* |
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i got NIA yesterday and blazing arrow a few months ago, they're both pretty fantastic |
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Word. This album finds the perfect balance between pulling in outside help like Saul, Chali 2na and Cut Chemist and still being a distinct Blackalicious product. Too many albums are crammed with guest appearances and lose the flavour of the artist, but this one doesn't. I think it will take a few years for this one to be properly recognised but it will be considered a classic. And don't sleep on the Melodica EP, parts of which are on the Solesides Greatest Bumps. Swan Lake is priceless. |
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i feel bad because i just got the albumn last week.... it's so good.... i should have listened to titsworth back then |
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heehehhe.......it's just GREAT that you got it, better than never getting to hear the sweet music on that classic! i wish i had more time, i love it and it definately lifts my mood, but i have so many OTHER CD's i forget what a masterpiece this is! |
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BEST CHORUSES EVER. melodies bursting at the seams. |
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*listening to it RIGHT now* it's busting UP with 'the sky is falling' reminds me of that nursey rhyme =0) which one was that.....ahhahahh |
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i've been playing it a lot for the last few months... this album is brilliant. |
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