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I've been listening to "Pot Casts" of my brother Stephen C. Kane's radio show recently, which has been a really good experience for me. Motherfucker had a 90's hip-hop "Cast," which is as directly up my alley as one can really be. So come into this alley with me. I'm not lonely, but I do want some company.On said "Cast," Joel played Camp Lo's Luchini and it really got me thinking. As a youth into rap music, I really only liked the super dark, raw production of RZA, Mobb Deep, Boot Camp Clik, etc. I was familiar with Camp Lo, but, like a true countercultural teen, I found them boring & mainstream. However, since I'm now a much more eclectic consumer of music, I was surprised by how much I really really liked that dang Camp Lo song.
This is a different type of post for me, since I'm posting about something that is relatively new to me. I haven't listened to this record dozens/scores/baker's dozens of times. In fact, I'm listening to it for the second time as I type this, and I'll probably have played it a total of three times when this post "goes live." As such, I can't really isolate my favorite moments of the record and dissect what's happening because, man, I don't even know what my favorite parts of the record are! This shit is new to me, dogg! I will say that the production is phenomenal, and at least a few lines made me smile. Listen to this BIG BANGER, love it, download the record, live my life for me.
9 comments:
SO GOOD.
Great record. Will Smith even liked it so much he put Camp Lo on "Big Willie Style" and he's a really cool rapper.
Yeah - this record is great. I was very pleased to snag a clean 2LP copy at work a few years back.
Hoffa - Wait, you got the clean version? Those are the worst! Did they edit out all of the f bombs?(By "f bomb" I mean the real f bomb none of this pussy "fuck" shit) There are actually kind of a lot of f bombs on this record.
hells yes. thanks for the upload.
Todd - I meant "clean" as in "not totally fucked up by some DJ." Scratch-free.
Dude, I was using BIZ TERMZ.
Oh like Biz Markie?
of course i love this shit, and it will always remind me of that magical time when my friends and i were starting to get our licenses.
maybe you'd like to perpetuate or strike down a rumour i once heard: it was said around this time that the instrumental tracks on jay-z's reasonable doubt were throwaways from this album. more than one person has claimed this to me.
Well based upon a bit of net research, Ski, who produced the Camp Lo record, also produced "Dead Presidents," "22 Two's", "Politics as Usual," and "Feelin' It" on Reasonable Doubt. Wouldn't be surprised if the various beats were offered around. I will say that "Dead Presidents" is one of my favorite beats/songs ever.
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