Hey everyone, I know it's been a LONG time since I last posted, but this was mostly due to extreme laziness as well as 5 weeks on vacation. Anyhow, I have TONS of music ready to be posted so I will try my best to post as much as possible without getting too lazy. While I was on vacation, I gained an extreme passion for hip-hop, so expect much more hip-hop on this blog in the future.
This album by Guru of the hip-hop duo Gang Starr is a great introduction to hip-hop for jazz fans as volume 1 of a series of albums he made called Jazzmatazz, a series of albums based on an experimental fusion of jazz and hip-hop, including a live jazz band playing in the background and usually an MC rapping over it. This CD also features the famous, and one of my favorite saxophonists of all time, Branford Marsalis ripping track #4, Transit Ride. The catchy and lively hip-hop beats over chill, sharp jazz improvisations and intriguing lyrics rapped by Guru really work together to create a very attractive sound that I promise you, hip-hop fan or not, you will enjoy.
Genres: Hip-hop, jazz rap, jazz
- "Introduction" - 1:20
- "Loungin'" - 4:40
- "When You're Near" - 4:03
- "Transit Ride" - 3:58
- "No Time to Play" - 4:54
- "Down the Backstreets" - 4:48
- "Respectful Dedications" - 0:54
- "Take a Look (At Yourself)" - 3:59
- "Trust Me" - 4:38
- "Slicker Than Most" - 2:38
- "Le Bien, Le Mal" - 3:22
- "Sights In the City" - 5:11
4 comments:
Ohmygod, thank you so much this album is fucking incredible.
is there a Vol. 2? I'd love to hear it.
Haha, there is a volume 2, as well as a 3 and a 4. Unfortunately, (although they're all great), none of them have as much jazz influence as this album, actually switching to more of an R&B influence.
They're not amazing. There are better jazz rap albums than the other volumes, which I will post in due time.
Glad you like it :)
thanks handsome <3
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