Das Efx - Straight Up Sewaside
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Artist: Das EfxEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1993-11-16
Music Label: East/West Records
Soundtracks:
- Intro
- Undaground Rappa
- Gimme Dat Micraphone
- Check It Out
- Interlude
- Freakit
- Rappaz
- Interview
- Baknaffek
- Kaught In Da Ak
- Wontu
- Krazy Wit Da Books
- It'z Lik Dat
- Host Wit Da Most (Rappaz Remix)
Free Music Notes for Straight Up Sewaside
Free Music Review: A collector's item.
Hit: 5 Stars
I found this album in a used CD store many years after its release and was shocked at how good it still sounds. Fuggedabout the lyrically bankrupt emcees you see atop the Billboard 100--Dray and Skoob pioneered the streetcorner, tag team, battle-rhyme style and clearly had a profound influence on cats like Meth and Redman.My personal favoites on this album are "Check it Out and "Baknaffek"; songs in which Das Efx's creativity is magnified by their high-octane delivery. And songs like "Kaught in Da Ak" display their storytelling ability--something that was overlooked during their heyday. These are not your average emcees rhyming the last syllable of each sentence as they talk about money, women and guns. Instead, this is a collection of sreet ciphers of the highest caliber created back when hip hop was... (you fill in the blank).
Also worth mentioning are the production skills of Solid Scheme (Chris Charity and Derek Lynch). Expert sampling of hip hop classics, some skillful scratching and funky beats complement the two emcees by creating a sonic landscape that's as grimy as the tracks of the 1 and 9 train lines that bisect the Bronx. Cop this joint ... and treasure it.
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