Come Find Yourself

A bit tame for my taste and mostly forgettable.

Don't think it's fun. I'm not lovin it (badabababaaa) and they don't have look like criminals either.

Undeniably fun. The beats are fantastic, the aesthetic, 90's pulp fiction levels of cool. But the lyrics are average at best, and you can barely make out what he's saying half the time. Still enjoyed it though, but I don't see myself returning to this any time soon.

I've heard the song Scooby Snacks so many times before, but somehow I've never heard of Fun Lovin Criminals, which is criminal and very non-fun loving. Honestly, album is quite nice, very approachable and easy to listen to, but I'm genuinely confused what is it doing on the list of greatest albums? Not really original, not really special, just a solid and very 90s record.

Starts really strong and fades really hard. Can't be one of the best albums ever

Was this bad? No, but was it good? No, not really.

Rap

It has been probably 17 years since I last thought about the Scooby Snacks song. I was surprised to see this album on here at all, but it ended up being a fun listen. While these songs often follow the rap trope of being criminals as their name implies....they are indeed fun loving about it. This is a nice contrast to the seriousness of an Ice Tea or Cube. Cube is so serious about his crimes that it makes it sound dumb to be giving a confession on an album, but these fun loving guys are just messing around and don't take themselves too seriously. Favorite track "Scooby Snacks" 3/5

Smooth delivery of very wordy but laid back verses over jazzy rock beats. It all works nicely in the extremely 90s alt/underground hip hop style. It makes sense that had a way bigger impact in the UK than the US as this was so out of step with the mainstream of 90s US rap in the mid 90s, but fits in perfectly with the downtempo, trip-hop and late madchester sound and generally fun-seeking ladish attitude of British pop of the time. The beats are really nicely constructed with soul samples for cool horn sounds, chilled out synth parts, and mesmerizing drum loops. The hard rock choruses & riffs really let the songs down though, they just whack on the distortion and hit some big chords to raise the energy, really jarring and ultimately flat/dull despite the aim.

Lol. The sliver of time this has to be popular could be measured to an egg timer. Let's leave it in the past.

Not something I would listen to on my own, and I doubt I'll listen to it again.

I kinda hate it. Pass

we all know Scooby Snacks but wow the rest of the album is pretty darn good. 90s meets funk meets rap. Digging it.

So I really enjoyed “Come Find Yourself” by the Fun Lovin’ Criminals – as I had never heard of them before… Really liked the vibe of the album, and both the music and lyrics were both extremely well-done… Not a bad track on the album, and the diversity of sound throughout, was very much appreciated – and overall, just a fun album start-to-finish… There were a couple of tracks that grabbed me a bit more, and they were – “Passive/Aggressive” “Scooby Snacks” “I Can’t Get With That” “Crime & Punishment” Nothing life-changing here, but a solid and fun effort, and deserving of a 3 from me…

schöne raphoprock 90er mischung

Better than expected. Seems like their lyrics are sometimes more about sound and rhythm. Other times they're just dumb.

Checks out, they do seem like they're having fun

Þetta kom hressilega á óvart. Ég þekkti Scooby snacks lagið þeirra og titillag hljómsveitarinnar svo kemur bara í ljós að þetta er svkna líka gott stöff. Ég setti hana eiginlefa strax aftur í gang. 4.5 stjörnur en ætla að setja niður í 4 því ég veit ekki enn hvort það er af því að þetta var ferskleikinn sem spilaði inn í hvað ég fílaði plötuna eða að þetta sé svona mikið gæðaefni.

hmmmmm

Um, so I’m guessing the list authors have a friendly connection to this man because BBC stuff or something?

The singles stand up pretty well - Fun Lovin' Criminals, Scooby Snacks, (the one with the Tarantino samples), and King Of New York, all of which were heavily played on the radio and in pubs and clubs when the record came out. The rest is pretty inconsequential, albeit with some nice trip hop shuffles and grooves, and some decent guitar parts.

J'apprécie quelques chansons, dont I can't get with that ET We have all the time in the world, qui font très Midnight Shutdown.

Stylish and confident debut from the peak of the Tarantino era. Their fusion of jazz, hip-hop and rock is yet to bettered and is showcased on this record with an apparent effortlessness. Truly the kings of cool.

I guess if you were to look at this hypercritically, you’ve got a chap who can’t really sing and his ‘rapping’ ain’t great, the guitar riffs and drums really are very basic, and the sampling isn’t ground breaking. HOWEVER, it does have a tonne of swagger (that NY bands often seem to have more of - something in the water?), and the clue’s in the name of the band, this is just about vibe and fun. Yes it’s totally mid-90s sound, and the slow songs are a bit dull, but when it goes big it works and the tunes just make you smile and that I think is the point. (Not sure you’d admit that to anyone in person though!). It is a bit weird that they were really only big in the UK. What did we see, or the US weren’t being duped by? Firstly I don’t think we ever saw this as hip hop, more like lounge rock with a hip hop lilt. I’m gonna go with their general vibe suiting the early wave of Blair and Brit Pop and the world generally feeling a much more positive place than these days.

Despite misgivings about this collective being massive frauds, I found the album was worth a listen and pretty chilled, even without a big spliff in my hand. I won't be attending any nostalgia trips but a solid trieze.

Cringe album. Two stars for humour and mild nostalgia.

Rad so nostalgic, so good, love it

I'll give 'em credit for trying something new. It's just...not good.

This was alright but didn’t wow me. Not sure i’d listen to again

Crazy to go back and read contemporary reviews of this. 90s was crazy for genre mash ups and this is a great example of some of the rubbish put out. Lyrically, it is relentlessly cringe faux gangster rubbish. The music is somewhere between Muzak and throw away chill house samples. Scooby Snacks is fun I suppose, rest is crap. 1.5* Also, free John Gotti?!

Hmm, I don't think I've ever listened to all of Scooby Snacks before, as I would not have been able to recall that it's a hip hop song. This album comes on the tail end hip hop's Golden Age but really doesn't capture that feeling, and is more like an attempt at rap-rock, or whatever it is that G. Love and Special Sauce do. Not for me, but I didn't hate it. 1.75/5.

Very much not for me. Seems like a precursor to things like Everlast or Uncle Cracker. Nope. 1.25/5

This is what I love about this series, finding something new to me that blows me away. Really cool hip hop with a genuine blues influence, almost a compliment to what A Tribe Called Quest was doing with rap. It’s not as tight as their imperial stuff, but I def want to go back. B

Never really listened to them and enjoyed this. Did it blow my mind? Nope. Was it a totally fine and fun album to play on background while doing whatever? Yep.

I don't know. 2/5

I thought they were a one hit wonder, this was better than I expected

Interesting. I didn’t mind this album

Like the other reviews state - this is okay, but it's really not wild. If the Beastie Boys are your fav you might love this.

much better than i expected.

Never heard of this or ifi have I don't remember. It did seem slightly familiar. I liked Scooby Snacks and so did the UK apparently. There were a couple of good songs but generally nothing that wowed me.

Some stellar singles, but most of the tracks are a bit to laid back for my tastes

Nu kommer sånt här skit igen vilket gör att man vill hoppa framför ett tåg eller nåt.

Takes me back to being 13. Could do with being 20 minutes shorter and a few tracks less. But good.

Well, that was an album. It kind of reminds me of Fly or Die by N.E.R.D. but worse. This one didn't do it for me. I respect the genre blend, I guess. The sound is mixed. Some songs are alright, others are kinda boring. There's some weird tonal shifts in this. I'm not a fan of the vocals. The writing is okay. I was really worried that there would be constant band name drops given that they said the phrase "Fun Lovin' Criminal" in the first two songs, but those were the only times the phrase was said in the album. This thing's pretty long too. It's kind of all over the place, honestly. It's also kind of concept album? Interesting. Anyways, this one just doesn't appeal to me. High 2/5.

Well, I think the band, production, and sampling sounds great. The rest rings hollow to me; the live band of it all becomes a one-trick pony as the album moves forward. I'm not sure what I took away from this one--maybe that I wish the instrumentals had more compelling rapping. (And that the 90s were a very different time for hip hop.) The good vocal hooks they have are repeated until they become meaningless and grating. Highlights: the research adventure I took to try and figure out if this guy should be rapping about some of this subject matter or not Nadir: Bear Hug

Not garbage, an interesting idea mixing hip hop with other genres but it didnt really blow me away

solid!

Corny 90’s hip hop

Chilled and laid back indie with a fun vibe and a subtle Latin flavour. It's quite nice but not particularly engaging. My favourite FLC moment was Huey on Question Time saying Brexit was far too important a question to be put to the British general public. It went down like a lead balloon, but he's not wrong. Rating: 2.5/5 Playlist track: Scooby Snacks Date listened: 15/05/24

Criminally not fun

a one hit wonder that's mostly clips from Tarantino movies. it's catchy but not enough to carry a whole album.

Feels like the Beastie Boys moonlighting as Tarantino extras—greasy, stylish, and oddly endearing. I’ve always liked the Fun Lovings, just somehow never gave them the airtime they clearly deserved.

This album was a pleasant surprise. Probably just in my late 90's wheelhouse. Sounded like a poor man's Everlast. I would listen again.

This music is a slippery slope. This one rides the ridge without tumbling into terrible.

Nr. 172/1001 Fun Lovin' Criminal 3/5 Passive/Agressive 3/5 The Grave and the Constant 3/5 Scooby Snacks 3/5 Smoke 'Em 4/5 Bombin' the L 3/5 I Can't Get With That 3/5 King of New York 3/5 We Have All The Time In The World 3/5 Bear Hug 2/5 Come Find Yourself 3/5 Crime And Punishment 3/5 Methadonia 3/5 Average: 3,0 Alright album. Probably won't listen again.

Rap-Rock-Jazz?

In no way essential but also a fun old listen A generous 3

Not for me

It's a great blend

Oof, pretty bad. Big Kid Rock vibes. Why would you make an album 50 minutes when half of the songs are just repeating some inane phrases over and over? Didn’t make me angry enough for a 1 but this is a lowwww 2.

Never heard of this group. Not sure what they are (or wanted to be). Not good enough to be taken seriously by rap fans or rockers. Seems like a poor attempt to be the Beastie Boys.

This was a great use of sampling (fun to hear both "Freebird" and "Smoke on the Water" sampled on "Bombin' The L") but otherwise it was not too great. I'd never heard of this group and I now know why. Not essential hip-hop in any way.

Has a lot of fun guitar is it. Did like the album but it left less of an impact than I would’ve liked it to.

Surprisingly mellow! Kinda bluesy.

Music was fine. Nothing great, pleasant enough. Had some catchy beats but that's really it. Mid as can be.

I kinda liked some of the stuff they were selling here. They... _SEEMED_ like a light, breezy group, something to listen to and bop your head to. But some of the songs did feel VERY repetitive (I'm looking at you, "Smoke 'Em"). And even though the songs were gritty, they were goofy at the same time. The dichotomy didn't work for me as much as I was hoping it would. I mean, I got the idea from the first song, but it just wore thin after a while for me. ANd that cover of "All The TIme In The World," yikes. Top songs: ""The Fun Lovin' Criminal", "The Grave and the Constant", "Scooby Snacks"

This album was better than I thought it would be. A one-hit wonder in my mind, for Scooby Snacks, they brought more than that on this album. I especially liked the funky upbeat tempos and use of the trumpet, as well as some catchy guitar riffs. The opener Fun Lovin' Criminals was a lot of fun for those reasons, and the second song Passive / Aggressive was a little boring but fun for those reasons (when turned up a notch) in the choruses. Despite ripping off Smoke on the Water and Free Bird (I guess sampling for this rap rock album) I also found Bombin the L fun and funky with a cool guitar and trumpet combo. Similar for King of New York. Not the same combos, but Bear Hug and Crime and Punishment were kind of cool too. And so many tracks that felt perfect for a Tarantino or Guy Ritchie crime drama/comedy. It just felt...stylish. The title track was a good example of that. Still, I don't think I can give the album a 4. There's far too many better albums and I don't think this one is that notable in the grand scheme of things. But I enjoyed it. And that's more than I thought I'd say when I saw the album pop up.

'90s rap rock that faded into obscurity. I don't think anyone was really interested in remembering Fun Lovin' Criminals though, as they never quite excelled in any of the genres they were borrowing from. There was better alternative rock, better jazz rap, and better rap rock compared to anything you'd find on Come Find Yourself. I'm lead to believe they're only remembered for the single Scooby Snacks but that song is just as underwhelming as the rest of the songs on this album.

These are the types of albums that get through when you set your number too damn high. Maybe 401 albums would have been better. Seriously, mediocre bands, sub-par albums from great bands (or at least a band that has a much better album). I'd like this generator to start honing it in I'm being generous with my stars today

A slight and silly listen of alternative rap.

Kann man gut nebenbei hören. Den Sprechgsang finde ich OK. Insgesamt ist es eher langweilig.

Music is okay in places but overall just "meh" it doesn't help that this whole album makes me think of some really irritating people that I went to school with. It just has a "eww" vibe throughout.

Yi Ha! Stick them up Punk for the Fun Loving Criminals. Then Keep on listening, cause we have All the time in the world. This is the perfect way to get a smile on your face.

warum......... wenigstens nimmt es sich nicht ernst so wie green day?!

It's that form of 90s rap rock that's usually pretty cringe, but this is done pretty well. It's similar to trip hop with the jazz samples and downtempo grooves, but has tons of energy, some rocking beats, and catchy pop hooks. It's nothing outstanding or innovative, with the standout tracks just being the louder and catchier hits. It is consistent, and I appreciate the diversity in each deep cut, although some ideas do feel gimmicky. Very accessible and inoffensive, it's something you could chill with in the background.

One minute in, I kind of hate this. It feels a bit like G Love, but way more corny. Tried my way through Passive / Aggressive, but quickly noped out. Skipped forward to the other "single," Scooby Snacks -- this is a touch better with the dubbed out vibe, but only margnially. I'm not putting another 40 minutes into this one. 1 / 5 for me.

Interesting album. I like the Pulp Fiction reference. These guys seem like some standard 90's hip hop rebels. I can get behind it. 3 stars

Pretty chill album that was nice to vibe to during work. There were a couple samples that I recognized, but I wasn't keeping track of any of the titles during this one. One or two songs I really liked on this one, otherwise was pretty middle of the road. We'll call this one a 3+.

I think I need to listen to that album again because I had it on while working, but I could not figure out what genre that was. It almost seemed like a playlist on shuffle because it would switch from rap, to reggae, to almost rock. Overall though it had some really solid instrumental work which had me hooked. Just still slightly confused by it

Love a good "mafioso rap" album. Like the random Pulp Fiction/Reservoir Dogs sample there in Scooby Snacks. We Have All The Time In The World is a random switch up on genres there. This was ok. Feels like I was kinda into it at the beginning but it faded into the background pretty damn quick. Either a high 2 or low 3 I'm going to decide tomorrow when I can actually rate it.

Chilled and easy to listen to but not very catchy.

I said, Baby, baby, baby, this album has mucho grande style. I dig the vibe that runs through this album. I own this, and at various times, I can't get enough of it. They have a distinctive style. Jazz, hip hop, rap, rock, driving rhythms, story telling. I find the songs infective and many are frequently triggered in my head with certain stimuli from the environment. If someone says they were "running around", my brain adds in the beat and the lyrics, "robbin' banks all wacked..." Surprised to see this on the list, and thrilled. Especially as it followed the painful evermore.

Ahhh I absolutely was not expecting to enjoy this as much as I did. So silly and High School Boy but so fun and I would've felt so damn Cool if I was still in high school, but instead I'm just going to be the grown man saying "you know who are underrated? The Fun Lovin' Criminals".

My daughter went to nursery school with Huey’s child. I didn’t know this until we were both waiting to pick up our respective offspring. I saw him and thought 🤨 “that face looks familiar, do I know them?” 🧐 “looking again, I don’t think I know them” 🤔 “they look a bit like Huey Morgan from FLC” 😳 “puts two and two together with the last name of their child” 😱 “it IS Huey from FLC!” 🫣 “oh no, my face has actually conveyed all these emotions” 🫠 “I’m dying inside” Reservoir Dogs was my favourite film for a while so I loved Scooby Snacks, and we used to put this on the pub jukebox when skiving from school. Good times.

I remember thinking this was cheesy when it dropped, but it actually is better than I remember it. Overall, cohesive and listenable. Not great, but pretty good vibe. Vocals and guitars are chill.

I guess I hit rock bottom on 4/20/2024. According to the Fun Lovin’ Criminals, if ya got em, smoke em. But if ya don’t got em, ya hit rock bottem (sic?). I had no scooby snacks. But I did have a chance to listen to one of the most mid-90s albums imaginable. I absolutely remember “Scooby Snacks.” And remember the general vibe that Fun Lovin’ Criminals fit snugly in. Rap rock before rap rock was abrasive and aggressive. But what was this one-hit wonder doing on the 1001? As usual, the answer is England. For some reason, FLC really caught on in the UK. Good for them. Even at rock bottom, I still had fun with “Come Find Yourself.”

So I CAN like rap-rock, who knew?! This vibe is way more chill than the rap-rock of late 90s/early 2000s and it is as advertised, fun lovin'.

How had I not heard of these guys? Or maybe I had and forgot. Either way, I’m glad for the (re)introduction. I consider this as much rock-rap and I do rap-rock. I’m not sure what is the more prominent style. All I can say is that they do an excellent job blending the two genres. And we’re all better for it.

Plays with a variety of genres, but somehow manages to not be particularly interesting at any of them. Fave Songs: Methadonia, We Have All the Time in the World, I Can't Get with That (Schmoove Version)

I don't know what to say about this. It wasn't bad but I also didn't love it. I guess it's a 3 and move on.

I'm not sure about elsewhere, but in my country these guys were a one hit wonder. The big song "Scooby Snacks" got a decent amount of airplay, probably because Tarantino was massive back then. I remember the title track "Fun Lovin Criminals" getting a bit of airplay, but it never really took off. This was an interesting listen, although it seems a bit try hardish tbh. Scooby Snacks still rocks though.

Derivative and sophomoric. Sure it’s full of hooks that not only are samples but samples that have been used a lot before this came out.

A real sense of place and time with this one; funky psych guitairs, vinyl scratching, gravel voiced rapping; all very evocative of NYC in the late 80s/90s. A surprising diversity of approach and songwriting. Not all of it lands but still holds up well.

Not for me

loved the use of real instruments and samples on this record. super unique sound and super catchy beats and melodies!

Sounds like Kid Rock wanted to be these guys but also heard Limp Bizkit on the way to the studio. (Kid Rock - Limp Bizkit)+ musical talent ≈ Fun Lovin' Criminals

Un poco coñazo la verdad

I didn't know how this would stand up. I had it at the time and saw them live on the early tours but had sort of forgotten how smooth and laid back a lot of this album is - even though they went full lounge jazz after this. Groove and a great sound. I enjoyed returning to this.

I really loved the sound and the flows on this album, just amazing.

I haven't listened to this since it first came out. Musically very good but the rapping can get kinda old. It's chill though.

no. no. no no no no no. the album with "Scooby Snacks" is not, in fact, worthy of any praise. fuck off.

Honestly just sounds like knock-off beastie boys. Fine, but forgettable. The soul elements come through in a more relaxed tone compared to other rap-rock bands which does help make it a bit more unique. Top tracks: The Grave and the Constant, I Can't Get With That, We Have All the Time in the World

No me acaba de gustar, pero está bien. Si te gusta el rap combinado con otros estilos, supongo que esto te gustará.

The music is fine. I'm not the biggest fan of all the genres they mixed in, but they did it alright. Not exactly what I would like to hear right after Beastie Boys but oh well. 2.5 just to indicate I liked this better

some really boring songs but some songs that really got me in the mood and im bumping and bopping along with my entire body

Not a fan of the genre, It has been a nice suprise to add to my list.

decent

Fun music!!

Some crazy genre switches. I had to stop once or twice to check the same album was playing. Very cool.

The instrumentation is excellent. The lyrics and concepts have not stood up as well.

I don't know how I felt about this album. Was it a bop? Yes. Was it something I could find myself signing along to? Yes. Should I be or do I have any context to connect with what they are singing about? Probably not. At times it feels like they are romanticizing a lifestyle that at times I don't think should be romanticized, but that might be my privilege goggles talking. Maybe its not romanticizing but putting a satirical spin on things (Methodonia) or they just need to laugh and be proud because it is a world that is so put down.

I like the music. The guitars are awesome. I like the grooves. But nothing about this music grabs me. I've never heard such great music that falls totally flat on delivery. The lyrics don't give me any poetry. Zero. The album starts with their theme song I guess. Great. I wasn't sure if I was listening to the Fun Lovin' Criminals. Yep. It's them. What's the rest of the songs about? I dunno. I should've robbed more banks for fun I guess. Why does this song start with a Pulp Fiction sample? I don't remember this song being on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack. Scooby Snacks? Was Scooby Doo in Pulp Fiction? I'm so confused.

I enjoyed this album far more than I thought I would going into it. It will easily go into regular rotation for me. Beyond “Scooby Snacks”, the hit I’ve already heard many times, the album takes to a nice hip hop chill easily digested at summer picnics, camping and chill days at home with nothing to do.

Scooby Snacks! Totally forgot about that song. I feel like this band/album was on the perimeter of my college life, but aside from some band stickers I remember having, and Scooby Snacks, I never actually had a musical relationship or familiarity with them. Now I wish I had! Super groovy stuff, it’s fun and cool with some great raps.

2.5

This is a super fun and interesting album with lots of influences and musical styles included. It has some trip-hop, some jazz, some rock, some Latin music, all well executed and it sounds pretty fresh to me after almost 3 decades. This was a new album to me but an easy 4 stars that could be 5 with more listens.

Better than I thought it would be, but I did have low expectations. Sort of Beastie Boys light. Favourite track Scooby Snacks

A stylistically really varied album, it's hip-hop with a flavour of rock, jazz and many other genres. I also like the mid-1990s vibe to it which doesn't sound dated. The songwriting drags a bit towards the end and overall nothing stands out, but nevertheless this was a pleasant album to listen to - 3.5 out of 5.

It was kind of a mix between old-school rap and punk rock? Not a fan.

90s calfornia surfin like Sublime but a little more rappy and not that interesting to listen to. Nothing there for me.

Great album to play while trimming your kids finger nails. Confuses them into sitting still.

Kind of fun album. I was surprised to see it pop up though. It was a bit like seeing that Kid Rock somehow made the list.

This is one of the worst albums I have listened to on this list so far. And not really in a way that screams at you how bad it is. It's just hilariously cheesy and very meat and potatoes. It's wild to me when music like this exists, like there is enough people who are on board throughout the whole process to make it happen. Just so hilarious bad.

Much more varied that I would have expected (having only heard Fun Lovin' Criminals and Scooby Snacks previously). I'll need a second listen to really get to grips with it.

Garbage, trash, a 0. Soulless reproduction of hip hop to be available to a white suburban youth. Everything about this album is childish. The best song "King of New York" has the worst hook of all time: "La di da di, la di La di da di, free John Gotti" Like, seriously? You couldn't rhyme Gotti with anything? The only reason this album is even remembered at all is for the ripped lines from Pulp Fiction in "Scooby Snacks."

More unique than I expected. Such an effortless combination of rock and rap. Ignoring the rash and aggressive aspects of both genres, while keeping their different grooves. The jazzy elements are cherry on top. A surprisingly compelling album.

I really tried with this one... It sounds like what I imagine people who think that the music from Sonic Adventure 2 is too high class listen to. And I think SA2 music is oddly dope. Its the butt of butt rock. 0/10.

This is great!

It's a classic 90s album. No more no less.

8/10, chill beats and good vibe

Hell yeah

Scooby Snacks. It was popular for a minute. A sound very similar to others in the era. Nothing special.

Some good beats here, chill music, nice mix of jazz/funk/rock, and even the guitar solo on "I Can't Get with That" is solid. Honestly I'd be down for a totally instrumental album like this. But the lyrics/singing/rapping just don't do it for me. Still, a pretty fun album to spin. Might return to it on a hot summer day while outside grilling.

i had fun with this album at first, a cool combination of a more bluesy/jazzy sound with hip hop. as we got towards the end of the album, i felt like it was kind of one-note. felt like i was just listening to a variation on the same thing for a good portion of the 50 minute runtime. it's not that i thought it was bad, i just got a little tired of it three quarters through the album.

Yea, this is a lot of fun

Fun Lovin’ Criminals is very, very nineties rap/rock. It is a bit dated overall and there is nothing ground breaking here. That said it’s still fun and takes me back to my high school and college years. Scooby Snacks was on the radio all of the time my senior year of high school. That said, this is another album better for background than intent listening. The beats are better than the vocals by far. 3

Raps were kinda meh but the beats were pretty good

Honestly, this album is fun as hell. It reminds me a lot of That Handsome Devil, actually; just less weird and a lot more chill. And with more raps about Gotti.

Wasn't expecting much when I put this on, but WOW, did it ever blow me away. The music here is simply immaculate, especially The Grave and the Constant. 50 minutes never flew by so fast.

That’s another 3 for me. It’s really not a bad album, it’s just kind of unmemorable. I really think the production is the obvious standout here – only 2 or 3 tracks ever really fully got my attention lyrically, and the amount of mixed genres with hip-hop sensibilities does a much better (albeit admittedly less energetic) job than that shitty Kid Rock album we listened to. If we were going solely on production, it's at least a 4. Crime & Punishment is probably my standout here, either that or King of New York. Much like some of the other albums we’ve listened to, the biggest issue is that it’s just a bit too long and a bit too repetitive in some spots to not notice, and those little moments just build up more and more every time, and that's why as a whole album, I can't go any higher than a 3. (also i don't know where else to put this but i just kept hearing lotus juice in his voice the whole time LOL)

Fine.

Man this was a fun one to revisit. Lord I love the Scooby Snacks track. This album may not be revolutionary but I love its groove - a bit of California/Chili Peppers, a horn section with a touch of Mexican in it, shades of rap-like rhyme.. just fun.

No thank you

somewhere way in the back there is a drunken stupor giggling about fun loving criminals and taking notes on a criminal fucking conspiracy.

Loved this

This is garbage drug-rap. Pretty much everything wrong with the world.

Pretty meh. Couple of good songs, only vaguely remember Scooby Snacks so didn't add much nostalgia. Plenty of better rap rock out there. Should have included Zevon in the list instead of this

Hier en daar vrij relaxte beats, maar die tegelijkertijd weer heel played out klinken (the grave and the constant). Vergetelijke teksten en al met al is die geen klassieker uit de jaren 90. Toch prima album om te luisteren, denk niet dat die al te lang blijft hangen

This debut album of Fun Lovin' Criminals is a lot of fun. Some rap and very varied musical styles from jazz to blues, rock and hip hop to accompany it.

While certainly not the worst this genre of 90s rock/hiphop/jazz blend has to offer, and some of the samples are fun, I can't say I'm a fan. There's an inescapable element of trying-too-hard-to-be-hard to make me invested in the music.

It's time to rethink some things if you come to find yourself vibing with these cringe-worthy attempts at hip hop and blues rock fusion.

Worst corny trend-genre ever

Scooby snacks was fun but sound mixing wasn’t clear enough for me to really enjoy

It's just alright. Fav song methodonia

Better than I thought it'd be, although massively of it's time. I've not knowingly ever played this before but I seemingly recognised every track, probably soundtracked multiple stoned evenings at university

Not so bad, a bit fun, and unnecessarily long

Not bad... wasn't anything revolutionary.

Sound like off-brand Bloodhound Gang, who are themselves off-brand quality. Not sure why this is on the list. Falls off pretty hard in the second half.

It's a fun lovin hip hop album, a solid 3.5 stars

The music was fine, but the lyrics were rap. If they were just instrumentalists, I probably would have liked it.

I couldn’t really find any information from Wikipedia on why this was important, and it didn’t seem like the contemporary reviews were anything above average. The beats are fine, it seems indicative of a mid-90s style of rap/hip-hop with some early fusion with rock (which, let’s face it, didn’t really end well). There were some weird stylistic shifts that just didn’t gel with the rest of the record “We have all the time in the world”, its a solid and sweet track, but just really doesn’t fit with the rest of the record. Overall just kind of confused on why this was included on the list, even if I didn’t hate it. There are decent moments, but nothing exceptional.

I really liked this. I appreciated the heavier rock samples and found it really easy to listen to

I don't mind this. It's fine. Scooby Snacks is a banger but in general I don't think the album was that good but it's good to have in the background and not bad

“Kerouac is wack but I’m down with Dostoyevsky” was gonna Give this a 2 b ur that like earned a 3 lmao

"Runnin' around, robbing banks all whacked off of scooby snacks..." The highlights on this (title tracks, scooby snacks, methadonia, smoke 'em") are brilliant, but the deeper cuts aren't quite enough to make this a memorable listen as an album. That said, this is the first thing in the queue next time I'm high.

- Never heard of this before - Didn't really enjoy it, not terrible though

Never had awareness of them before. Fun experience.

It's like the 90s version of mumble rap

I feel quite conflicted about this, almost like it’s a guilty pleasure. Yes, they are Novelty and puerile and seemingly taking the piss while taking a lot of of money. But I can’t deny it’s a good choice of samples, some very catchy tunes and sometimes I could not help but sing along.

I always liked the vibe of this group, though I find this album long on repetition and short on substance. I'm a bigger fan of the follow-up, 100% Columbian, though I don't know that it stands the test of time enough to be a classic. This one doesn't, but it was fun to revisit.

unremarkable, but pleasant enough. they seem to have a good sense of humor, which i dig.

Fun! I love this gang.

Awesome and diverse hip-hop that epitomizes everything great about the genre before it absolutely flourished in the coming decades.

ducking Scooby snacks 2.2/5

I’m really surprised to find Fun Lovin’ Criminals on a list of essential albums. Maybe I’m naive, but I always thought they were a one hit wonder band. Everybody knows Scooby Snacks, but does anybody know anything else? I will after today! Songs I already knew: Scooby Snacks Favourites: Scooby Snacks, Bombin’ The L I’m honestly surprised that only the one song made it to the mainstream from this album (again, unless I just happen to live under a rock). Every song here has a very similar vibe to Scooby Snacks, with rapping, chants and crime-noir somewhat funky music alongside it. Like if Cake decided to take up rapping. I enjoyed this. It wasn’t anything spectacular, but it’s definitely a good album.

Favourite tracks; scooby snacks; the fun loving criminal

Another album where I really don't understand why it's on the list. This reveals the British bias of the list too, since these guys are American but never really got famous except in Europe. It's not the worst thing I've listened to. The music is actually pretty good, and the Bond cover song is good. But the lyrics are pretty bad. It's like LFO trying to be the Beastie Boys. 2/10

Not a rap rock guy unless we're talking Lincoln Park. We're sampling pulp fiction tho so thats cool? Best Song: The Grave and the Constant Worst Song: King of New York

Thoughts running through my head while listening to Scooby Snacks: “Scooby Dooby Doo, where are you?” “The famous, most groovy, Bellbottoms (Hu!) BELLBOTTOMS (HU!) Yeaaaahhh (HU!)” “B-a-b-y, Baby” P.S. Oh, I miss iPods.

Album Nr. 35 Eigentlich ein schönes Album. Bedauerlicher weise aber ewas schwach und daher lediglich mittelmaß.

It's one of these rather harmless rock rap combos. Not bad and groovier than many other albums in a similar direction but nothing I would've put on this list.

I remember a couple of these from the 90s.. if you don’t take it very seriously (and I don’t think you are meant to) there’s a lot of fun songs here.

Ok listen some tracks, although We Have All The Time In The World is shocking. 1/5 because of that

Mir komplett neu - aber sehr gut!

fun and upbeat. the music is very chill without sounding boring. I really enjoyed this album

Not too offensive but mostly MOR drivel. The rapper isn't very good. They like weed. Woooo.

Unexpected but enjoyable "fusion-hip-hop" album

Sounds like a generic video game soundtrack

I’ve heard wordy, silly hip hop done better (see: De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest). Still not bad though.

It was okay, like a low 3. Wasn’t exactly my style or my taste but I enjoyed it enough as a background music.

This was new to me. I liked it.

Awesome crossover jazz, hiphop, funk

Favourite Song: Scooby Snacks Didn't really feel like it was doing anything. I do absolutely love Scooby Snacks as a song, but I struggled to keep my attention with the rest.

Not bad, not bad. Upbeat and fun.

funky hiphop, still quite nice: 7/10 and no need to listen to any other FLC album.

Starts off really well but the second half doesn't deliver much excitement.

Pretty good

New album/band for me. I enjoyed the title track, Smoke ‘Em, and Methadonia. King of New York was fun too - overall, I liked listening to the album, but I doubt I'll come back to it. Interesting that Wikipedia has absolutely nothing to say about the band.

This is the first album on this list that started and I thought oh, oh no Not a fan

This one was a real horizon-widener when I first heard it back in 1996. Laid back and chill, but with some of the hardest shredding I'd ever heard. It's just so classy, man. It's pure, distilled, Noo Yoik Siddy.

White boy hip hop just isn’t for me.

This sounds like a parody of hip hop. No thanks

Scooby snacks is goed. En title track ook. De rest is teveel stoerdoenerij in een genre dat er geen is. Pubermuziek. Tof voor toen, maar absoluut niet 1001 must hears wat mij betreft.

2/5. Nothing special to me

It aight scoobs. - 6/10

I've listened to the album multiple times over the last two years but I always ended up tuning it out. I listened to it again today and found it very unremarkable. Also the start of Bombin the L sounds like Smoke on the Water for a sec. High 2.

Not super compelling but didn’t completely miss the mark. It was okay but don’t think I’d listen again 6/10

I was pleasantly surprised, this was actually pretty good. I was worried when they started shouting at me in the first song but it was way more mellow than the beastie boys. Kinda bizarre how all the songs are about various crimes but I guess that’s their thing. 7.5/10

6/10 - Some of the songs I like and others I do not care for. The first few songs were fun to listen to and I loved the use of trumpet.

i like crime 6.5/10

This had some fun stuff but it also had a fair amount of genuinely bad songs. Shit kinda sounds like if the red hot chili peppers had a baby with the beastie boys and that child grew up listening to Snoop Dogg. Overall this wasn't bad though; it would probably be 3 stars with no context, but I just feel like there are so many better alternative hip hop albums from the 90s through today that are both better and more influential than this. 4.5/10

This is a nice album. This music is so groovy :)

Fun loving criminals did a really good job of layering many different sounds into their album. And no point did I think it sounded overwhelming, rather they weave in and out so many different instruments and samples that it always was kept interesting. The band came off as pretty Charismatic to the extent that they were criminals who rob banks. They did a good job of balancing between sympathetic in songs like "Bombin' the L" , charming outlaws in "Scooby Snacks", and still spending the block on "Bearhug". This might just be me personally, but they did include a lot allusions in the raps and many to celebrities that I do not know very well. There would be about a dozen in each song, and some of them were just lost on me. I did have the thought that this sounded like G-Love with a gun at sometimes, and I think they even hinted at that and one of the earlier songs. Standouts: "Running around robbing banks all whacked off of Scooby Snacks." Passive/Aggressive had a cool gimmick with the relaxed and then fast. "See I got more gumbas than Bobby De Niro and if I was you I'd. Act like Nixon and Spiro."

I thought the album was pretty good overall. This is some good windows down, summertime cruising music.

Impressed by the way they combined rock, hip-hop, and jazzy vibes together. I enjoyed almost every song!

I think this is closer to kid rock music than a lot of people would want to admit. The lyrics were goofy and it was more a mix of hip hop and 90s rock than country but close enough. Interestingly, I already don’t really remember most of this album despite enjoying it but I still remember quite a bit of devil without a cause despite it being corny trash.

I quite enjoyed it, was varied enough to keep my attention anyway. I dont think its a great rap record or a great rock record or even a good rap rock record, but it is decent. Im just not entirely sure what ‘it’ is. King of New York was probably my favourite, enjoyed Scooby Snacks, Bear Hug, and The Fun Lovin Criminal too. I think this will get better after a few listens but sticking to a 3 for now

Scooby snacks is great, they definitely have a unique sound. I hoped the rest of the album might be of a similar level but can't say any other song stood out. It might be a slow burner but don't feel particularly keen to listen again. That said it wasn't terrible, just not that good either, but if a shame really. 2.5.

Goodness me this is silly and juvenile. Overall, just a bit too much. 1.4 stars. Wouldn't listen to anything else by them.

I enjoyed a lot more of it than I expected, it has an interesting mellowness. It's not ground breaking stuff but the rapping and rock tunes hit just right. Methadonia is an awful track to end the album on and a bigger downer. Highlights: The Fun Lovin' Criminal Scooby Snacks Crime and Punishment

Sure I've listened to this as a teenager, but don't really remember any of it, which maybe tells me something.... Huey Morgan seems like a cool guy, used to like his 6 music show I spent a lot of this trying to work out if it is cool or is it a bit cheesy....I think I fell on the side that it's cool, but it definitely isn't all of the same quality and ultimately it is quite forgettable. Bombing the L was crap. The rock rap thing doesn't work, or doesn't sound good anymore... Scooby snacks is obviously great. Highlights: The fun lovin criminal Scooby snacks King of new York Overall a bit silly but quite enjoyed it, probably won't be back!

There was nothing fun or lovin’ about this, though they did steal 50 mins of my attention so they were right about the criminal part. 1 star

The soundtrack to every stupid teen movie of the late 90s.

Rap crap. No tune. All sounds the same.

Fun title track, but other tracks dull and forgettable.

Surprising, inventive, band was rapping on top of very unique backing tracks

This is a pretty unique album. It’s a softer rap rock with moments of country twang, funk, and maybe ska with the horn parts? While not outright mindblowing or revolutionary, this album has a commendable quality to it. It is very interesting that, despite hailing from New York City, they never charted or had air time in America; instead they are popular and are still touring in Northwest Europe and Australia.

Kinda fun but not for me. Sort of an Everlast meets Sublime meets Cypress Hill.

Nice, groovy Hip Hop. Bit of rock. Good melodies but sometimes monotonous and repetitive. Also with trumpet. I enjoyed listening.

rap but not rap

Hardly a classic

Equal amounts dated and enjoyable. A good vibe going on here and there

3.3

Santana meets Sublime with a hint of Beastie Boys. I dig it.

ЙОУ ЙОУ ЙОУ НА МИКРОФОНЕ ДИДЖЕЙ ДЖОЙСТИК ДОСТАВАЙТЕ СВОИ СТВОЛЫ СЕЙЧАС Я ИХ НАЧИЩУ 3/10

Surprisingly enjoyable. Thought this would be scooby snacks and filler but it’s really quite good.

Eclectic and vibrant album full of so many samples its hard to keep track. Scooby Snacks is a fun track, but it's superseded by Smoke 'Em, Bombin' the L and a few other tracks IMO.

Before today the only Fun Lovin' Criminals song I was familiar with was Scooby Snacks. It was literally everywhere in the 90's. I was interested to find out if they were just a one hit wonder, or if there was some more gems on this record. Turns out it was the latter. These guys are like Beastie Boys Lite.... Kinda that hip hop/rock stuff that was big in the 90's. Overall, a pretty enjoyable record. Definately one I will revisit in the future! Favourite songs: Scooby Snacks, The Fun Lovin' Criminal, Bear Hug, Passive/Aggressive, Bombin' the L, Crime and Punishment Least favourite songs: Methadonia, We Have All The Time In The World 4/5

Enjoyable but probably not gonna come back to it.

I've never heard of this band or album before, so I wasn't sure what to expect. Overall, I wasn't terribly impressed by this album. The music that played under the rapping was fine, but it wasn't particularly interesting. It definitely worked better on certain tracks, like the title track, and "Scooby Snacks." However, the Tarantino dialogue samples on "Scooby Snacks" was pretty jarring and felt out of place. As for the rapping, I didn't think the flow, rhymes, or lyrics were that great; things felt pretty lazy and haphazard. As far as this album's importance and significance, I don't know if it had an impact on any rap rock acts that came after it, but I'm just glad that most of the rap rock I've heard has been better than this album.

Not totally down with the lyrics...BUT... down with the beat! I can just about forgive them for 'All the time in the world' version!

As nostalgic as this music is for the late 90s, I don't think I can think of a situation where I'd choose to listen to it again. The structure of the choruses here often felt too repetitive to me, and the songs themselves got to be a little stale after a while. Not much to note here other than the fact that the album feels a bit like a time machine. Highlight: Passive/Aggressive Lowlight: Come Find Yourself Surprise Hit: Methadonia

Hip hop. Rock

"Come Find Yourself" is the debut album by American rap rock band the Fun Lovin' Criminals. Hip hop, alternative rock, blues, funk, jazz rap and mafioso rap are the genres. Yeah, I heard all of that. The Fun Lovin' Criminals are Huey Morgan (vocals, guitar), Brian Leiser (bass, keyboards, trumpet, harmonica) and Steve Birgovini (drums, percussion). Commercially, the album hit #7 in the UK and #144 in the US and, critically, had decent reviews. An bluesy acoustic guitar opens "The Fun Lovin' Criminal." It continues the blues feel with an electronic guitar and horns. Morgan rapping and introducing his band who rob banks, pull pranks and eat franks. They go soulful and jazzy in "The Grave and the Constant." It's got a groove. Horns, keyboards and piano. Make the most of your life even if you're up to no good. Speaking of up to no good, they're running around robbing banks all wacked off of Scooby Snacks in their big hit "Scooby Snacks." The catchy chorus. The "Pulp Fiction" and "Reservoir Dogs" samples. Scooby Snacks are diazepam (Valium). The funk gets going in "King of New York." A souful, funky beat. He's describing the gangster life and I think they're trying to jailbreak John Gotti. A searing guitar solo outro. Yeah, this album was fun. I don't even know if there's a singular style to describe their music. Morgan raps and the band plays blues, jazz, rock, funk, pop and soul. The lyrics are clever and funny. The vibe is pretty chill overall. An album worth checking out if just for "Scooby Snacks."

Very mid music. I like rap but this is just boring and uninspired

Like 3 great songs!

Didn't leave any impression

Not very good

Loved the down tempo FLC sounding tracks. Not keen on the uptempo tracks. Too varied for me.

Surprisly good album! 90s hip-hop with some interesting guitar/music.

I'm shocked. The production is so good. It really sounds great. But what is this? The lyrics are whimsical at best. Hard pass for me. Maybe it would at least be "funny" if I was high?

This hasn't aged well.

I found this album to be pretty frustrating. I actually really liked a lot of the beats here. At times it's a bit rap-rock in a slightly cheesy way, but a lot of the songs have really good catchy beats. Lots of rock sounds, but it gets pretty jazzy at times too. But man, the lyrics were rough. It's not just that they're bad (they often are a little weak but not horrible), but so many of the songs have just so much repetition of short snippets of lines that it was grating to listen to. I don't think I can hear \"La-di da-di, free John Gotti, 'The King of New York'\" one more time. There's also one song in the middle of this ridiculousness (\"We Have All The Time In The World\") that's just beautiful and earnest, and of course I now learn it's a Louis Armstrong cover. It didn't quite fit, but it was still pretty nice. There were a few interesting songs on here, but overall this didn't work much for me. Favorite song: We Have All The Time In The World Other: The Fun Lovin' Criminal, Scooby Snacks 11/30/23

Naaa.. not really my thing

Fun album. Like their style.

i dislike hip hop

Not a fan of hip hop

Very good - and also very sly. Not samples, but songs written around othe bad's riffs, but then only using snippets of that rii - like about half the 'Smoke on the water' riff in 'Bombin the L' and the start of the riff from 'Sunshine of your love' in 'Crime and punishment', the bass line from Carole King's 'Too late baby' in 'I can't get with that'. I'm pretty sure there's some Led Zeppelin knocking around, too. Everything sounds vaguely familiar, I just can't quite call all the the sources to mind. I assume the title of the album is intended as a challenge to the original artists to find their music. But nevertheless I really enjoyed this. Listened to it several times. As rap goes, this is great.

3.5/5

Look, 1001 is a big number. That’s a lot of albums! I would struggle to name that many myself. But I think I would round down if it meant that I had to include this album. How is this something I need to hear before I die? It’s like Sublime without the reggae/ska tinge to it and more of a sense of humor about pretending to be hard. Sublime is not someone I’d want to be compared to. Whoever the main rapper is has zero emotion. The same monotonous voice throughout. I guess the instrumentation is interesting but it ends up being a lot after a few tracks of the same intensity and I can’t even tell if the lyrics are clever enough to make up for it? What is this even trying to be? Just why?

Interesting

I didn’t love the album. Don’t have much to say on this one.

Great

Scooby snacks!

The start of this album was actually quite decent, but it really fell into a big pile of "meh" pretty quickly. Favorite track: Passive / Aggressive

Please tell me why this is on the list. I’m genuinely asking. The lyrics are cringe inducing and I just can’t.

Fun Lovin’ Criminals have a smooth sound: hip-hop with touches of country rock and a jazzy rhythm section. They’re cool but their coolness feels like an affectation. It’s a little calculated and feels a bit dated. But I can’t dismiss them entirely because they do have musical chops. I’m impressed to see most of these songs feature live instrumentation. Acting cool is one thing but sounding this slick and smooth is an accomplishment. This isn’t something I’ll be replaying but hats off to them all the same.

Dang my computer restarted over night and I lost what I had written for this but I'll try my best to sum it up: This is pretty '90's in a good and bad way. I think the flows are nice but the lyrics leave a bit to be desired. Often times it feels like words were added just because they rhyme and for no other reason. I really liked the songs that had live instruments and you could tell there was effort put into those tracks. Overall the album is a 3/5 for me. I didn't dislike it enough for a 2 but it also didn't offer me too much to rate it much higher than a 3. I feel a real sense of disappointment when I write something here for an album throughout a day of listening and thinking and then come back to find that it did not save (like my computer restarting), or if I just forgot to save it myself. It's only happened like 3 or 4 times so far but it's pretty lame.

Curti a Scooby Snacks, divertidinha, faz balançar a cabeça. O resto das músicas ou era muito repetitiva, ou era gostosinha de ouvir, mas nada que me chamasse atenção.

Apesar de eu não ser muito chegado em rap, o gênero de rap rock as vezes traz umas surpresas agradáveis (alô Linkin Park). Eu acabei gostando das músicas mais do que eu imaginava que iria gostar. São gostosinhas, as vezes entra uma guitarra daóra, outras vezes tem uma melodiazinha ou adereços, enfeites bacaninhas no fundo, de metais, pianinho, sonzinhos variados. 1 - The Fun Lovin' Criminal é bem bacaninha/gostosinha. 2 - Passive/Agressive tem uma guitarra daóra no refrão. 4 - Scooby Snacks, aparentemente a mais famosa deles, tem um refrão bem catchy. 6. Bombin' The L, é impressão minha ou fica tocando um trechinho de Freebird distorcido repetidamente? 9. We Have All The Time In The World é mó gostosinha também, levinha. Pensei que iria acabar dando um 2 por não curtir rap, mas me surpreendeu, as músicas são bem feitas, merece um 3 sim.

Scooby Snacks and not much else.

Genuinely surprised at how fucking cool this album is, as I paid no attention to it back in the 90's. Such a killer blend of genres, and the beats and production on it are soooo good.

first listen sometimes it's rock and sometimes it's hip hop and the whole time it's mid

Talented band, and some enjoyable cheap thrills. At the time, this rap-rock hybrid by a live band probably seemed groundbreaking, but it sounds very dated today.

Great Album brings back memories of where I was in 1996.

Même les criminels aiment le fun

n’ai pas vraiment écouté mes excuses aux criminels aimants

- chillig - erinnert sehr an Stereo MCs mit mehr Blues/Jazz Einflüssen - nicht ganz so geil wie Stero MCs - coole Backgroundmukke - 2,5/5

Fängt das Ambiente New Yorks der 90er ein / Rap liegt irgendwo zwischen agressiven Beasty Boys und laid back Uncle Cracker / instrumental auf einem Hop-Hop Bett aber akustisch stark angereichert mit Blues, Funk, Jazz und Prog-Elementen / Rein stilistisch nicht ganz mein Fall, auch wenn die Hits wirklich mega ins Ohr gehen --- 3,5/5

- not my kind of music - still there are some okay-ish to good tracks - chill blues / jazz parts - but overall a 2,5 / 5

just sounds so adolescent now. Drugs and guns are cool, guys!

It was fine. Scooby Snacks is a classic, but not a great song. Nothing really remarkable here. 1/5

I remember the songs Scooby Snacks and Fun Lovin’ Criminal from my youth. They were not my favourites back then, but they had a catchy vibe. However, listening to the whole album now, I now realise how bad it is. I have no idea how it ended up in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Rap rock is a genre that has not aged well, and this album is one of the worst examples I have listened to recently. The lyrics are cheesy, the music is bland and the vocals are annoying. The only redeeming quality is that it is not too long, so it does not torture you for too long. It barely deserves two stars out of five.

Enjoyed

Some decent instrumentals, but I’m just never gonna be a rap/rock guy.

Aangekondigd als een mix tussen hiphop, rock, jazz en blues. Dit klinkt heel erg interessant van tevoren! Mijn probleem met deze muziek is al snel dat het grotendeels een beetje matig is. Een beetje als wanneer je naar een Chinees, Indisch, Italiaans, Spaans, sushi restaurant gaat. Te veel verschillende invloeden waardoor niets er echt uit springt maar juist eerder alles een beetje meh is. The Grave and The Constant laat voor mij wel zien dat als het werkt het goed werkt. Ik vind zelf, als we dan toch bezig zijn met live instrumentals, A Tribe Called Quest echt zoveel beter. ook al twijfel ik nu een beetje of dat live is... Scooby snacks daarentegen vind ik zo'n matig nummer. Kan me niet voorstellen dat dat het populairste nummer is van dit album, bizar. Merk dat ik de rustigere, meer jazzy nummers veel beter trek dan de nummers die meer de rock kant op gaan. Smoke 'em bijvoorbeeld is een hele rustige, jazzy/bluesy plaat en dat trek ik echt zeer goed. King of New York is dan weer echt een kutnummer. Kom op zeg, het is bijna alleen maar het refrein(wat ook nog eens vrij matig is) Nee dit nummer snap ik echt niet. De nummers die volgen pakken ook echt totaal mijn aandacht niet. Ik kan wel stellen dat dit experiment het niet is voor mij. Het is gewoon niet goed genoeg qua hiphop, blues, jazz of zelfs rock om echt vernieuwend te zijn. Misschien ligt het aan mij, maar ik snap niet helemaal hoe dit onderdeel is van de 1001 albums. FAVO: The Grave and The Constant, Smoke 'em

Interessante fusion tussen een ratjetoe aan stijlen. Ik denk niet dat het altijd voor mij werkt, maar soms is het best wel fijn. De wat meer laidback en smooth tracks doen het stukken beter voor mij dan de hardere tracks. Ik vind het Freebird sampletje wel weer erg grappig in Bombin'The L. De plotselinge switch aan het einde van the King of New York geeft me echt whiplash, enorm De Formule van DJVT gevoel, daar vind ik het ook niks. Het zijn niet de meeste begaafde schrijvers, maar ach, soms moeten dingen vooral lekker klinken of voelen ofzo. Je weet wel, gewoon vibes. Favo's: The Grave And The Constant, I Can't Get With That, Methadonia

I’ve been listening to more old school hip hop as of late but this didn’t hit the way others have.

The suave combination of rock, hiphop, soul, jazz, funk and humour makes for a cool and smooth listen. Colourful stories with lots of samples (that have been replayed by themselves it seems as to not have to pay too many royalties) make that this album doesn't sound dated. Just 3 friends making music and having a lot of fun.

Very ok mid 90s hip hop album. Better than rap. 3 out of 5.

It is 1996. Sublime combines hip hop with reggae. 311 combines hip hop with funk. I guess these guys combine some 90s alt/blues with hip-hop? It's fun .. it's in the name and I feel like I've heard some of this stuff before. It's definitely in the wheelhouse of things I should like, but 9 tracks in I'm realizing there are better artists that scratch this itch. Interestingly enough there is not a lot about this album on Wikipedia. I'm not even sure why it's on this list. Review of Reviews: Some people seem to really like this and some people find it completely hollow. Hah. I think if I'm true to myself, I like it just fine. it is a good blend of hip hop with instruments and a bit funky in the first half... Best Track:

- Love the use of guitar in here - songs were fun and smooth - 2.5

- pretty good - enjoyed the use of rock beats

This album is very emblematic of the genre of mid-90s rock hip-hop. It's fun with pop and funk elements along with the distorted guitar and prototypical hip-hop vocalization.

According to the good book, this was supposed to marry Hip Hop with other styles. But really, this is just Hip Hop. 1.5/5

Rap rock is not my thing. Scooby snacks is fun.

a good one!

smooth listening, but I don't need to hear it again.

top tier album

It's not bad, but it is altogether forgettable.