N.O. Joe Discography of CDs

N.O. Joe albums Samples include "Future Shock" (as performed by Curtis Mayfield), "Backstrokin'" (as performed by The Fatback Band), "Munchies For Your Love" (as performed by Bootsy Collins) and "Angel" (as performed by Wes Montgomery). Gangsta rap, from the Lone Star State. This disc is straight-up real, no punches pulled, from first cut to last--and you know these guys are from down south, when "ten" sounds like "tee-an." The good news is that RIDIN' DIRTY also has its fair share of listenable, soulful rap music. From the first cut, which samples the Isley Brothers' "Ain't I Been Good to You," Underground Kingz show good taste in ...

N.O. Joe CD discography Long before Houston rap came to define the sound of the Dirty South, UGK (the Underground Kingz), along with the Geto Boys, were holdin' it down strong for H-Town. While the duo of Bun B and Pimp C never achieved major cross-over success--spitting woozy gangsta tales a few too many years before mainstream radio was prepared for them--they gained a loyal fanbase and the respect of their fellow MCs (chief among them Jay-Z, who featured UGK on his classic track "Big Pimpin'"). After a brief separation marked by prison time for Pimp C and solo albums by both, UGK came back strong on UNDERGROUND KINGZ, a sprawling dripped-and-draped ...

N.O. Joe music CDs Principally recorded at Firehouse Studio, D&D Studio and Battery Studio, New York, New York. Samples include "Uzuri" (as performed by Cataylst). Interpolations include "Let's Get It On" (Marvin Gaye) and "Lay Me Down Easy" (The Isley Brothers/Chris Jasper). With her Gang Starr connections and a truly unique monotone delivery, Philly MC Bahamadia made an instant impression with her 1996 debut, KOLLAGE. While the album's many different producers make for an at-times uneven ride, Bahamadia's off-center voice and off-kilter rhymes tie the whole affair together. And when DJ Premier is at the helm, it is a meeting of true hip-hop minds, each one elevating the other's game. On the sensual ...