#Boom bap jazz plus

Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda (1994)įollowing their eponymous debut LP, Pharoahe Monch and Prince Po had a lot to live up to. Great work by one of Hip Hop’s great voices. “Loungin”, “No Time to Play”, “Slicker Than Most” and the exceptional “Le Bien, Le Mal” (with Frenchman MC Solaar rapping in his own language) are standouts, but the whole albums flows beautifully – just like Jazzmatazz Vol 2, which would be released in 1995. So without further delay, I say to you, listen and enjoy.Īnd an enjoyable listening experience it is. Lee, Simon Law and Zachary Breaux doing much work.

#Boom bap jazz plus

Plus I got Gary Barnacle, Carleen Anderson, D. For instance I got Donald Byrd, Roy Ayers, Lonnie Liston Smith, Branford Marsalis, Ronny Jordan, N’Dea Davenport, Courtney Pine and MC Solaar all in the house. So I want to let you know that it was indeed and of course and pleasure to work on such a project with so many amazing people. And at the same time, jazz is real and based on reality. It’s musical, cultural expression based on reality. Now I’ve always thought of doing something like this, but I didn’t want to do it unless it was going to be done right, know what I’m saying? Cause Hip Hop, rap music, is real.

That stands for gifted, unlimited, rhymes, universal. “Peace yo, and welcome to Jazzmatazz: an experimental fusion of Hip Hop and live jazz. “Jazz’s mellow tracks, along with the hard rap beat, go hand-in-glove with my voice.” Jazzmatazz is one of the first albums to combine a live jazz band with Hip Hop production and emceeing. 1 is Guru’s debut solo studio album, after three albums with DJ Premier as Gang Starr. What do YOU think? Are your favorite jazz-rap albums here? Do you think any essential records are missing? Share your thoughts in the comments! Let’s get into it – in this piece, you will find 100 jazz-rap albums we consider to be essential works for the subgenre, not ranked but presented in release year order. Some of the albums listed in this piece merely incorporate some jazz influences in their instrumentation, others are pure jazz Hip Hop hybrids – but all 100 are clearly influenced by Jazz music to some extent. Like we did with our 100 Essential Experimental Hip Hop Albums list, we’ve cast a wide net to come to this list with 100 Essential Jazz Rap Albums. These lyrics generally downplay if not completely ignore materialistic themes, opting for Afrocentric and racially positive messages focusing on the past successes and failures of blacks (and to a lesser extent all people) and the ways that communities might succeed going forward.] Lyrically, most MCs latched onto the idea of jazz as “cool” ( Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) being a prime example) and pushed Hip Hop closer to street poetry, heavily engaging in slang and laid back attitudes that would best express this coolness.