Reviews by mixlexic

88/89 saw the release of It takes a nation by Public Enemy, 3 feet high and rising by De La Soul, and Paul’s Boutique by The Beastie Boys, all 3 LPS were a masterclass in sampling and really showed what could be achieved “stealing” from other artists.

Paul’s boutique has an estimated 105 samples, although I suspect there’s many more. The fact that it is so cohesive is testament to the production skills of the Dust Brothers

Unfortunately the legal action taken against De La meant that the sampling laws changed and hip-hop has never really sounded as good as this ever since.

Paul’s boutique-An easy 5⭐️

Beastie Boys are potentially my favourite group of all time and this might be my favourite of their albums (it’s not its Ill communication. It’s not its Hello Nasty)

FKA mid,
There are times I think I’m going to love this but it never seems to get going, maybe that’s the point but I wanted more

Outside of the singles this doesn’t offer a great deal. In fact apart from the singles this is just a sub par MJ LP. Extra star because the singes are very good

I’m a big fan of rap and hip-hop so I am fully aware of Bambaataa, (the good stuff and the bad) his impact on hip-hop and I’ve even seen him DJ live. I’ve never however, been a massive fan of Electro. Sure of course I know Planet Rock, Renegades and Perfect beat but I wasn’t excited to listen to this LP, but I must say I enjoyed it more than I expected.

Erm, I don’t hate this but I don’t like it either I’m barely down 2 songs in my drive to and from work and I usually do a whole album in that trip.
I may come back to this at some point but I’m not sure my patience will let me

Love this LP, still got my vinyl copy purchased for £8.99 at One-Up records, Aberdeen in 1994.
Jeru is a great rapper and these are some of DJ Premier’s best beats. I am somewhat surprised but happy to see this on the list,It’s a solid east coast rap LP no mistake, just not sure it’s more worthy than countless other great rap lps released in 94 (well 90s in general),Never know we may see some of them later.
I also wonder if we’ll see “Wrath of the Math” on the list.

Meh GMT

It ain’t hard to tell that this is a contender for the best rap LP of all time, maybe Wu-tang pip it to the post

An excellent debut that really does represent a NY State of mind

Representin’ y’all it’s illmatic

1 rapper, 1 guest spo (the criminally underrated AZ), 5 dope producers (Large Professor, Pete Rock, DJ Premier, Q-tip and L.E.S.)
9 incredible songs and an intro.

An album I’ve owned on CD, cassette, LP, MP3 and I even have the documentary DVD.

Nice to take a trip down memory lane.

One love

Why didn’t someone tell me I liked Sade.

Bought this on CD several years ago and genuinely thought it was a greatest hits.
Fantastic LP

Very very good imho

No one is more surprised than me but I really enjoyed this LP.
They sounded like they were having fun and it rubbed off on me.🎸🤘

I’m a massive fan of rap music and I do like Eminem but find a whole LP a struggle. That aside I don’t think I’ve listened to The Slim Shady LP in its entirety in about 25 years and I must say it’s fine, I can totally understand why some people would not be on board with it but I’m not one of them.

Criminal

Didn’t expect a drum n bass, trip hop/ mo wax type sound. I would have definitely dug an instrument version of this in my DJ days. Overall quite liked this. A surprise for sure

Liked this more than I expected

Like most others, never heard of this band , although I’ve heard their influences . Thought this album started well but didn’t hold my interest for the duration

I’ve never even heard of the Doors, Your Honour

Superstition is one of my all time favourite songs, hence the extra star. The rest of the LP doesn’t really do it for me.

Do I like Divine Comedy?
2 days, 2 albums by them.
I know I don’t hate them