| Lyricist Lounge, Vol. 1 | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Label: Priority Records
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 228525
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
UPC: 049925006223
EAN: 0049925006223
ASIN: B00000IAD5
Release Date: February 19, 1999
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Street Promoters (Skit) - Castro, D. | | • | Intro - Mercer, K. | | • | Bring Hip Hop Back - Neal, F. Jr. | | • | Keep Pouring - Cruz, A. | | • | Blood - Jones, Sarah | | • | Body Rock - Smith, Dante | | • | Bathroom Cipher - Swinton, F. | | • | Da Cipher - Truell, R. | | • | Famous Last Words - Diaz, Ivan | | • | No Matter - Louis, E. | | • | Action Guaranteed - Credle, O. | | • | All in My Own - Whyte, M. | | • | The Phone Call (Skit) - Thomas, G. | | • | Live From the D.J. Stretch Armstrong Show With Your Host Bobbito ... - Collins, T. |
Disc 2
| • | Ohm - Williams, Saul | | • | Intro - Thornton, Keith | | • | Mayday - Cruz, A. | | • | The Manifesto - Greene, T.K. | | • | Be OK - Reed, A. | | • | Lyrics - Mosquera, Alex | | • | Outside the Lounge - Greene, T.K. | | • | Holy Water - Notise, W. | | • | Jayou - DJ Nu-Mark | | • | C. Ia. (Criminals in Action) - Parker, L. | | • | Society - Bullocks, C. | | • | Weight - Meline, J. | | • | After the Show - Johnson, V. |
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Amazon.com
New York City's Lyricist Lounge parties are to hip-hop what the Apollo Theater was to soul: the place where young, hungry talent goes to be discovered. This double-disc set features some of the best and hungriest young rappers of 1998, along with some old-timers and ringers--KRS-One, sure, but Rage Against the Machine's Zack De La Rocha?--coming along to egg on the kids and preserve their cred. The hit is Mos Def's "Body Rock," with Q-Tip doing his best Urkel act; elsewhere, there's a lot of Wu worship. But the acts that have the most to prove--Jurassic 5 (who somehow recall a psychedelic-era Temptations), Rah Digga, Indelible MCs--make the most of their five minutes. The genuine MCs (De La Soul on the first disc, Kool Keith on the second) add to the fun. --Douglas Wolk
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| Customer Reviews: Read 29 more reviews...
 awsome October 19, 2007
one of the best hip hop compilation albums next to soundbombing 2 for rawkus a great mix of MC's great lyrics and great beats still a true Rawkus hit before they sold out to Geffen
 Solid golden-era Rawkus release June 25, 2007
I'm amazed only two other people have written a review of this album. I bought it a few months ago and I remember all the good times. Solid beats and rhymes. A nice collab with OC and Ras Kass, and some impressive cyphers with a vicious beat from Will I Am. A classic song in The Manifesto where Kweli breaks down the composition of the culture. 8.55/10 for a good B.
This album holds it down! March 9, 2006
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
One day about 6 years ago, I was listening to the local hip hop station, KS 107.5. After hearing Country Grammar, It Wasn't Me and Stan 5 times each that day, I stood up in my cubicle and said, to no one in particular, "This sucks!" A friend of mine walked over and asked me what I was talking about. I told him that I couldn't stand listening to the same old rap music over and over anymore. He handed me a two cd set, and told me to listen to it, and see if I didn't think that it was far better than what the radio was playing. That two CD set was this fantastic collection of underground hip hop, which served to introduce me to the artists that would come to be the standards for where I held hip hop to. The set has some great examples of lyricism from such luminaries as Mos Def, Jurassic 5, Talib Kweli, Q-Tip and Bahamadia, plus others who aren't as well known. The CD takes the form of a "live" open mic night, presided over by De La Soul, and their introductions, which are backed by the piano programming of 88 Keys, add to the feeling of the album. If you're interested in underground hip hop, this is a good place to start.
FRESH August 18, 2005
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
For any hip hop fan needing a fresh breath or air, take this LP and breath. Very clean from start to finish & each MC holds it down nicely. Highly Recommended!
The Lyricist Lounge March 23, 2004
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a legendary compilation of Hip Hop here it is Track
by Track
CD One
3.Bring Hip Hop Back-Cipher Complete 10/10
4.Keep Pouring-where the hell is A-Butta one of the best freesylers of all time 10/10
5.Blood-Sarah Jones pure poetry in motion this is great 10/10
6.Body Rock-It is the Mighty Mos Def good song 9/10
7.Bathroom Cipher-A Freestyle joint 10/10
8.Da Cipher-they both do great in the cypher 10/10
9.Famous Last Words-pretty good 8/10
10.No Matter-Awesome 10/10
11.Action Guarenteed-Okay 7/10
12.All on my own-Mike Zoot 10/10
14.Strech & Bobbito freestyle is awesome 10/10CD 2
1.Ohm-Saul Williams pure underground sickness 10/10
3.May Day-Alright 9/10
4.The Manifesto-Talib Kweli 10 point program 10/10
5.Be OK-Dont like Rah Digga 4/10
6.Lyrics-A.L. yes they are 10/10
7.Outside the Lounge-Freestyle 10/10
8.Holy Water 10/10
9.Jayou-Great J5
10.C.I.A.-Zack De La Rocha from Rock Group Rage Against the Machine-The Last Emperor and the master the Blasmaster do
increddible on this track they all come correct 10/10
11.Society-Great 10/10
12.Weight-Indeddible Mcs produced by El-P 10/10
13.After the Show freestyle 10/10 Lyrics 10/10 Production 8/10 X Factor 9/10 Style 9/10 Voice 9/10
Music 9/10 Innovative 10/10 Classic 10/10 Guest 10/10 Blends9/10
Overall 95 are 5 Mics not elligible for my 5Mic Club but
this album is just increddible all the way throught.
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