Reviews (page 7 of 7)
Good
Not my personal taste
shit
Today I learned Renegades of Funk was a cover. Interesting to see all the samples that came out of this album. 4 star knocked down to 1. Shame about the diddling young boys.
If only I could give it zero.
I just…don’t like this… I found it hard to get all the way through a song. Maybe if I could get a choreographed dance to watch while listening? Not my vibe, but I guess I can appreciate what they’re doing.
It’s wild to me how rap like this has aged so poorly as opposed to like 4-5 years later. The beats are kinda decent? Otherwise this is unlistenable.
"I love 80s rap!" - a sentence I've never heard before. The 80s beats are fun, but the rapping feels like it's in its infancy. Kinda like an educational rap teaching you about all the state capitals. I'll leave this album in the influential category rather than timeless classic.
This album + Dermadry = bad morning
Don’t like rap
definitely not my thing
Not an easy listening album. Did not enjoy
-liian lineaarinen, ei tarpeeksi kehitystä -ei omaa makua +uudenlaista
I slip into a coma somewhere around the fifteenth "listen ladies". They say my eyes stir throughout "Renegades" but they are unable to resuscitate. My rest is fitful, harangued by neon leotards and baggy pants. The light caresses me and I "Go Go Pop" straight into the fourth layer of hell for my sins. Don't let this be you. Skip this shite.
If all music was like this I wouldn't like music.
Awful
funky, but very dated
It's cool for when it was released but felt like too much going on
Skip (and: wow, that aged badly!)
Just not my thing
Ok, it's a little harsh, but i really can't listen to this music. It feel like poor vintage Run-DMC sing songy echoy raps combined with casio keyboard quality electronic beats. I did freak out not knowing that Renegades of Funk came from here (i swear by the RATM version of it), but the delivery is such a travesty here, no bonus stars are awarded. Heavy pass.
Terrible
Ass
When I talk about the kind of 80's music I really can't stand, this is it. Nothing about this sounds good to me. This album is hip-hop at its most bare and simple. And considering a lot of hip-hop found its roots in this kind of music, I am thankful it evolved in a direction other than this. The production and overall quality of this record sounds tacky and goofy to me. It leans so heavily on the idea of trying to sound modern and futuristic, and misses the mark. And most of these songs are just too long for their own good. I find it way more impressive when an artist manages to condense something interesting and thought provoking into a shorter song or album. The three positives I can give this album are that I like the rock influences that can be heard on "Who You Funkin' With?". I also like that in the lyrics of these songs, you can see how a rebellious nature and a natural tie to politics was already becoming synonymous with the genre. And lastly, Rage Against The Machine made a solid cover of "Renegades of Funk" that is probably better than any song off of this record. I knew what this was going to sound like without even having to listen to it, and I figured I wasn't going to enjoy it. I was right.
Dudes having fun goofing around with synths and drum machines and keyboards. Hard to imagine this being a massive cultural touchstone and the frontier of cool now since it sounds so corny, especially the rap - the beats sounds and samples are still pretty decent. Perfect Eddy Murphy sliding across the hood of a long car music. At this point more of an artifact than an in the rotation album.
Rap. Фу, хип хоп фу
Didn’t like it at all
Still looking for the perfect beat
Electro gets boring so fast. While I appreciate it was groundbreaking, it's not a listen for now. Combine this with ongoing revelations about Bambaataa and it's a very unappealing listen.
Early hip-hop sucks
first song is comically bad but i like the "fwoOmph" snare sound
Omg
I usually like this stuff but man this sucked
Es como un 'rap trival', con mezclas de música africana, algo así. No está bueno.
Wayyy too much vocal panning in the first song lmao. Why is every song so long? This album was never meant to exist at the same time as Spotify. Track 5 is kinda cool tho. Cover art: 6/10 it’s so bad it’s good but not bad enough to be that good
Idek what to write about this one. It was probably influential for some hip hop artists but I have no frame of reference to know how influential it was. It sounded like the type of music ur old head basketball coach played on his jock jams tape from when he balled and tried to “show you youngings what real rap is.” Probably won’t listen to this one much or dive into further but it honestly was pretty enjoyable to listen to. Also why tf were all of these like 6 min songs for no reason. 👍: go go pop, renegades of funk Guess for peder’s art rating: 10/10 or he’s wrong Update: found out license to Ill was released this same year and sounds so much better so yeah this album kinda blows.
As one of the first hip hop albums ever and possibly the first with commercial success, it goes without saying this album is extremely influential. Some of these beats were actually really cool. That’s about where the good stops for me. Everything on this just sounds SO dated. The rapping/singing wasn’t anything write home about. These songs were all so long and overly repetitive, if they were half the length, MAYBE this album could’ve been alright for me. Also a line worth noting in the last song “you know we’re doing it right and we’re doing it correct, when it comes to mc poppin we don’t give a heck” … yeah alright Heard before: heard the beat on the first song, honestly feel like I’ve heard a lot of this sampled. Best: idek MMM (there were hardly even Melodies on here) : EVERYBODY ROCK LETS GO TO THE GOGO🤭
Yuck. It's like everything I hate all at once.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Kinda boring, renegades of funk is okay buy RATM did it better
Oof
We get it you figured out how to use a sequencer
Old techno
Önskar man kunde ge minuspoäng. Det bästa var slingan de stulit från Kraftwerk.
Yet another album I looked forward to due to legacy and influence, only to be sorely disappointed. There was such a huge leap from the early hip hop of the 80s to both the gangsta and indie/underground rap of the 90s.
Musiikillisesti ehkä 2, Kraftwerk-sample hymyilyttää sopivalla tavalla. Mutta menin lukemaan artistista wikipediasta, eikä fiilistä jäänyt hiventäkään.
Bla. Erreicht mich in keinster Weise. Ich kann diesen Achtziger-Hip-Hop einfach nicht hören. Blub.
This is fucking stupid :)) 1
Tedious and headache-inducing.
Guess I’m not with the funk
blegh
Jezus wat is dit zeg!
Dit zal best wel baandoorbrekend zijn geweest voor de hiphop, maar dit is echt niet om aan te horen.
Nee!
Er lopen dus mensen op aarde rond die vinden dat iedereen dit album geluisterd MOET hebben. Ik vond er precies niets aan.