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Written by KingPin
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Wednesday, 27 August 2008 |
 Peace and blessings! School’s back in session, the Olympics just
wrapped up, and the Giants are prepping that 2nd run at the Super
Bowl. Hope all is well and good with y’all. Congrats are still in
order to the Columbia City Paper on the 3rd B-Day. The Ozone Awards
just wrapped up (shouts to JB), Lil Wayne just hit 2 million, Usher
just hit 1 million, and the summer is coming to a close. Much love to
all the movers and shakers who put on for this city. Let’s get it!
CURRENT LISTENS
1. NAS- Untitled (Def Jam)
2. G-Unit –Terminate On Sight (GUnit/Interscope)
3. Flotbots- Fight With Tools (Universal)
4. Dead Prez- Live In San Francisco (Boss Up Inc.)
5. Wale- Mixtape About Nothing (myspace.com/Wale) -Banger!
REVIEW
Today we are going to revisit the year 1991 and speak about one of the greatest albums to drop from one of hip-hop’s Greatest groups, A Tribe Called Quest. The Low End Theory was released in the sweltering heat of the New York Summer by Jive Records to much anticipation. Coming off much fanfare for their debut album a year earlier, People’s Instinctive Travels… (Jive), as well as embracing the foundation laid down by the Jungle Brothers and De La Soul, ATCQ set the hip-hop world on fire. Groundbreaking debuts and poorly received follow-ups tell the story of countless acts to ever pick up a microphone. ATCQ would be different. The Low End Theory did much to propel them to legend status. From ‘Excursions’ and ‘Jazz (We’ve Got) to ‘Verse from the Abstract’ and ‘Everything is Fair’, The Low End Theory trail-blazed the fact that there is power in numbers. Through out each of the 14 tracks, Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, and Ali-Shaheed Muhammad, literally existed as one organism. No Ego’s, no filler, no fluff, just freaked samples, warm bass-lines, and boom-bap. Whatever the direction, whether insightful (Vibes & Stuff), comedic (Butter/Buggin’ Out), or energetic (Show Business), The Low End Theory travelled flawlessly.
Not a group that relies on guest appearances to sell a record, ATCQ travelled down this road twice with tremendous results. Brand Nubian & Diamond D both tackle ‘Show Business’ as if it was a track on their respective albums. Straight from Long Island, New York, The Leaders of the New School venture in and manhandle the album’s last track, ‘Scenario’. This is the crucial song in hip-hop history in which Busta Rhymes separates himself lyrically from anybody else ever again. ‘Check The Rhime’ is the pinnacle of this album. Coming in just under 4 minutes, this track thumps from start to finish. It features the clever wordplay (popularized by Nice & Smooth) between Phife and Q-Tip, classic drum patterns, and contains the infamous hip-hop quotable…, ‘Industry rule # 4080, record company people are shady...’
Going platinum in less than a year, The Low End Theory guaranteed A Tribe Called Quest’s place in history. Not because of the amount of units sold, but because of the amount of units sold doing it their way. Simply put…CLASSIC!
EVENTS
1. Fantasy Island & Official Block Banga presents…TakeOver Tuesdays at Fantasy Island’s Gentlemen’s Club (Two Notch next to Mr. B’s), featuring an OBB DJ rocking all nite. Every Tuesday!
2. Mini Mayhem Party. Saturday September 6, at National Guard Amory with DJ Frosty rocking all nite.
3. Sucka Free Thursdays at Club Fever (6729 Two Notch Rd.) with DJ B-Lord rocking all nite.
4. Superstars of South Kak on Wednesday’s at 360 Sport’s Bar and Grille (Bush River Road). Hosted by Neek of Hot 103.9FM with banging DJ’s each week.
WORDS OF WISDOM
Seven days a week should equal seven days of good. Enjoy yourself…
Stay Up!
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