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Comment on Supernatural Delight by Sam Orchard

Sam Orchard — Sat, 21 May 2011 13:58:03 +0000

Thun, I think the difference is that we can look back fondly at the silly moves from the past, whereas we have to witness and shake our head at the current ones

Comment on Supernatural Delight by O.C., Homeboy Sandman, and the Infamous Ice-Grille | The T.R.O.Y. Blog

O.C., Homeboy Sandman, and the Infamous Ice-Grille | The T.R.O.Y. Blog — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:02:14 +0000

[...] about youth violence a while back. [↩]I have written a number of pieces about this topic. This one best crystallizes my thoughts. [↩]If you are not familiar with Word… Life, please get [...]

Comment on Supernatural Delight by Shad, Curren$y, and Earl Sweatshirt (OFWGKTA): On The Rhythmic Path | The T.R.O.Y. Blog

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:28:27 +0000

[...] the brink of self-parody. [↩]I wrote a piece on their brilliant debut The Whole Shabang, and another piece about their song “The Function” and the decline of dancing of hip hop danc…. [↩]Author Shawn Taylor refers to this as the “psychosomatic megapolis” in his [...]

Comment on Supernatural Delight by Peace, Party People: MellowHype (OFWGKTA) and A Tribe Called Quest | The T.R.O.Y. Blog

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:01:57 +0000

[...] this topic, most recently in my post here on Juelz Santana and Masta Ace, but also in pieces on The Future Sound’s “The Function” , Twin Hype’s “Nothing Could Save Ya“, and yet another that examines songs by [...]

Comment on Twin Hype “Nothing Could Save Ya” (1991) by Peace, Party People: MellowHype (OFWGKTA) and A Tribe Called Quest | The T.R.O.Y. Blog

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:01:42 +0000

[...] Ace, but also in pieces on The Future Sound’s “The Function” , Twin Hype’s “Nothing Could Save Ya“, and yet another that examines songs by Main Source, Gang Starr, and Three Times Dope. [...]

Comment on Blackboard Jungle by Stretch And Bobbito Month: 2 Twizz Demos | The T.R.O.Y. Blog

Stretch And Bobbito Month: 2 Twizz Demos | The T.R.O.Y. Blog — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:31:57 +0000

[...] Ok, so these are really from a CM Famalam Show, not Stretch and Bobbito, but Bobbito and Sear. I believe Lord Sear played these, as you hear him shout out Maleeto in the beginning. If you don’t know, Maleet (formerly Maleeto), is another incredible producer straight outta Jersey. And Twizz hails from the same town in New Jeruz: Elizabeth aka “The Liz”. [...]

Comment on Twin Hype “Nothing Could Save Ya” (1991) by I'm a bitter 30 something loser

I'm a bitter 30 something loser — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 14:15:36 +0000

wow this site is awesome! great writing about some of my favorite groups like terminator x and twin hype! Awesome! fag

Comment on Nucci Reyo and New Jerusalem’s Second Great Awakening by Nucci Reyo “Change My Name” | Steady Bloggin'

Nucci Reyo “Change My Name” | Steady Bloggin' — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:13:32 +0000

[...] isn’t much I can say about this guy that Thun didn’t cover here. WHile the whole Christianity thing would be a turn-off 99% of the time, Reyo is complelling enough [...]

Comment on That Real Live Bunch From Jersey by A.R. Marks

A.R. Marks — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:17:49 +0000

Being a Hudson River-adjacent Jersey resident for most of my life (first North Bergen, then Hackensack/Paterson/Ridgefield Park), the lack of a real NJ anthem is irritating. Especially considering all the talent that came from Nu Jeruz that got claimed by the NYC scene–for me, Redman, the Fugees, Just Blaze, and Joe Budden especially. (And then Chino XL defects to Cali! I still haven’t forgiven him for it.)

I chalk it up to the fact that North Jersey is so closely-packed that not even the city borders really define an area; it’s difficult to claim an “area” and stay put without describing the shit you’ve seen in its other areas. Jersey isn’t like Brooklyn or Queens, an almost universally bad area. You can have rich neighborhoods and poor neighborhoods extremely close together, sometimes within bike riding distance, which lends to a more jumbled experience of life than the clear-cut ‘everyone in my area sold dope etc.’

Comment on Twin Hype “Nothing Could Save Ya” (1991) by passing observer

passing observer — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:03:27 +0000

“Such rituals are repeated by subsequent generations of fans, unaware that their longing for an invented prelapsarian past is linked not only to the history of the genre’s discourse about its own development (see any “back in the day” rap song whether it waxes wistful about the pre-crack era, old school rap, childhood, or all of the above) but also to a pervasive romantic tradition that precedes rap by centuries”

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“While a movement towards coarser beats and subject matter is apparent in the early ’90s, the seeds for this change were planted many years in advance and too many acts (Just-Ice, King Sun, The Jaz, Brand Nubian, to name a few) defy the ol’ implicit aesthetic binary (conscious vs. gangsta or whatever it’s called this week) that manages to gain popular credibility the more the passage of time reveals it to be yet another fallacy.”

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I fully cop to the fact that I am privileging the kind of song that fulfills most of my ridiculously biased thirtysomething expectations while conveniently ignoring dated corniness and/or the often yawning chasm between the sentiment expressed on the record and the life of the artist.

ADJECTIVE OVERLOAD, CONSIDER MODIFIERS.

The rarely seen video, which was brought to my attention by their producer King Shameek (the architect of numerous dance-friendly jams including the incredible “Universal Flag” by King Sun) is early 90s absurdity all the way, the kind of jam that retro-fetishizing hybrid-happy young rap fans should eat up happily, if this old codger has anything to say about it.

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