Lord Finesse is a TRULY underrated producer..you talk about a brotha who epitomized that grimy boom bap 1990s hip hop sound...and he was one of the best producers on the mic bar none..
Grimy boom bab is my favorite shit. Throw in some jazz, on another level. The Prunes were some good exemplars of what I'm talking about. Check the Beats from the Vault mix. To anyone.
That’s why a love havoc, lord finesse and havoc are similar. ill cats that rhyme but also producin the best beats hip hop heads love. Love west coast rap but NY had it locked down fr
Big L was influenced by Lord finesse, they rap similar with strong punch lines. If anything, big L (student) mastered this style from finesse (teacher).
Wish rap would have never developed past the 90's. How these new cats get the pass is beyond my understanding. Give me dope lyrics over club bangers any day.
@@ceelo206 I wish the 90s era had never ended, dope joint after dope joint with increasingly razor sharp lyricism... I don't even call the weird shit that came after it especially since 2010 "music", to me it's like some sort of ridiculous minstrel show with increasingly ugly people, now with dirty face tats and transvestite hair colourings...
One of the illest instrumentals i heard in my whole live, peace for this genius and for everybody who keep it real. Travellin' whit a green smokin' stick and dope music, one love from Spain...
@@mrmeftw781 word. This is one of the dopest old school tracks bar none. Lord Finesse really outdid himself with this beat and while a lot of people sleep on him as a rapper, he was nasty. People forget that Lord Finesse was one of the nicest on the mic. Give him his respect.
He also spat a similar verse on this track on Big L - Da Graveyard! Can't believe I never listened to Lord Finesse's songs after hearing Big L, Finesse is just as loveable as Big L.
I'm 34 now. I grew up on this shit, like Big L, Lord Finesse, Das EFX, Notorious, Wu-Tang, Gangstarr, Smiff 'n' Wessun- just love to come back for listening again.. Much respect from Poland.
The Diggin in the Crates crew were interviewed for two books which save the true methods of real MCing, the titles are *HOW TO RAP* and *HOW TO RAP 2*. Here is a quote from O.C. of DITC in them- ''I learned about creating new lyrics from old lines from Pharoahe Monch. Pharoahe is the king of one-liners. He’ll write down a line five years ago, and it’ll end up on a song five years later. I asked him one time why he do that, and he was just like, sometimes you can’t sit there and write a whole record or write a whole rhyme - it might fall off after the 6th bar, the 10th bar, the 2nd bar, whatever the case is, but you don’t force it - it’s got to flow."
I remember having this along with the awakening on tape when I was about 15 I was gutted when I lost it! Finesse is a great MC & Producer one of New yorks finest!
Hip Hop Classics plays this all the time . Lord Finesse is so underrated. "When it comes to this I've been through more shit than a toilet:". That's that wordplay
Yo i cant believe this shit finaly came out I heard this shit for the first time on doo wop 95 live. and i thought it was going to be on his next album the awakwning but then i didnt hear it 4 another 10 years one of the illest. Rhode Island salutes the Lord.
Damn, now this type of shit takes me back. Some straight O.G. shit. Wow where have those days gone. The early to mid 90's were the best for for rap. Reminds me when I first moved to the U.S. as a kid and comin up in the city. Dope rhymes comin out the sunroof in the hot hot summertime
I feel Lord Finesse never sold out. He kept his shit tight underground. Why do you think I knew about Finesse if it was not because of listening to Big L who i had forget years ago (forgive me Corleone). Big L took me to D.I.T.C. then to Lord Finesse, Diamond D, O.C. and to discover how badass Fat Joe was/is. Peace out.
+Mark Whippy In an interview about Lifestylez ov da poor and Dangerous, L told him he wanted him to spit. he didn't have anything because he didn't know and just said something quick and didn't think anything of it.
Wooooh, one of my all time faves. Hardcore can't get any smoother than that. If I'm not mistaken, it was never properly released as a single. First heard it on a PF Cuttin mixtape in '96 and it blew me away. Was looking for the vinyl for years and finally got a bootleg named "The funky men - check the method". I wet my pants back then... "when it comes to this, i've been through more shit than the toilet"
And, yes you are right, Hip-Hop includes Djing and beatboxing (Im glad to see you did your home work) --Exactly what the mainstream sound will never have, hence why its Not Hip-Hop.
