The Bay Area definitely had their own sound with the heavy bass and synthesizers. You can see the influence on later producers like Lil Jon and more recently DJ Mustard. Down the road in my hometown, Sacramento, we had are own take on it. With the synths sounding more sinister like a horror movie soundtrack. That fit the music of guys like Brotha Lynch Hung and the other artists on Black Market Records. Even the R&B music coming out from the area had the signature synth sound.
That Diamond D album is wildly underrated. I remember Sally Got A One Track Mind getting massive radio play in my area. As Diamond D says, the best producer on the mic. Cube fans really should pick up that Da Lench Mob album, it's basically an Ice Cube side project.
I've been completely surprised how many deluxe editions of 1990s Rap have come out in the past five years. There must be dozens of them by this point, though they always sell out very quickly.
Another great soundtrack from the Golden Era of Hip Hop, some great tracks from Naughty By Nature, EPMD, Eric B. and Rakim, Cypress Hill, Big Daddy Kane, etc. The Juice Soundtrack is Complex Magazine’s 7th best Hip Hop Movie soundtrack of all time. The compilation peaked at #17 on the U.S. Billboard Chart and included four different charting singles. It became RIAA Certified Gold in March of 1992.
The whole album is quite good if you haven't heard it. The opening track "Check The Resume" is one of my faves on the album.
House Of Pain was huge in 1992, everybody knows "Jump Around" but I've always liked the "Shamrocks And Shenanigans" remix by Butch Vig. Growing up in the Boston area, House Of Pain got tons of airplay due to the Boston heavy video they did, even though they were from L.A.! They certainly pulled it off big time and got themselves all over MTV and radio.
So many great tracks on Juice! I played side A of the cassette a lot more than side B, but it was great all the way through.
We'll talk more about Black Moon in 1993 but the debut single "Who Got Da Props?" dropped in October 1992, so I have to post it here. Great stuff, awesome single to drop before the album.
I should probably get Guerillas on CD. I had the cassette years ago. I liked Da Lench Mob far more than his Westside Connection side project.
Oh, heck yes! There's a full write up in Check The Technique by Brian Coleman about this album, which is very informative about the making of Enta Da Stage. Also, for those who collect the various mixes and instrumentals, Beatport has the entire 12" single of "Who Got Da Props" in lossless.
The Pete Rock remix of "Jump Around" was a hidden track on the original release of their album. It was nice to have the alternate version. Especially, after the original gained popularity and was played everywhere. In some ways, I like the PR remix more. It holds up to repeated listens better. The "Prince screams" on the original can get annoying after awhile. I believe the "Shamrocks & Shenanigans" remix was added to later pressings of the album.
One of Pete's best remixes! Did he sample the same track on Da Youngsta's "Pass The Mic" remix, or are they just similar samples?
He must've loved sampling that record. I think he might have used it on ADOR's track "Let It All Hang Out," too, also from 1992! Edit: I think the sample in this one is "California Soul".
Do soundtracks count? If they do, this has to top the list for me: This track, my God, this track. Turn it up as loud as possible! It's absolutely slammin'. The rest of the soundtrack is forgettable, to say the least...
Seeing as I've been talking a lot about soundtracks, how about the one for "Trespass"? This kind of slipped under the radar but a great track with Cube and Ice-T:
Yeah, I've heard the same, it seemed to come up in interviews with Snoop or Dre after "The Chronic" became the biggest album in Hip Hop, where the interviewer would bring it up and Dre always said it wasn't his favorite track that he did. Although, according to Warren G, it took him forever to convince Dre to listen to a demo with Snoop on it, so maybe Dre's come around on Deep Cover all these years later.
Yeah, but you're forgetting about the best song on that soundtrack: "Gotta Get Over (Taking Loot)" by Gang Starr
