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ACEYALONE
ALL BALLS DON'T BOUNCE |
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| | Reviews: 9 |
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| Average Rating: 9.78 |
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The revolution will not be effectively distributed!
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Reviewed on February 25th, 2004
I'm a young'un (24 years old), but I've been dedicated to Hip-Hop for a little over half my life. I always had a finger on the pulse of the next s**t. While other cats were stuck on Biggie's debut, I was copping Genocide and Juice (there was a spot in The Civic Center mall back then that carried stuff that was hard to find elsewhere), King Tee IV Life, Boxcar Sessions, etc. Somehow, I could see that as Hip-Hop was dying on the East, it was alive and kicking HARD AS HELL out Left. Who could sleep on Heiro [pause...]? Who could trust The Sauce after they gave this here album 3 mics [pause...]?
In spite of that, I missed a lot. The market was wide open from '92-'95 and a broke kid from the hood couldn't cop everything. This album slipped through the cracks for a minute for me, even though I'd seen Acey blow it up on the tailend of the Mic Check video on BET. I didn't pick it up until I was stranded with family in Miami on our way back from Jamaica due to a Nor'easter wailing back home. We stole to a Best Buy (I think) one day and my father bought me some blank tapes and a CD of my choice (as long as it wasn't stickered). His puritanical attitude did me good though, because that's when I finally added this CD to my collection. And DAMN!
This album, production-wise alone, was some ol' 4th millenium boom bap. "All Balls" was like The Alchemist circa '99 and Kieth Shocklee circa '89 arguing in the sudio, with Pete Rock circa-somewhere between that drafting the peace treaty. "Deep and Wide" was just that, and brings the Beatminerz' technique of combining sublime samples with drums of death to mind. "Mr. Outsider" was, well s**t, by then you couldn't talk about the production anymore. It was sown, sealed and scrapping with your previous conceptions of what is "Hip-Hop" for knownots like myself.
Lyrics? Do we need to talk about a Freestyle Fellowship alum's lyrics? All these kiddies in the underground need to check the title track to learn how stream of conciousness, abstract, double-entendre, AND punchline-based raps are supposed to be scripted and delivered. "Arhythamuticulas," "The Greatest Show on Earth" and "Headaches and Woes" picked up where the T'cha left off with style and sophistication for duckheads (attn. Bone Thugs and Twista fans--forget about who did it first; who did--and does--it best?). "B-Boy Kingdom" was too ill for me ... until it was too real for everybody a couple years later. And "Makeba?" This is why LL ain't no capital g capital o capital a capital t. I've rarely heard a more mature Hip-Hop song than that, and it's too hilarious to hear cats bigging up the Neps like they're avant-garde or something.
It's too bad Love and Hate didn't come out on a major label like I heard it was going to, because this re-release is too monumental for so many to miss. Then again, most heads will probably never be ready. And to think, this is the TRUE Blueprint 2 (the first being the original--Ghetto Music), yet it won't receive the push it deserves, with our press engaged in a squabble over who can mooch off of Eminem's popularity amongst people who used to hate rap with a passion the hardest. Oh well. I'm just glad I'm finally able to buy another copy. Columbia/Legacy couldn't do a better job than Decon has. But somebody--anybody--press up some stickers and posters! Grab the Krylons and fat caps! The revolution may not have a seven figure budget, but this is Hip-Hop! Let's do it The Original Way!
More "All Balls Don't Bounce" reviews:
[2005-01-09] All Balls Don't Bounce (10)
[2005-01-02] An unbeatable tandem of two cd's here (10)
[2004-09-15] Aceyalone is Runnin For Mayor (10)
[2004-09-04] So good. (10)
[2004-06-25] Great (10)
[2004-04-20] Listen to this, then read "The Book" (10)
[2004-03-26] It's too good. (10)
[2004-02-25] The revolution will not be effectively distributed! (10)
[2004-02-24] All Balls Dont Bounce (8)
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