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Btw. The First Conscious Daughters LP (Ear to the streets) was G Funk Too.
Paris´ beats has sounded like Dre's since day 1.When Dre changed his sound,so did Paris.Like Dre's beats but not fairytale lyrics.... hey,check out Paris
As a g-funk fan of course I have Guerrilla Funk. Root of All Evil, 44 Wayz, It's Real and Guerrilla Funk (regular and extended) are all great. Even Days of Old from his 1st album has a nice early g-funk sound to it. Kam's Made in America should be considered one of the best albums in hip hop period, whether we're talking westcoast/g-funk or otherwise. Tracks 1-12...you can play it straight through. That said, I've always been skeptical of this kind of "conscious rap." It's not the same "conscious rap" that say BlackStar puts out. I get angry from time to time but I'm generally a moderate.
Quote from: gfunkin2 on June 11, 2009, 01:27:05 PMThat said, I've always been skeptical of this kind of "conscious rap."It's not the same "conscious rap" that say BlackStar puts out. I get angry from time to time but I'm generally a moderate. Sceptical? Angry? Why?That Blackstar,Talib,Mos Def and Common shit is some quasi radical shit for suburban "white" cats.Artists like Paris and Kam is the real deal.Fuck Toby,I rolling with Kunta Kinte
That said, I've always been skeptical of this kind of "conscious rap."It's not the same "conscious rap" that say BlackStar puts out. I get angry from time to time but I'm generally a moderate.
Ieen a Paris fan since I got "the devil made me do it" back in 93-94 I think! I like the beats and he always got something to say. He's a smart dude so a long as he keeps droppin albums I'll get buying them...Peace
I haven't checked any of the stuff Paris did after Guerilla Funk but I remember that album was dope as hell even though the lyrical content and the music didn't quite fit together IMO.Also I had Conscious Daughters' We Roll Deep in constant rotation back then video was dope too.
^^ Thanks for the heads up.With Guerilla Funk it seemed like Paris thought he had to use the sound that was popular at that time (1994/G-funk) to get his message across, which probably was a wise decision if you look at it from that point of view. On the other hand I seem to remember Paris was never really fond of the gangsta element in rap so that's why I think the G-funk sound of Guerilla Funk, dope as it is though, seemed a bit out of place. Btw that cover of Sonic Jihad Reminds me of the backlash he caught when Sleeping With The Enemy was about to drop with that pic of him and Bush that was removed from being the album's cover art. 1992 was a turbulent year in hip hop indeed...
Devil Made Me Do It review in Hip Hop Connection January 1991 #24
Paris breakdown track by track of The Devil Made Me Do it in Hip Hop Connection