Vinyl Me Please Rap & Hip Hop

[2e7en]

interesting how the URL trick still doesn't work. Guess they finally fixed it.

 

[NathanRicaud]

O'Lord w/ O.C. is just an interlude but still pretty slick. I've heard a few songs on this album before but don't remember the whole thing. Brainstorm is on a playlist I listen to a lot.

The beat on that track always reminded me of the beat on Mobb Deep’s song ‘Extortion’ (on their 1996 album Hell on Earth)! It has that dark, vampire, nocturnal sound with those whaling strings! The production on Brainstorm is just incredible!

 

[scotthilk]

Interesting. I’ve never listened to this album - listening now!

 

[NathanRicaud]

Interesting. I’ve never listened to this album - listening now!

You’re going to love it! Enjoy the production!

 

[NathanRicaud]

Omg! This pick is just incredible, I can’t even go back to bed now! I’ve got too much energy now!

 

[NewsFedora]

Oh man I'm just glad my anxiety's gone away now that I know what it is.


Lord Finesse is a good one. @duke86fan I know you were jaded on most of our options, but give it a listen. I think it's a keeper.

 

[dirty hands]

wait.. ISN'T A PIZZA JUST AN OPEN FACED SANDWICH?? There is a track called 'Sandwiches' on that Count Bass D album....

 

[wingclipper]

Wasn’t one of the clues a 90s classic? Don’t get me wrong, I love the Funky Man but this is his worst album out of his 90s output. Better than the alternatives though

 

[NewsFedora]

wait.. ISN'T A PIZZA JUST AN OPEN FACED SANDWICH?? There is a track called 'Sandwiches' on that Count Bass D album....

Some day we'll get some CBD goodness from VMP. Some day.

Wasn’t one of the clues a 90s classic? Don’t get me wrong, I love the Funky Man but this is his worst album out of his 90s output. Better than the alternatives though

I think that was just something we collectively believed to be the case, but no, Storf never referred to it as such.

 

[dirty hands]

Wasn’t one of the clues a 90s classic? Don’t get me wrong, I love the Funky Man but this is his worst album out of his 90s output. Better than the alternatives though

I believe it has been stated in here that the 90's comment wasn't directed to the rhh track

 

[dhodo]

Wasn’t one of the clues a 90s classic? Don’t get me wrong, I love the Funky Man but this is his worst album out of his 90s output. Better than the alternatives though

More of a classic than da brat at least!

 

[dwgshaker]

Now what would be special is if they managed to clear the Let's Get It On instrumental from the TV tracks test pressing of this LP...

Lord Finesse - The Awakening (T.V. Tracks)

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1996 Vinyl release of "The Awakening (T.V. Tracks)" on Discogs.

www.discogs.com

Of course, they won't have, in fact I doubt they're even aware that there's a legendary unreleased instrumental from this LP... but hey, it's better than Coolio, Capleton or Dougie Fresh...

 

[4080]

Lord Finesse, wow, this makes me so happy! Time to upgrade another cassette to vinyl...a couple of exclusives would be nice...

 

[DK3]

Wiki mentions a hidden track called Actual Facts with Puba, Sadat and Large Professor. Hopefully that’s included.

 

[Ghost]

I’ll be picking this up I think, but he still a herb for that lawsuit on Mac Miller. That was super whack to do considering hip-hop has always been a culture of sampling and young rappers rhyming over classic beats to get on.

 

[Selaws]

KRS-One kills it on this one:

My plan was to cancel R&HH for the first time this month. Listening to this though and I dig it, im going to stream the full thing tomorrow and decide after that.

 

[Vinyl&Kicks86]

 

[2e7en]

I’ll be picking this up I think, but he still a herb for that lawsuit on Mac Miller. That was super whack to do considering hip-hop has always been a culture of sampling and young rappers rhyming over classic beats to get on.

That always rubbed me the wrong way about Lord Finesse but I thin kit's water under the bridge now. I think after what happened to him over the Fatboy Slim sample and how they fucked him over he became paranoid about being sampled.

 

[dhodo]

It's common for album art to have copyright dates for the year prior to release with releases early in the year. Only release date I can find is Feb. 20, 1996. Reviewed in The Source in the same month. Highest chart position in March. Lead singles were released in fall '95.

That is definitely why the person who created the discogs listing got the year wrong though.

 

[Ghost]

That always rubbed me the wrong way about Lord Finesse but I thin kit's water under the bridge now. I think after what happened to him over the Fatboy Slim sample and how they fucked him over he became paranoid about being sampled.

Yeah it seemed him and Mac ended up being pretty amicable about everything when all was said and done. Just put me off hella, it was just a backwards thing to do and felt like he was just looking for a pay day as opposed to actually being a litigious character.