(1997, Gee Street Records)
Prince Paul, who has never had a down period, and RZA, before he started believing his own gimmick too much, together, at their peak at this group. I know the first Gravediggaz gets jocked heavily for the whole horror rap groundbreaking, even though I’m pretty sure Esham had been getting down in Detroit for a while, as had Ganksta Nip down in Houston. Oh yeah, that’s not New York-based, so it doesn’t count. I think that first album doesn’t even begin to compare to this double LP, although there was a lot of 4th Disciple production on here, and I’m still of the belief 4th Disciple might’ve been better at what RZA did best than RZA was. 4th Disciple didn’t have the wide variety, nor the massive output like RZA, and he didn’t do the stuff off of Enter the 36 Chambers (I don’t think), but man, when it came to that semi-scientific street level Illuminati-exposing paranoia bap beat style, 4th Disciple was the shit.
I still pull this out from time to time, and I have to ask, oh dear anonymous internet people, is there anybody with a better lifetime of hip hop-related offerings than Prince Paul? Don’t sleep on the Dino 5 either. That’s my 5-year-old’s favorite shit right there. “I may be big and scary, but I’m really pretty nice... I may be big and scary, but I’m really pretty nice...” all day long, skipping around the kitchen.
2 comments:
Maybe it's one of those albums to appreciate later, but my level of skepticism is high for this one... It sure was a disappointment when It was released, one of those heartbreaking let downs.
Fucking pit full of snakes.
I mean, Prince Paul didn't even want to make it. That's not a good start.
probably not though because I liked it back then too, but I was way into the wu b-team paranoid illuminati rap movement, which this had plenty of
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