kool g rap & dj polo - road to riches

it is hard to imagine that a legend like kool g rap has never went gold or anywhere near it.... just think....eric b hooked him up with dj polo, marley marl produced his shit, he was a member of the infamous juice crew, sir jinx of ice cube's lench mob produced his 3rd album, the large professor contributed beats for his 2nd album, he was sampled by bbd for their smash hit "poison", he was on the first posse cut ever (the symphony with big daddy kane-master ace and marley marl) he continues to drop material to this day, but all that doesn't make him a legend right?, how about this.... one night during their performance the late great big pun and fat joe spotted nathaniel wilson (aka. kool g rap) in attendance in the audience and big pun called him to the stage where he knelt down and kissed the hand of the man known as "the kool genious of rap", also known for bringin into the world of hip hop a young video vixen known by the name of kerrine steffans who in late 90's and early 2000's till now would be widely recognized as "the groupie for the hip hop stars" for fucking so many of them....yes you guessed it "superhead"...(but enough about her we're talking g rap here) this is the 1st album by g rap & his dj (dj polo who persued a acting carrer as a porn star when the group called it quits)...check this: I had a friend who would not listen to west coast hip hop at all because he said they had no lyrics that compete with new york so everything he bumped was east coast, one day I brought a new tape by a east coast rapper and threw it in the tape deck pressed play & bumped it, can you believe he told me he liked the beats but not the rapper who he took to be west coast ? you guessed it this is that album, a classic by any means.

1. Road to the Riches
2. It's a Demo
3. Men at Work
4. Truly Yours
5. Cars
6. Trilogy of Terror
7. She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not
8. Cold Cuts
9. Rhymes I Express
10. Poison
11. Butcher Shop

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epmd - strictly business

if you were around in '88 then you know this album was a must have...first person I can recall ever bumpin' epmd was my homie andy when they had just dropped the 12" single for you gots to chill and no one had really heard of them and then next thing you know tadow epmd is mentioned on the same lines as eric b & rakim & public enemy, erick sermon and parish smith formed this very talented duo hailing from brentwood new york (who's acronym stood for erick & parish makin' dollars before they changed it later on in their carrers to eric & parish millenium ducats), this album stands out for being their best work (although the latter albums were also dope none of them were as good as this one) here on this album we were introduced to the famous zapp & roger more bounce to the ounce sample that everybody seemed to want to sample after you gots to chill dropped and became such a huge hit for epmd, also......who do you know that can sample someone like eric clapton, zz top and steve miller and make it sound so funky that you forget the genre of the music from which they were samplin' from?, certified gold (although I'am sure they've sold a lot more since it's certification back in the days) this album truly captivates that newly harvested new york sound with a more funky twist, heavy on samples as any other album of the era but most of the samples used on this album had not been by any other artist on any other songs....in 1993 the duo called it quits (parish blamed erick for having his house burglarized and erick blamed parish for not giving him his proper share) having released 4 albums collectibly the now solo artists has no problem getting another record deal and each persued their solo carrers (which never really shined as when they were a group), the group did reunite for 3 more albums (back in business, out of business and 2008's we mean business) but this and their second (unfinished business) are the most memorable.

1. Strictly Business
2. I'm Housin'
3. Let the Funk Flow
4. You Gots to Chill
5. It's My Thang
6. You're a Customer
7. The Steve Martin
8. Get off the Bandwagon
9. D.J. K la Boss
10. Jane
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