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Title: Guru - Jazzmatazz (Series Appreciation Thread)
Post by: Will_B on April 03, 2013, 02:00:39 AM: Bumped vol 1 a personal classic last night.

Can't believe it's maybe 18 years since I got the CD (had the cassette before that) :o

So many heroes on this, Donald Byrd, Roy Ayers, Lonnie Liston Smith, N'Dea Davenport and I was big into Bradford Marsalis, MC Solar and Ronnie Jordan back them too. Never a big Guru fan but he holds his on hosting this

Drop your thoughts on the series here people 8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: Guru - Jazzmatazz (Series Appreciation Thread)
Post by: doggfather on April 03, 2013, 02:04:03 AM: vol 1 was good.
Title: Re: Guru - Jazzmatazz (Series Appreciation Thread)
Post by: Will_B on April 03, 2013, 02:13:10 PM: Quote from: doggfather on April 03, 2013, 02:04:03 AM
vol 1 was good.

Don't sleep on vol 2

'My Medicine' was on repeat back in the day

Dope features. Strong songs, and more experimental sounds. Guru is lyrically tighter than vol 1 by a bit.

Vol 1 is magic but they took time to make its follow up sound right 8)
Title: Re: Guru - Jazzmatazz (Series Appreciation Thread)
Post by: Black Excellence on April 03, 2013, 02:16:23 PM: i wasn't really a fan of the jazzmatazz shit but his work as gangstarr was incredible though. 8)
Title: Re: Guru - Jazzmatazz (Series Appreciation Thread)
Post by: Blood of Abraham on April 03, 2013, 03:14:37 PM: Quote from: OG Freddy Kreuger on April 03, 2013, 02:16:23 PM
i wasn't really a fan of the jazzmatazz shit but his work as gangstarr was incredible though. 8)

https://www.youtube.com/v/0iz_3YdtvlQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iz_3YdtvlQ)
Title: Re: Guru - Jazzmatazz (Series Appreciation Thread)
Post by: TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96' on April 03, 2013, 05:53:40 PM: always wondered about this project, was it Guru rappin over Jazz music or somethin?
Title: Re: Guru - Jazzmatazz (Series Appreciation Thread)
Post by: Remedy360 on April 03, 2013, 05:59:08 PM: Quote from: Infinite African Westcoastin 2012 and 13' on April 03, 2013, 05:53:40 PM
always wondered about this project, was it Guru rappin over Jazz music or somethin?

Correct.

I liked #1, never checked the second though, how would you compare the two?
Title: Re: Guru - Jazzmatazz (Series Appreciation Thread)
Post by: Cheese on April 04, 2013, 01:03:54 AM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6kkd329PXI
Title: Re: Guru - Jazzmatazz (Series Appreciation Thread)
Post by: Blood of Abraham on April 04, 2013, 01:12:15 AM: Quote from: Kontgat on April 04, 2013, 01:03:54 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6kkd329PXI

scoo-bee-doo-wa. scoo-bee-doo-wee!
Title: Re: Guru - Jazzmatazz (Series Appreciation Thread)
Post by: Will_B on April 04, 2013, 02:20:29 AM: Quote from: Remedy360 on April 03, 2013, 05:59:08 PM
Quote from: Infinite African Westcoastin 2012 and 13' on April 03, 2013, 05:53:40 PM
always wondered about this project, was it Guru rappin over Jazz music or somethin?

Correct.

I liked #1, never checked the second though, how would you compare the two?

Vol 2 is a bit of a different format. Less of that Blue Note Jazz sound and more of a hiphop sound overall. Guru steps his game up and does more than just narrate the album and spit some bars like vol 1 (feels more like a Guru solo, with dope feats in a way)

Lots of dope stuff on there
http://www.youtube.com/v/chD8SKxe2JU

Both albums have their merits. I think they're equally good 8)
Title: Re: Guru - Jazzmatazz (Series Appreciation Thread)
Post by: Will_B on April 04, 2013, 02:24:58 AM: Quote from: OG Freddy Kreuger on April 03, 2013, 02:16:23 PM
i wasn't really a fan of the jazzmatazz shit but his work as gangstarr was incredible though. 8)

You should check out vol 2 then homie. Don't sleep 8)
Title: Re: Guru - Jazzmatazz (Series Appreciation Thread)
Post by: green-eyed bandit on April 04, 2013, 03:28:54 AM: Never heard vol 1 (shame on me) but I personally own vol 2 + 3 + that Timebomb Back to the future mixtape. How is volume 4? Worth checking?

And on volume 1 Guru doesn't actually spit verses?
Title: Re: Guru - Jazzmatazz (Series Appreciation Thread)
Post by: Will_B on April 04, 2013, 05:40:41 AM: Quote from: green-eyed bandit on April 04, 2013, 03:28:54 AM
Never heard vol 1 (shame on me) but I personally own vol 2 + 3 + that Timebomb Back to the future mixtape. How is volume 4? Worth checking?

And on volume 1 Guru doesn't actually spit verses?

He does both but sometimes his voice is mixed in like an instrument on some of the tracks, or he's talking/narrating

Or his rhymes are more simplistic

Donald Byrd word,
On the track
Quite exact
Giving you the format Jack

And he fits around the music
Title: Re: Guru - Jazzmatazz (Series Appreciation Thread)
Post by: sofdark on April 04, 2013, 03:01:29 PM: I know people hate the producer guy, Solar, but I love the song he produced called State of Clarity featuring Common. Both the original and remix.
Title: Re: Guru - Jazzmatazz (Series Appreciation Thread)
Post by: Matty on April 05, 2013, 06:58:17 PM: enjoy them all, even 4 is good, but 1 edges it as the best - too smooth. appreciate the chaka kahn and jamiroquai on #2. the third one is somewhat more street but very nice indeed, one of the best albums at the time.
Title: Re: Guru - Jazzmatazz (Series Appreciation Thread)
Post by: Will_B on April 06, 2013, 03:14:50 AM: Quote from: Matty on April 05, 2013, 06:58:17 PM
enjoy them all, even 4 is good, but 1 edges it as the best - too smooth. appreciate the chaka kahn and jamiroquai on #2. the third one is somewhat more street but very nice indeed, one of the best albums at the time.

Fav track off vol 3
http://www.youtube.com/v/4I05x-8gHIY
Dope shit 8) 8) 8)