These two albums, released in 1989, rank among the best rap albums I’ve ever heard, but it’s not hard to determine which is better. Jungle Brothers get it Done fairly easily as theirs is almost all good songs all the way thru. De La Soul’s songs are also good, but their quirkiness sort of work against them as their set gets overloaded with skits. Both include collaborations with each other and fellow Native Tongues member Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest.
my vote : Done By The Forces Of Nature
1989
1989
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1989
“Tickle tickle, trickle trickle; you can’t buy Nature with a nickel,” Afrika insists before stopping what is supposed to be his second verse for an impromptu saxophone break. That’s one of several quirky bits that help make this song; the title track of the second Jungle Brothers album; the gem it is. “I’ll walk a mile for a funky beat,” Mike G says and this one; a fusion of hip-hop and jazz; certainly is.
my rating : 4 of 5
1989
Ladies and gentlemen, how about a big round of applause for the ending of this song in which the beat strips down to just hip-hop drums and what sounds like a short piano riff. It’s the manic record-scratching laid atop that sells it; thousands of tickets worth, in fact.
The J Beez are Comin Through your city on tour. They’re going from venue to venue, performing concerts for fans around the world. If you think the girl; or is that a boy; at the end says their names in the wrong order, by the way, check the Forces Of Nature album cover.
my rating : 4 of 5
1989
1989
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1989
1989