Genre: Punk Rock, Grunge, Noise Rock
Label Number: SPCD 031/186
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March 26, 2021
Various Artists - Revolution Come & Gone (1992)
Genre: Punk Rock, Grunge, Noise Rock
Label Number: SPCD 031/186
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Erick Sermon - No Pressure (1993)
*First pressing.
Contains 17 tracks total.
A photo of the disc is included in the RAR file.
Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label Number: COK 57460
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AllMusic Review by Ron Wynn
When EPMD finally unravelled after months of rumors and internal turmoil, Erick Sermon wasted no time grabbing the mike. He's quite obsessed with proving he can cut it alone, although his self-titled debut didn't move far from EPMD's trademarks: fat, crunching basslines, neatly inserted samples lifted mainly from Zapp, tight vocal edits, and Sermon's mush-mouthed, deadpan raps. His targets included condoms, sexual warfare, hip-hop groupies, and would-be rap challengers. While this contains the obligatory "bitches" and "niggas" references, there's not as much gun worship as you might expect. No Pressure is as much, if not more, EPMD's final release as Erick Sermon's debut.
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label Number: COK 57460
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AllMusic Review by Ron Wynn
When EPMD finally unravelled after months of rumors and internal turmoil, Erick Sermon wasted no time grabbing the mike. He's quite obsessed with proving he can cut it alone, although his self-titled debut didn't move far from EPMD's trademarks: fat, crunching basslines, neatly inserted samples lifted mainly from Zapp, tight vocal edits, and Sermon's mush-mouthed, deadpan raps. His targets included condoms, sexual warfare, hip-hop groupies, and would-be rap challengers. While this contains the obligatory "bitches" and "niggas" references, there's not as much gun worship as you might expect. No Pressure is as much, if not more, EPMD's final release as Erick Sermon's debut.
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Erick Sermon - Double or Nothing (1995)
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Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label Number: 314 529 286-2
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AllMusic Review by Dan Gizzi
Erick Sermon is one half of the influential East Coast hip-hop duo EPMD (the other half being Parrish Smith). Double or Nothing is his second solo album. Every song isn't great but there are no bad ones either. This is an album that you might listen to from beginning to end, free of the impulse to fast-forward. Of course Erick Sermon's signature funky sound is here, along with the influences of fellow Def Squad members Redman and Keith Murray. The three team up on the aggressive "Sound Off" sounding nice together, as usual. Redman appears on quite a few tracks, bringing the punchlines and bold attitude which work so well for him.
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label Number: 314 529 286-2
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AllMusic Review by Dan Gizzi
Erick Sermon is one half of the influential East Coast hip-hop duo EPMD (the other half being Parrish Smith). Double or Nothing is his second solo album. Every song isn't great but there are no bad ones either. This is an album that you might listen to from beginning to end, free of the impulse to fast-forward. Of course Erick Sermon's signature funky sound is here, along with the influences of fellow Def Squad members Redman and Keith Murray. The three team up on the aggressive "Sound Off" sounding nice together, as usual. Redman appears on quite a few tracks, bringing the punchlines and bold attitude which work so well for him.
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Ammonia - Mint 400 (1995)
Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Post Grunge
Label Number: MATTCD023
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© 1995 Murmur
AllMusic Review by Nitsuh Abebe
"Drugs," the single from Mint 400, got quite a bit of alternative-radio airplay, and it's a good example of the simplistic but hooky post-grunge (barely) Ammonia typically deals with. They've backed away from grunge mainly through a melodic influence -- most of the songs on Mint 400 sound like a more rocked-out version of the Posies ("Ken Carter"), or the major-label work of Superdrag ("Mint 400"). The album sounds best when the band sinks into slow, dreamy drama ("Little Death") or rages ahead with a straightforward pop song ("Suzi Q"). Mint 400 is fairly average late-1990s "alternative" pop -- radio-friendly but a bit plain.
Genre: Post Grunge
Label Number: MATTCD023
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AllMusic Review by Nitsuh Abebe
"Drugs," the single from Mint 400, got quite a bit of alternative-radio airplay, and it's a good example of the simplistic but hooky post-grunge (barely) Ammonia typically deals with. They've backed away from grunge mainly through a melodic influence -- most of the songs on Mint 400 sound like a more rocked-out version of the Posies ("Ken Carter"), or the major-label work of Superdrag ("Mint 400"). The album sounds best when the band sinks into slow, dreamy drama ("Little Death") or rages ahead with a straightforward pop song ("Suzi Q"). Mint 400 is fairly average late-1990s "alternative" pop -- radio-friendly but a bit plain.
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March 25, 2021
Band of Susans - Love Agenda (1989)
Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Noise Rock
Label Number: 7 71425-2
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© 1989 Restless/Blast First
While Page Hamilton's work on guitar here is often referenced in stories about Helmet, the fact is that Band of Susans is very much Poss and Stenger's band, and the at-times grotesquely grinding feel of Hamilton's later work is thankfully missing in favor of the more intricate and powerful music here. The group's second full-length album is one of those creations of its time which ages well rather than sounding dated. Though you can easily imagine the band in its particular late-'80s New York context right from the first track "The Pursuit of Happiness," the squalling guitars, and Poss' just a little bit Thurston Moore-ish vocals, the fact is that this album just plain kicks out the jams; it's art that is blessedly unafraid to rock. "It's Locked Away" is a killer example of this, centered around a great riff that has much more of an angular, drony sound to it than anything else, but is wedded to a full-on crunch that also has a great groove (one of the Susans' many instrumental secret weapons) to it as well. Poss, who produced the record, mixes his vocals, as well Stenger's occasional backing efforts, fairly deep into the mix throughout the record; rather than being annoying or pointlessly obscure, it just feels right, a good way of letting his voice be another instrument to carry the songs. Perhaps to reference that fact, "Thorn in My Side" and "Sin Embargo" are both instrumentals, and are as great as the of the album. The CD version contains the band's noted cover of the Rolling Stones' "Child of the Moon," which in its guitar-overdriven way pretty much beats out the entire remake of Exile on Main St. that Pussy Galore did.
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Various Artists - Judgment Night: Music From The Motion Picture (1993)
Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Rapcore
Label Number: EK 57144
© 1993 Immortal/Epic Soundtrax
Music genres separated along racial divides, like rock and rap, have always borrowed from each other, even if it's bands on the edges of either camp. The soundtrack to the film Judgment Night takes the racial themes of the movie to the soundtrack, pulling together some of the best acts in both genres. Rather than cover existing songs, the bands collaborated on the frequently shared themes of injustice, violence, prowess at the mike, and love of the herb. Every track is exceedingly well constructed and produced, though it's debatable if new ground is being covered. By taking rap acts that already lean toward rock, like House of Pain and Ice-T, and rock acts that dabble in rap, like Faith No More, there aren't many surprises. Two tracks, "Fallin'" with Teenage Fan Club and De La Soul, and "I Love You Mary Jane" with Sonic Youth and Cypress Hill take a decidedly mellow approach. The other tracks feed off each other's rage and rhythm, particularly Slayer and Ice-T's "Disorder" and Helmet and House of Pain's "Just Another Victim." Surprisingly, the only track that really falls flat is the Pearl Jam and Cypress Hill collaboration "Real Thing."
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Tone-Lōc - Lōc'ed After Dark (1989)
*First pressing.
Contains 11 tracks total.
A photo of the disc is included in the RAR file.
Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label Number: 842 300-2
© 1989 Delicious Vinyl
A forgotten man in the rise of West Coast rap, Tone-Loc was effectively cut off from his hometown scene in Los Angeles by his unexpected pop success. Paced by the singles "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina" -- both co-written by a pre-fame Young MC -- and some of the earliest productions by the legendary Dust Brothers, Loc's debut album, Loc-ed After Dark, became the second rap album to top the pop charts, following the Beastie Boys' Licensed to Ill. Loc's distinctively rough, raspy voice and easygoing delivery made him an appealing storyteller, but he was aiming for the streets more than the pop charts. So there's the occasional profanity, the stalker-tinged title track, and "Cheeba Cheeba," which made waves at the time as one of the earliest pro-marijuana raps on record (of course, this was before Cypress Hill, and Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No" campaign was still fresh in the public's mind). The minor singles "I Got It Goin' On" and "On Fire" (the latter the first record ever released on Delicious Vinyl) are both pretty good, but some of the album's momentum is wasted on some fairly standard MC boasts (Loc has much more personality than he does lyrical technique). Even if Loc-ed After Dark is erratic, though, it still deserves more respect than it's generally accorded.
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The Real Roxanne - The Real Roxanne (1988)
Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Hip-Hop
Style: Pop Rap
Label Number: SED 21627
© 1988 Select Records
With the aid of Jam Master Jay, Howie Tee, and Full Force, this Puerto Rican whipped up a stunning debut that highlighted her inimitable skills as a rapper and lyricist, as well as her band's way with the funk. Hihglights include "Bang Zoom," "Respect," and "Roxanne's on a Roll."
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Roxanne - Go Down... But Don't Bite It (1991)
*A photo of the disc is included in the RAR file.
Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label Number: 2-61207
© 1991 Select Records
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Various Artists - Trespass (Music From The Motion Picture) (1992)
*A photo of the disc is included in the RAR file.
Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Hip-Hop
Style: Gangsta Rap
Label Number: 9 26978-2
© 1992 Sire/Warner Bros. Records
This first soundtrack album from Trespass (there is also an album of Ry Cooder's score) contains "music from the motion picture" "plus bonus tracks." It is a gangsta rap sampler featuring Ice-T and Ice Cube, who star in the film, along with Public Enemy and others. In other words, there's a lot of rage, many threats of violence, and a generous helping of obscenities, all set to some busy rhythms.
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O.L.D. (Old Lady Drivers) Formula (1995)
Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Industrial
Label Number: MOSH 131
© 1995 Earache
By the time of Formula, Old had very much evolved from one kind of musical beast into another, finding a place where a distanced, retro-technological approach fed into a slow, head-nodding metal stomp. It's not quite what Trans Am also created -- there's less in the way of rock god flash and more odd transmissions from all-robot civilizations, helped in large part by the way Alan Dubin distorts or treats his vocals. Plotkin's compositions often rely on a careful blend of textured sounds -- drawn-out feedback tones turned into serene textures, keyboards creating trance-like melodies, the steady, rough beat of drum machines. Songs like "Break [You]" and "Underglass" often have a true beauty as well -- consider how the mid-song guitar overdub adds a new, beautiful shimmer to the song, invigorating and majestic, or the latter's soaring keyboard line and almost sweetly serene overall arrangement. Plotkin's epic drone guitar solos, in particular, take many of the songs to the next level; if kept low in the mix compared to the rhythms, the results on "Devolve" and "Rid" often have a soaring, unexpected kind of grace and power, confirming his well-deserved reputation on the instrument. "Last Look," which begins on a somewhat arid note, like Head of David only even more just sort of there, works against the relatively flat rhythm and delivery through out-of-nowhere stops and starts. There's even a part where everything completely shifts into a weird orchestral loop and sample -- when the arrangement returns, not only does the mechanized beat sound better, but the extra guitar overdubs add a low-key grandeur previously lacking in the song. Dubin's heavily vocodored vocals here also sound better at the end, an alien passion seeping through his strained delivery.
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O.L.D. (Old Lady Drivers) The Musical Dimensions of Sleastak (1993)
Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Avant-Garde, Industrial Metal
Label Number: MOSH86CD
© 1993 Earache
The Musical Dimensions begins almost orchestrally, but quickly drops into its central sound -- phases of noise topped with near-spoken vocals, "proggy" rock sounds ("Freak Now"), and then more deconstructions into phases and washes of noise. It's certainly an appealing tone -- for at least a few listens; late-'70s rock offerings like this have the capacity to grow very old very quickly.
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O.L.D. (Old Lady Drivers) Lo Flux Tube (1991)
Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Avant-garde, Industrial Metal
Label Number: MOSH 41
© 1991 Earache
James Plotkin, the Frank Zappa of death metal, was in the process of turning his joke grindcore project Old Lady Drivers into a psychedelic guitar experience when this album came out in 1992. It was sadly lost in the shuffle while labelmates Carcass and Entombed got most of the mainstream media's attention that year, but the noise being made here is much more original and crazy than anything the two other bands were making at the time. Taking a cue from industrial music, Plotkin (here credited as Jimmy Old) loads the music with precise drum beats and the occasional electronic noises. His guitar work is truly stunning, slashing around the tracks like Dave Mustaine one minute and Kevin Shields the next. Former Nirvana guitarist Jason Everman contributes detuned bass, and even jazz madman John Zorn makes an appearance for a noisy saxophone solo. Only Alan Dubin's Cookie Monster vocals keep this from really being amazing. His voice detracts from the album quite a lot, taking away from the creativity shown in the music. But anyone looking past his obvious weaknesses as a vocalist can enjoy the album for what it is, an original experiment in taking death metal past its narrow boundaries and into new territory.
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March 23, 2021
Various Artists - Don't Be a Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood: The Soundtrack (1996)
Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Hip-Hop, R&B
Label Number: 314-524 146-2
© 1996 Island Records
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While You're Drinking Your Juice in the Hood is a silly spoof of black urban dramas of the 1990s, like Boyz N the Hood, Menace II Society, and Juice. Appropriately, the soundtrack is a slightly off-center collection of hip-hop and rap-influenced R&B. Not all of the soundtrack works -- it's too long, for one thing, and there are too many mediocre cuts -- but the songs that are good are first-rate, particularly Ghostface Killah's first solo track. It's just a shame there aren't more than a handful of good songs.
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Squeeze - Greatest Hits (1992)
Country: United Kingdom
Genre: New Wave
Label Number: 828 397 181-2
© 1992 A&M Records
Released in England in 1992, and reissued straight-up nearly a decade later in America, the 20-track collection Greatest Hits is a very good collection that captures Squeeze at their best, even if it doesn't contain all of their best moments. This contains pretty much everything on the 1982 collection Singles: 45s and Under -- every one but one of the 12 tracks, with the sublime "If I Didn't Love You" down for the count, but supplanted by the terrific "Labelled With Love," so it's a draw -- and it brings it up to speed with selections from 1985's Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti to 1991's Play, with a total of eight tracks, including the big hit "Hourglass" and one of its successors, "Footprints" (but not "853-5937," yet there's still a good portion of Babylon and On here). This certainly provides a more generous selection of material, which is welcome, but the record doesn't summarize the group's great period as Singles: 45s and Under, nor is it quite as infectious. Still, it does have more tracks, and it covers the post 1982 period very well, so it does fulfill its goals very well, and, for listeners looking for a fuller collection, this may very well be the choice -- especially since it contains almost all of Singles.
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Bang Bang Machine - Amphibian (1995)
Country: United Kingdom
Genre: Dream Pop, Shoegaze
Label Number: 540385-2
© 1993 Giant Records
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Warren G - Regulate... G Funk Era (1994)
*U.S. first pressing.
Contains 12 tracks total.
Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Hip-Hop
Style: G-Funk, Gangsta Rap
Label Number: 314-523-335-2
© 1994 Violator/Rush Associated Labels
Anchored by the laid-back G-funk anthem "Regulate," Warren G's appropriately titled Regulate...G Funk Era embodies the mid-'90s era of Cali sunshine, endless blunts, and switch-hittin' lowriders with a welcome and somewhat surprising sense of kind-heartedness. Unlike most of his West Coast G-funk peers, Warren doesn't celebrate drive-by gang-bangin', dirty-money stackin', nor G's-up, hoes-down pimpin'. Sure, he says the F word once in a while and puffs on the cheeba-cheeba when it's passed his way, but he's essentially a good-natured, all-ages rapper, interested in nothing more than good ol'-fashioned hip-hop. He professes his demeanor succinctly on the catchy hook to "This DJ," the other era-defining highlight here: "It's kinda easy when you're listening to the G-ed-up sound/Pioneer speakers bumpin' as I smoke on a pound/I got the sound fo yo' ass and it's easy to see/That this DJ be Warren G." Like his stepbrother Dr. Dre, Warren is a more talented producer than rapper, and it's his by-the-book G-funk beat-making that truly shines here. For instance, another album highlight, "Do You See," boasts an elastic bassline and whistling synth hook, capturing the essence of G-funk as only Dre himself could. Warren further compensates for his middling rapping with a couple of guests, a few skits, and a brief running time. Even if "Regulate" and "This DJ" tower far above everything else here, Regulate...G Funk Era is nonetheless a minor gem among the myriad G-funk albums of the mid-'90s, and Warren embodies the style itself here with a precision perhaps second only to his older brother and does so with a refreshing air of harmlessness.
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Warren G - Take a Look Over Your Shoulder (Reality) (1997) ☠
*U.S. pressing.
Contains 17 tracks total.
A photo of the disc is included in the RAR file.
Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Hip-Hop
Style: G-Funk, Gangsta Rap
Label Number: 314 537 234-2
☠: Selected by Sentinel
© 1997 Rush Associated Labels
Warren G's debut album was a refreshing, soulful variation on G-funk, but his second album, Take a Look Over Your Shoulder, is one of the most predictable and tired entries in the G-funk canon. As always, the record is impeccably produced, filled with deep grooves and slow, funky beats, but the music never does anything adventurous. Even if the music is predictable, it can be fitfully enjoyable, which can't be said about Warren G's lazy rhyming. None of his lyrics raise above the perfunctory level, and occasionally, they sink so low as to be embarrassing, as on the completely misguided cover of Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff." From an artist who once seemed so promising, it's a disheartening turn of events.
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Warren G - I Want It All (1999)
Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Hip-Hop
Style: Gangsta Rap
Label Number: 01877-73710-2
© 1999 Restless/G-Funk Music
After a disappointing sophomore album that failed to cement his superstar status, Warren G returned to what made him famous -- his production skills -- and for the most part, left the rapping to his many guests. For listeners who haven't kept up with the rapper/producer since his 1994 chart run, I Want It All will sound completely familiar. It's an album of impeccably produced deep-groove G-funk, with tight harmonies anchoring the choruses of highlights like "Gangsta Love" (featuring Kurupt, Nate Dogg, and RBX), "I Want It All" (featuring Mack 10), "You Never Know" (featuring Snoop Dogg, Phats Bossi, and Reel Tight), and "We Got That" (featuring Eve, Drag-On, and Shadow). While scads of guest shots are the norm on hip-hop albums and often grow tiresome, most all of them work on I Want It All simply because Warren G is, above all, a great producer. He knows how to team rappers together and he knows which types of productions best emphasize their delivery talents. Though I Want It All occasionally skirts the borders of hip-hop lite, it's chocked with quality mid-tempo productions and excellent rapping.
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March 22, 2021
Deeds of Flesh - Inbreeding The Anthropophagi (2001 Reissue)
*Reissued in 2001 by Unique Leader Records
with a slightly altered cover.
Contains 8 tracks total.
Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Death Metal
Style: Brutal Death Metal
Label Number: ULR 60004-2
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AllMusic Review by Jason Hundey
Well here's the rundown: Deeds of Flesh play a Suffocation/Incantation style of brutal gore-infested death metal. At times, the guitar work seemed boring and contrived, while other times it proved to be engaging. The drumming is in the Suffocation vein almost exclusively, while the vocals reek of this influence also. No real highlights stick out, as everything else seemed to be quite typical, following the American cookie-cutter model of "How to make an unoriginal death metal album" to a tee. However, it is very polished and well produced for the style of death metal that it is.
Genre: Death Metal
Style: Brutal Death Metal
Label Number: ULR 60004-2
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Well here's the rundown: Deeds of Flesh play a Suffocation/Incantation style of brutal gore-infested death metal. At times, the guitar work seemed boring and contrived, while other times it proved to be engaging. The drumming is in the Suffocation vein almost exclusively, while the vocals reek of this influence also. No real highlights stick out, as everything else seemed to be quite typical, following the American cookie-cutter model of "How to make an unoriginal death metal album" to a tee. However, it is very polished and well produced for the style of death metal that it is.
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Deeds of Flesh - Mark of The Legion (2001) ☠
Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Death Metal
Style: Brutal Death Metal
Label Number: ULR 60000-2
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Style: Brutal Death Metal
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© 2001 Unique Leader Records
AllMusic Review by Eduardo Rivadavia
Nearly two years after their critically acclaimed Path of the Awakening disc, America's best kept black metal secret Deeds of Flesh returned in 2001 with the impressive Mark of the Legion album. What differentiates this band from most competitors is their impeccable technical proficiency; but while this quality was often wasted in early efforts due to lack of songwriting craft, age and experience have taught Deeds of Flesh many a lesson in saddling their unwavering brutality with slightly cleaner riffing and even occasional harmonies. Don't be misled, now; this is still dauntingly impenetrable black metal, and digestible only for experts in the field. Taking a cue from Nile's obsession with Egyptian history, Mark of the Legion delves deeply into the Roman Empire's bloody massacres of other European peoples, adding a compelling lyrical dimension often lacking in blood and guts, demons and devils saturated black metal. With tracks like "An Eternity of Feasting and Brawling" and "Fulfilled in Warfare" leading the way, this proves to be another remarkably mature, yet utterly uncompromising opus, only confirming this band's well-deserved underground fame.
AllMusic Review by Eduardo Rivadavia
Nearly two years after their critically acclaimed Path of the Awakening disc, America's best kept black metal secret Deeds of Flesh returned in 2001 with the impressive Mark of the Legion album. What differentiates this band from most competitors is their impeccable technical proficiency; but while this quality was often wasted in early efforts due to lack of songwriting craft, age and experience have taught Deeds of Flesh many a lesson in saddling their unwavering brutality with slightly cleaner riffing and even occasional harmonies. Don't be misled, now; this is still dauntingly impenetrable black metal, and digestible only for experts in the field. Taking a cue from Nile's obsession with Egyptian history, Mark of the Legion delves deeply into the Roman Empire's bloody massacres of other European peoples, adding a compelling lyrical dimension often lacking in blood and guts, demons and devils saturated black metal. With tracks like "An Eternity of Feasting and Brawling" and "Fulfilled in Warfare" leading the way, this proves to be another remarkably mature, yet utterly uncompromising opus, only confirming this band's well-deserved underground fame.
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D-Nice - Call Me D-Nice (1990)
*First pressing.
Contains 10 tracks total.
A photo of the disc is included in the RAR file.
Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label Number: 1202-2-J
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© 1990 Zomba Records
AllMusic Review by Andy Kellman
D-Nice had two albums as a DJ with Boogie Down Productions under his belt when he went solo with Call Me D-Nice, and he was still a youngster at the time. Though hardly a masterpiece, his debut album proved that he didn't go out on his own for the sake of ego. Anyone expecting something on the level of BDP's best work was clearly asking for too much; that's a big cloud that many put over D-Nice's head. After all, there are few MCs you can compare to KRS-One, so why compare an MC whose primary talents are as a DJ and beatboxer? The album delivered a bona fide classic with the title track, full of boastful rhymes and instantly memorable swollen organs and buzzing basslines. Only once does he attempt edutainment, and that's on "Glory," a school report in the form of a song that summarizes the Civil War film of the same name. Otherwise, he keeps it to bragging, throwing requisite bones to the R&B lovers ("It's Over") and the fellas who stood poised to label him a softie ("Pimp of the Year"). The production is spare and basic for most of the duration, and it complements the remainder of the BDP-related releases just fine.
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label Number: 1202-2-J
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© 1990 Zomba Records
AllMusic Review by Andy Kellman
D-Nice had two albums as a DJ with Boogie Down Productions under his belt when he went solo with Call Me D-Nice, and he was still a youngster at the time. Though hardly a masterpiece, his debut album proved that he didn't go out on his own for the sake of ego. Anyone expecting something on the level of BDP's best work was clearly asking for too much; that's a big cloud that many put over D-Nice's head. After all, there are few MCs you can compare to KRS-One, so why compare an MC whose primary talents are as a DJ and beatboxer? The album delivered a bona fide classic with the title track, full of boastful rhymes and instantly memorable swollen organs and buzzing basslines. Only once does he attempt edutainment, and that's on "Glory," a school report in the form of a song that summarizes the Civil War film of the same name. Otherwise, he keeps it to bragging, throwing requisite bones to the R&B lovers ("It's Over") and the fellas who stood poised to label him a softie ("Pimp of the Year"). The production is spare and basic for most of the duration, and it complements the remainder of the BDP-related releases just fine.
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