Agree with Mystery Ship here. Pretty much all the first solo albums are certified classics and so is that first Gravediggaz album. All up there with 36 chambers.

My favs being

  1. GZA - Liquid Swords
  2. Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep
  3. Raekwon - Only Built for Cuban Linx

    Absolutely a punk spirit in the gritty execution of the first album and the following solo LPs. It’s truly a shame that there was supposed to be a Inspectah Deck LP among those but the tapes were lost in a flood of RZA’s basement studio. Kinda the lowkey best member of the group.

    Nathan Loud

    For sure. Danny Brown may be the most punk rapper still doing new shit on the reg though. Everything he’s done on his own starting with The Atrocity Exhibition has been straight fire. That record with JPEG Mafia didn’t hit right though.

        There's no need to quibble amongst patrons of the finer arts, but I was more of an Ab-Soul bruv than Danny Brown man when they both sort of kicked off, but DB's verse at the end of their collab is good.

        Not far from the tree I always want to push Happy Mondays

        First song on the first album. Jesus is a cunt and never helped you, is a great lyric

        Boyracer covering the Primitives. Making a gd Psychocandy-esque racket on Crash (Noisey Mix)

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        This is, as the kids say, a total vibe. French language Ugandan act, half traditional, half futuristic.

        Didn't know that Mr. Reed's MMM got the classical treatment. Incredible.

        Am I wrong for wanting Young Steve's take on this?

        The Czarface (that's Inspectah Deck plus 7L & Esoteric) stuff fills a very specific niche, kinda MF DOOM-y (they did two albums together) superhero related albums. REALLY consistent run if you like that kind of thing, which in the instance I do.

          Allez Al Hard agree, especially the first couple LP’s. Lots of killer guest verses, and Inspectah Deck in great form.

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