Your thoughts on these albums....

Can't get enough of early 90's hip hop. I'm looking at picking up these albums. Just after ratings and opinions from those that know. Thanks

Tim Dog - Penicillin On Wax
Terminator X - The Valley Of The Jeep Beets
Boogie Down Productions - Live Hardcore Worldwide
Positive K - The Skills Dat Pay Da Bills
X Clan - Xodus
Apache - Apache Ain't Shit
Who's The Man? - Soundtrack
Yo Yo - You Better Ask Somebody
Shyheim - A/K/A The Rugged Child
Coolio - It Takes A Thief
Heavy D - Nuttin' But Love
Fesu - War With No Mercy
The D&D Project - Compilation

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I'll rate what I got...

Terminator X - The Valley Of The Jeep Beets (3.5 stars)
Boogie Down Productions - Live Hardcore Worldwide (3.75 stars)
Positive K - The Skills Dat Pay Da Bills (4 stars)
X Clan - Xodus (4 stars)
Shyheim - A/K/A The Rugged Child (4 stars)
Coolio - It Takes A Thief (4 stars)
Heavy D - Nuttin' But Love (4 stars)
Fesu - War With No Mercy (3.75 stars)

Tim Dog - Penicillin On Wax-novelty act, 2.5 stars
Terminator X - The Valley Of The Jeep Beets-3.5 stars
Boogie Down Productions - Live Hardcore Worldwide-5 stars, excellent live album
Positive K - The Skills Dat Pay Da Bills-3.5 stars
X Clan - Xodus-4.5 stars
Apache - Apache Ain't Shit-3 stars
Who's The Man? - Soundtrack-4.5 stars,bangin soundtrack
Yo Yo - You Better Ask Somebody-n/a
Shyheim - A/K/A The Rugged Child-n/a
Coolio - It Takes A Thief-n/a
Heavy D - Nuttin' But Love-4 stars
Fesu - War With No Mercy-n/a
The D&D Project - Compilation-3.5 stars

Powell, you've never heard It Takes A Thief? It's a good album, and severely underrated IMO

T. Myers wrote:

Powell, you've never heard It Takes A Thief? It's a good album, and severely underrated IMO

Agreed. Coolio is actually pretty good IMO. He gets hated on for the pop-boppery.

Tim Dog - Penicillin On Wax- 4.0 (if you take this album for what it is you will enjoy this. Tim Dog sticks to the theme very well)

X Clan - Xodus- (honestly just recently heard it once so I'm not comfortable giving it a rating but its all good)

Coolio - It Takes A Thief - 3.75 (Back then I would have gave it a 4.5 but now it is 3.75 or so)

Heavy D - Nuttin' But Love- 4.5 (Tied for my fav Heavy D album)

Fesu - War With No Mercy- 4.0 (The subject matter will sound dated but one of those TX gems not to miss)

X-Clan - Xodus (4 stars)

Boogie Down Productions - Live Hardcore Worldwide-5 stars
Positive K - The Skills Dat Pay Da Bills-3.5 stars
X Clan - Xodus-4.5 stars
Apache - Apache Ain't Shit-3.5 stars
Shyheim - A/K/A The Rugged Child- 3.5 stars (On and On is worth 2 stars alone!!!)
Coolio - It Takes A Thief- 4 stars (good album but Gangsta's Paradise was better)
Heavy D- Nuttin But Love- 4 stars

Two 5-star ratings for BDP's "Live Hardcore Worldwide"? Wow, what the hell am I missing about that one? I mean, it's definitely enjoyable IMO, but it falls just short of 4 stars because it doesn't hit you like his studio material. I hate to call it a sound/production/technology issue, but maybe that's what I feel is missing....despite great performances.

Alan wrote:

Two 5-star ratings for BDP's "Live Hardcore Worldwide"? Wow, what the hell am I missing about that one? I mean, it's definitely enjoyable IMO, but it falls just short of 4 stars because it doesn't hit you like his studio material. I hate to call it a sound/production/technology issue, but maybe that's what I feel is missing....despite great performances.

It's the best hip-hop live album ever IMO. That's why I gave it that rating.

KJ Styles wrote:

Alan wrote:

Two 5-star ratings for BDP's "Live Hardcore Worldwide"? Wow, what the hell am I missing about that one? I mean, it's definitely enjoyable IMO, but it falls just short of 4 stars because it doesn't hit you like his studio material. I hate to call it a sound/production/technology issue, but maybe that's what I feel is missing....despite great performances.

It's the best hip-hop live album ever IMO. That's why I gave it that rating.

I'll have to put it rotation...cassette rotation since that's what I got. lol

KJ Styles wrote:

Alan wrote:

Two 5-star ratings for BDP's "Live Hardcore Worldwide"? Wow, what the hell am I missing about that one? I mean, it's definitely enjoyable IMO, but it falls just short of 4 stars because it doesn't hit you like his studio material. I hate to call it a sound/production/technology issue, but maybe that's what I feel is missing....despite great performances.

It's the best hip-hop live album ever IMO. That's why I gave it that rating.

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I take it you disagree with that rating, SRP? lol

Terminator X - The Valley Of The Jeep Beets - 3 - 3.5 stars on this one.

Positive K - The Skills Dat Pay Da Bills

X Clan - Xodus - 3.75 -4 stars - dope but a little dated

Coolio - It Takes A Thief - 4.5 stars - cosign terry, shit is just as dope now as before

Heavy D - Nuttin' But Love- 4 stars - good CD

Fesu - War With No Mercy

The D&D Project - Compilation


The other three I recently bought but ain't heard

Alan wrote:

I take it you disagree with that rating, SRP? lol

When you have the Unplugged series - with Jay Z and the roots - the roots live album - kanye west live with an orchestra - the hilltop hoods recording their album live with a 32 piece orchestra and all these other doper live albums, both conceptually and musically, I find it hard to take seriously the opinion of someone who calls KRS One and a DAT Machine the best live album of all time.

Alan wrote:

I take it you disagree with that rating, SRP? lol

Don't listen to ANYTHING that SRP says about KRS. He's just one wack ass hater who's too ignorant to recognize that he's one of the greatest lyricists of all time. He's just as bad as Cory is with Nas. I wipe my ass with his lame ass opinion.

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

Alan wrote:

I take it you disagree with that rating, SRP? lol

When you have the Unplugged series - with Jay Z and the roots - the roots live album - kanye west live with an orchestra - the hilltop hoods recording their album live with a 32 piece orchestra and all these other doper live albums, both conceptually and musically, I find it hard to take seriously the opinion of someone who calls KRS One and a DAT Machine the best live album of all time.

I find it hard to take seriously the opinion of someone who has Seagram and Mac Dre on his GOAT list, and listens to Gucci Mane religiously.

I thought we had an understanding KJ?

I stated my piece on why that album is NOT the best live album of all time. Your turn to respond intelligently. Or are you going to wait for Powell to respond and then piggy back on him?

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Southern Rap Pro wrote:

I thought we had an understanding KJ?

I stated my piece on why that album is NOT the best live album of all time. Your turn to respond intelligently. Or are you going to wait for Powell to respond and then piggy back on him?

All you do is hate on KRS! It's clear that you dislike him. If I had named anybody else you wouldn't have said anything, so get the fuck out of here with that bullshit.

Nah man, you got me all wrong, I lay the belt down equally on all my children. You have still yet to responded as to why the BDP live CD is so good...

The BDP live album is great because it contains most of the best songs from his first four albums (all of which are classics IMO). The album also doesn't have the muffled sound of most live releases. He really gets the crowd pumpin and commands your attention throughout. You can hear every single word Kris is saying on this album. It's so crystal clear that on a good system, you virtually get the feeling that you are AT the show yourself.

Having seen KRS in concert before, I can honestly say that he is THE best live performer in the history of hip-hop. Between tracks, he drops a bit of knowledge on you that will make you be like "oh shit, that's deep!!!"

You say that KRS is irrelevant and doesn't get universal love, that's BULLSHIT!!! He got love in both London and Paris on this album. The man could go to ANY hip-hop venue in the world and get a standing ovation. Few live albums of ANY genre have captured the pinnacle of live music quite like this joint has.

If all that doesn't give you an understanding of why this is great, then it's clear that you are simply blinded by your hatred of the man. This is truly a masterpiece.

The BDP is not the best live hip hop album. That title would probably go to the Roots Come Alive. If I recall, the main purpose for the live album was to get the Criminal Minded material back in print. The Roots Come Alive featured an actual band in their natural habitat with Black Thought ripping the hell out of those tracks.

T. Myers wrote:

The BDP is not the best live hip hop album. That title would probably go to the Roots Come Alive. If I recall, the main purpose for the live album was to get the Criminal Minded material back in print. The Roots Come Alive featured an actual band in their natural habitat with Black Thought ripping the hell out of those tracks.

I enjoyed Roots come alive, but I liked the BDP joint better.

Also, Criminal Minded NEVER went out of print. The album had two purposes. One, to promote the yet-to-be released at the time Edutainment, and to show everyone how great a live performer KRS is, and they succeeded with both.

KJ Styles wrote:

T. Myers wrote:

The BDP is not the best live hip hop album. That title would probably go to the Roots Come Alive. If I recall, the main purpose for the live album was to get the Criminal Minded material back in print. The Roots Come Alive featured an actual band in their natural habitat with Black Thought ripping the hell out of those tracks.

I enjoyed Roots come alive, but I liked the BDP joint better.

Also, Criminal Minded NEVER went out of print. The album had two purposes. One, to promote the yet-to-be released at the time Edutainment, and to show everyone how great a live performer KRS is, and they succeeded with both.

Criminal Minded has gone out of print countless times. the rights to the albums have been passed around more than Lindsey Lohan.

Here you go KJ. This is from Amazon.

1991 saw the release of Live Hardcore Worldwide, one of the first live hip-hop LPs. It was basically a way to get the material from Criminal Minded back in print, in a format where royalties could be collected (an ongoing dispute with B Boy Records was tying up the original recordings).

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T. Myers wrote:

KJ Styles wrote:

T. Myers wrote:

The BDP is not the best live hip hop album. That title would probably go to the Roots Come Alive. If I recall, the main purpose for the live album was to get the Criminal Minded material back in print. The Roots Come Alive featured an actual band in their natural habitat with Black Thought ripping the hell out of those tracks.

I enjoyed Roots come alive, but I liked the BDP joint better.

Also, Criminal Minded NEVER went out of print. The album had two purposes. One, to promote the yet-to-be released at the time Edutainment, and to show everyone how great a live performer KRS is, and they succeeded with both.

Criminal Minded has gone out of print countless times. the rights to the albums have been passed around more than Lindsey Lohan.

I've seen that album in stores MANY times, so that baffles me.

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