The Sun Rises in the East

infelizmente foi bem apagado por ter saído pertinho do illmatic né, mas não fica mto atras não!!

eh um pouco datado, mas o dj e o mc tavam na melhor fase, aparentemente. tem umas que eu fiquei boquiaberto. dito isso, da bichez é mvp solo desse aqui que ABSURDO de beat

The Good: We get to learn something new today!
The Bad: It is a lie…
The Ugly: Trying to decipher the rest of the album to see how many more lies are in there…

Every additional word that I add to this review is a word too many.
I don’t like rap… I don’t understand why I have to listen to an album which is not even rated in the best 50 best rap albums ever… so thanks for wasting my time.

1*

It sounds interesting. Very 90s, and I mean veeery 90s. But not bad.

This is very much an album of its time, but lacks anything to lift it over and above in a crowded hip-hop field of the mid-nineties.

Solid but nothing to excite or endear which results in a largely forgettable listening experience

An artist I had never heard of, or heard anything by, which is always fun while doing this project.

Absolutely loved the discordant piano on D.Original because it was so interesting as a backdrop, and that sort of interesting choice carried on being made for the rest of the album (like the high pitched beeping - dial tone? - on Mental Stamina for example).

In terms of the actual lyricism, I am not a big enough hip-hop fan to know if this is out of the norm - it felt like the standard "I'm great, be wary of women who just want your money, I'm gonna kill my rivals" schtick to me. I found it started dragging a bit towards the end.

3/5

I’d probably give this one a 3.5 if I could. Pretty solid if not that memorable.

It's funny, the beats here are heat, the flow is acrobatic, and anytime I checked the lyrics I was impressed by Jeru's skill with the pen.
And yet, I feel like it somehow fails to stand out much compared to other similar albums from this era. As technically impressive as it is, I don't see myself coming back to it much, though it is some good fuckin boombap.

The mixing of the first few songs is meh, and as always Jeru is quite preachy, even in the sub-genre of conscious rap. But when My Mind Spray comes on, the production is on point and the flow is impeccable. There's a reason he's well known in the hip-hop head genre. The beats for the next two songs, Come Clean - E New Y Radio and Jungle Music, are also fresh.

Just not my taste, sounds like a lot of the other 90s hip hop albums out there.

Despite this album showing it's age (especially with the flow and some of the lyrics), I really liked the raw production and the beats on this thing. Not used to hearing raw production I'd usually find on black metal records on a hip hop record (lots of crackling, sound levels vary across songs, etc), yet here we are, haha. The beats too have this really unique style to them I haven't really heard anywhere else. This really dark, uncomfortable vibe that's really cool.

Definitely hearing this album's influence particularly in other ungrounded hip hop records like Dr. Octagonecologist (just without the juvenile humor and sci-fi weirdness. Will say Dr. Octagonecologist is a fantastic record).

D. Original and You Can't Stop the Prophet being my standouts.

I could do without the misogyny and homophobia but musically I enjoyed it.

I didn't realise how much rap albums needed a bad English evil accent until now. This was also switched-on and super exciting, although I'm not sure how well "Da Bichez" will go down now.

I liked some of the forays into different genres, but this album definitely felt a little dated. I also thought it maybe could've gone harder at times.

3.0/5.0: Good

this wasn't great but there are definitely worse albums on the list

Not something I enjoyed listening to, nor did I appreciate it on any kind of non-enjoyment level.

Great album. Only song I didn't like was Mental Stamina because of the annoying bleep sound that plays throughout, though I enjoy the other components of the song still. Just a good example of the late 80s / early 90s flow.

Yes, that was a 90's hiphop album that was just below the greats. And nothing more.

3.11

Like a few other records from this time period, I don’t dislike the overall style, but it’s still too one-note for me.

3/5

Killer 90s rap with great beats from DJ Premier. Of course it has the requisite misogyny sadly but that's unsurprising. I don't think this album really has the influence and prevalence to qualify for a place here, but it's fun to listen to regardless.