Strong Arm Steady - "In Search of Stoney Jackson"

[the silencer]

Back to the album though, I'm still loving it, although I do think the beginning of the album is the weakest. I find myself skipping the first 3 joints and starting the album at 'Telegram'.

interesting....cuz i LOVE the opening 3 tracks (especially 2 and 3)

Favourite joints at the moment are...

Ambassadors (BEST SONG OF THE ALBUM, Seriously bangs HARD!!!)

forgot to mention that one, it's got the line that's currently popping up in my head the most when i think of this album---"I'm not normal, I study scriptures and watch porno" from Planet Asia

Alot of people were disappointed with Medicine Show #1, I dunno why, I think it's pretty good if you take it for what it is... a prelude to the proper Madlib & Guilty Simpson album - OJ SIMPSON!!!

Medicine Show #2 was dope too, but obviously not from a Hip-Hop perspective. I love Madlib's mixes, he seems to find the most obscure records all the time!

Medicine Show #3 is dropping in about 2 weeks time... Beat Konducta In Africa!!! Cant wait for that one, already got mine pre-ordered!!!

The one I'm looking forward to most though is the OJ SIMPSON album! It's due to drop on May 18th! The 'Coroner's Music' 12" vinyl that they released last year was fuckin' bangin' and there's been a couple of OJ tracks released through the Stones Throw website since then too, as well as Medicine Show #1: Before The Verdict. My hopes are very high for this album!!!



Peace!

I dl'd and have been listening to "The Verdict" today....overall it's nothing amazing but I enjoy the beats overall and there's a few bright moments for Guilty...I'm new to him but I'm finding it hard to get used to his rhyme style, it makes my mind shut off and stop paying attention to what he's saying..

and there were so many samples on there that were used on the Madvillainy Remix album..

[main_man]

man. i just got to listen to this album and GOD DAMN!!! this shit is heat.

beats are tight as fuck and they bring it lyrically. i know its only march, but this is easily one of the best of the year. a solid 4 out of 5. i might even give it a 4.5 out of 5 personally. good to hear such a dope album coming from the west.

and if there is any way you could drop those tracks that didnt make the album, that would be too damn cool.

[angry!]

this album is incredible..

this is the album you need to be spinning at the next cookout!!!!!!!!

this is unfiltered west coast heat!!!!!!!!!!!!

krondon, phil da ag, mitchy slick, asia, chace, kweli, they all rock the mic properly...

it sounds like they actually had a good time recording this.. feels like a compilation but plays like a movie!!!! i like the song concepts theyre flippin on this.. everyday shit, the joint about checking a shortys smile is fly as hell.. cheeba cheeba, best of times, telegram, track about eating good, i can smell the food on that joint!!!!!!!!

madlib blessed the beats, i honestly like every beat on this jawn, and i feel like some of these interludes were worthy of bein full tracks!!!!!!!!!!!

gets better after every listen.. true sign of quality!!!!!!!!!!

and that needle in the haystack shit with guilty is retarded nice... guilty is an animal, nigga is one of the most disrespectful emcees spitting today, i dont expect the stones throw nerd fans to understand!!!!!!! stones throw has never had an emcee with that kind of street appeal on their roster!!!!! oj simpson gonna be a fuckin problem!!!!!!!

[main_man]

co-sign that guilty simpson shit. hes one of my favorite under the radar mcs spittin at the moment. if you havent checked out the ghettodes album (which is a remix album of his debut cd) find it fast. that shit is HEAT.

lookin forward to that random axe.

[Tony Kipriani]

madlib is sick
dope album, dope raps, dope beats
banger!

my fav is "smile"

[yonatan15]

beats are dope, but the rappers are not very intersting or charismatic,
Fashawn, Guilty Simpson and Talib Kweli killed their verses.

[main_man]

pick this shit up if you like great beats. shits tight.

and i am fiendin for those bonus tracks homeboy mentioned on the first page. i've had no luck finding them at all.

[claaa7]

this album is seriously fucking retarded, shit is growing on each spin. Madlib really, really come through with a blunted soulful West Coast heater, as Angry said every beat on here is ridiciolous and they mashes perfectly with the MC's style and personas imo. alot of fly themes on here that's easy to relate to; "Chittlins & Pepsi", "Cheeba Cheeba", the hip-hop ode on "Bark Like A Dog", etc.

the guest list is definitely impressive too, Fashawn, Guilty Simpson, Evidence, Talib Kweli and of course Planet Asia murders their respective guest spots. so far this might be the best album of the year, not 100% sure.

[wuswordz95]

awesome album madlib is better than kanye west.

[rainbow]

Really liked it the first time i spun it, since then it's diminished a bit.

Still think the beats are great, and the mc'ing is decent, i just wish sometimes Madlib's drums would hit a little harder. Often he doesn't need them to, but on an album like this with a lot of different mc's, i think it would have elevated the tracks.

I know the dusted out sound is a great aspect of his beats, but especially on a track like Pressure i just wanted some harder drums to make it an amazing track rather than just good.

Still, the best Madlib beats of the year, and i'm anticipating keenly his next release.

[oDoUoSoKo]

listen to this and OJ like everyday..eloels. its good..and even tho i like agony, i still feel Krondon got this album, aside from asias verses and phils verse on best of times which to me is probably the best on the album.