"I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth" (Rev. 3:15-16)
Cappadonna is really uneven as fuck... he can go from pretty damn excellent to the most cringe worthy shit within a couple of lines these days and sometimes he got amazing beat selections, but maybe more often that not these days he's on amateur tinker bell beats.
the "Hip Hop" mixtape that he dropped earlier this year was fucking STRAIGHT though but flew over so many heads.. had he got that completed and mastered and pressed it up on a nice limited edition vinyl he could easily sell it off the fact that its fucking Pete Rock with Cappadonna. i only listened to that mixtape once so far but i remember being blown away by it so i hope it's as good as i remember it.
i haven't really even tried fucking with "Pillage 2", "Hook Off" and that "Earth, Wynd & Fire" disc.. are they worth checking out?
i'm not joking when i'm saying that his album "The Pilgrimage" was a really dope, solid effort that was much more akin to a Pillage sequel than the actual Part 2 from what i heard:
he never posted the production credits for this album, i would really like to know who was behind these bangers.
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i don't get how people compare "F.I.L.A." to a garbage ass album like "Mr. Xcitement" and "Tical 0: The Prequel" though. Rae brought a good game on it and there's at least a handful of tracks on there that i think any Wu fan should be able to truly enjoy.
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i really disliked "Lex Diamond Story", that was fucking ass to me... same with "Tical 0: The Prequel". those are horrible albums by any standard imo. Rebel INS' "Manifesto" is borderline unlistenable to me. the reason i rarely post negative reviews is that i rarely dwell on shit i dislike, including engaging in writing about it. i just keep it moving if it doesn't move me.
i'm not making a case that "F.I.L.A." is some hidden masterpiece but as i was listening to it the other day i was actually kind of suprised at how much better it was than what many on here seem to think. for me it's a decent 3/5 album and it does kind of hold together as an album so unlike Hollow Dartz i think Raekwon managed to succeed with what he set out to do.
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immobilarity is far superior to ob4cl2 - rae is on fire on that album.
i mean everyone loves cl1 and 2... thats def #1 and 2 respectively.
but when it comes to the thirs best rae album i have trouble picking myself.
i was NOT a big fan of shaolin vs wu, fila or the wild but all are pretty good albums but nothing special.
immobilarity however is a weird album.. it has 6-7 TOP TIER rae joints
raekwon - live from new york
raekwon - casablanca
raekwon - 100 rounds
raekwon - jury
raekwon - the table
raekwon - sneakers
raekwon - friday
and i really wish i had a list of all the shit like respect power and spit flames that dropped on the mixtapes round 98-99. even the cream team joints imo were meant for this album but used to get more money by showing up on mad soundtracks. for real rae is on like every soundtrack in the mid to late 90s... lol. wutang cream teamline up and its not a game could easily have fit onto immobilarity cause tehy both have similar sounds.
in my mind i just pretend those songs plus all the classic collabs like:
outkast - skew it on the bar-b
fat joe - john blaze
slick rick - frozen
cocoa brovas - black trump
roc marciano - lets make a toast
pete rock - ther game
busta rhymes - the heist
onyx - the worst
are all part of the album lol, even witout them songs i still think its better than all raes other albums sides CL1/2...
lex diamond story is def his worst album. has little to no redeeming qualities. i need to give the wild and fila another listen tho
add Kids That's Rich to those list of Rae songs. I really need to put together a dope Rae playlist after looking at those tracks forensikz mentioned
he even had a song in the Grand Tourismo 3 videogame i used to play all the time and replay his track lol. called Determinationfor real rae is on like every soundtrack in the mid to late 90s... lol.
I actually purchased Pilgrimage on release day and just skimmed through it. Going to make it a priority to listen to it in the next few days. Sounds like I have been missing out
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