Even more shame on me for not realizing the incredible talents they possessed until the next album, ATLiens, in 1996. Shame on me for that long a** wait between listens. You can thank the good thick grits groove and message of “Git Up, Git Out” (which introduced Goodie Mob) for that. But there were so many ill ass albums that dropped in 1994 (look ‘em up), so I didn’t connect fully with ‘Kast’s first project until at least the winter of ‘94. Yet, I still didn’t consume the album until weeks later. ![]() The Souls of Mischief flows were riding the beat right and the visuals of the ATL hoods showed their realness. Yet, the video for the album’s single “Player’s Ball” was dope and reminded me of my South Carolina cousins. So looking out for some down south, almost bizzaro world version of hardcore rappers Das Efx wasn’t my immediate flow. Plus, the young God soloist had just released his instant classic, Illmatic, on April 19th a week before. ![]() I was a senior in high school and way to consumed with being a Nike head and getting chains that would excite the Feds, ‘cus like most New York teens at the time, Nasty Nas ruled our world. ![]() Being straight up, I wasn’t even checking for Atlanta natives Outkast when their debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik dropped on April 26, 1994.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |