Chorus.fm Record of the Week Club [ARCHIVED] • Page 41

Okay I've listened to more 90s hip hop this week than the last 5 years so great timing, just put it on

 

loved it, love all that jazz rap. has nation of islam rap declined??

 

hell yeah, great pick

 

really great album. the De La Soul vibes are strong throughout. hyped to now check out their later albums

 

Pressing play now

 

Oh yeah, this was great. Most of my 90s hip-hop favorites are obvious ones - Mobb Deep, Nas, Jay-Z. Lots of East Coast stuff. I see they're from Jersey, but I definitely picked up on more of the early conscious hip-hop stuff going on here and found it pretty unique for the time (but again, there's still so much I haven't heard yet). Is their other stuff worth digging into as well?

 

Haven’t heard more of these guys but Digible Planets are my favorite

 

I'll check them out after my Navy Blue run this morning! Really on a hip-hop kick right now. But going from stuff like this to Griselda is giving me whiplash, lol

 

Digible Planets are incredible. They might’ve done that jazzy rap sound the best. Some obvious 90s/early 2000s standouts but I also love The Pharcyde, Reflection Eternal, Black Star, all the De La Soul albums, Tribe, early Common, a TON of Southern rap… been getting more into the Wu-Tang solo output as well but I wouldn’t quite call that “jazzy.”

Some other lesser known albums on this same vibe also well worth checking out:

 

Rock Dis Funky Joint is a proper little earworm.

 

@Doomsday whatchya got for us?

also just something I noticed, @OhTheWater doesn't have a spot on the list. do you want to squeeze in a turn ahead of my turn (next week) since you haven't gone yet?

 

he’s gone

 

I don’t get him not being on the list tho unless he asked to be taken off

 

nah just checked

he’s still there

 

idk why I thought he wasn't on the list- forget I said anything lol

 

Poor Righteous Teachers album is really good!

 

I'm in there!

 

Totally forgot to comment when I listened earlier this week, but I really liked the Poor Righteous Teachers album. Really fun, and yet another reminder that I need to dig way more into hip hop.

 

lol it's been a long week

 

bump for @Doomsday

 

Hey sorry guys! Okay I’m gonna choose one of my favorite records that I think not a huge amount of people here would’ve heard. My choice is We Shall All Be Healed by The Mountain Goats, a mostly melancholic indie folk/rock album that deals with themes of addiction. A very personal and raw album, one of my all time favourites. Here it is on Spotify

 

Hell yeah, great pick. Somehow never actually listened to this band. Looking forward to it!

 

Forgot about this thread tbh but I will promise to be more active in the coming weeks!

 

I love “Your Belgian Things” but I’ve generally spent less time with this album than other Goats stuff. Excited to dig in this week.

 

My favourite tracks atm are Palmcorder Yajna, Against Pollution, Letter From Belgium and the closer