Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

Bad streak here.

Loved the beats, but the sophomoric subject matter and lyrical approach let me down. Passing Me By is a standout.

Slurpees rhymes with herpes. The music was fine and they seemed to be having fun but I was cringing at a lot of lyrics so I didn't have a good time.

Wasn't a big fan of this. I liked a couple of songs, but the lyrics were pretty distasteful at times which put me off.

They parched the lyrics department dry for all the N bombs and dick jokes. Only saving grace was just catchy beats, but was a struggle to listen to. I expect better from Gary Larson

This is the debut album from the hip-hop group The Pharcyde. It is a classic hip-hop album because it was released early on during the Gangsta rap era, however it was a playful, alternative form of hip-hop at the time. The album has been certified gold in the US. The comedic lyrics, friendly banter, self-deprecating humor - both low and high - and wild tales, all apparent in these songs makes for a great album by a funny group of guys that can actually rap. This is now a nostalgic album from the golden days of rap, but the music still holds up. My only gripe is that I'm more of a fan of modern day rap.

Un album ringard mais important puisque c'est dans celui-ci qu'est apparue pour la première fois la lettre S dessinée à la façon « graffiti ». The Pharcyde commencent en effet leur projet par deux séries de trois lignes parallèles et les relient diagonalement de gauche à droite avant de dessiner des bouts pointus en haut et en bas. Cette façon curieuse de dessiner le S sera reprise par tous les enfants dans les cours d'école.

Felt too dated and “90’s”.. And not in a good way.

Not my thing, better than Kanye, but I gave it a 2 because I'll never listen to it again.

Eh. There were times it was okay, and there were times I was wondering what the hell I was listening to. '4 Better of 4 Worse' is complete garbage. Being weird and gross doesn't make for interesting listening. Really wanted this to be over unfortunately.

Really good at the beginning but got overlong and the beats got repetitive

Decent album, enjoy the skits. Beats are solid.

Didn't care for this one. Doesn't really stand the test of time.

Bizarre

Well, I liked it a little better than Straight Outta Compton. Enjoyed the good beats but didn't quite hit home for me. Cool early hip-hop record though.

The jazzy influences and the fact that this album came out squarely during the gangsta rap era probably made this album stand out at the time. It was a decent listen; there were some songs in here that I found particularly catchy. I think personal enjoyment for me would come in at around a 2.5.

Ok, 2/5

Doesn't hurt my ears, but boring.

There's a comedy vagina on the cover. Adjust your expectations accordingly.

Promising to start with, but overlong and occasionally horribly misogynistic in a "hey I'm playing a character" way, which seems even worse.

Very much early 90s rap. The first half of the album is bad. I could tell these guys had good flow in the verses but the content was so offputting that I already made my mind up that this is getting a 1. Lots of references to sexual assault, misogyny, yo mama jokes, and just juvenile vulgarity. I have no problem with swearing, but not like this. The back half of the album is an improvement, Officer and Pass Me By are both pretty good. They'll get an extra point for those tunes but without them this would be a 1 and I still have no desire to hear it ever again.

Partially listened. Here's my vote against "three words constitute a song's worth of lyrics" in general, and especially when one of those lyrics is sh#t.

Probably not something I would choose to listen to but it's funky!

Fun album - not my type of jam, thou - but can’t deny these guys know how to enjoy themselves. Although I do not think I’ll listen to these songs again, I get why this is on the list and the influence on things yet to come.

Amusing in parts but hugely repetitive and generic.

Fun hip hop with some well put together beats and rhymes - less of the skits though

aight

Not my jam

A little weird for me

Ik vond het een behoorlijk eentonig ritje

Moeilijk in te schatten of dit nou goed is of niet, maar ik hoor er weinig potentie in.

Kan best wel wat met rap en hip-hop en de flow was best oké, maar dit ging toch een beetje langs me heen.

No.

Not bad but not for me

I liked the samples and the upbeat vibe, their willingness to just be loose and have fun. Disliked the basic themes, and the mysogeny, transphobia, homophobia, etc. Probably won't come back to this much.

I thought the themes were pretty dumb, honestly. Sounded fine but ehhhh.

As far as beats go, it hits the usual notes of early 90's beats. It's got a hint of the old 80's with something new, and it almost always sounds great. For the lyrics, they flow super well, but the stuff the group raps about sometimes just isn't worth listening to. Half the album is carried by the beats, but the other half has pretty profound lyrics and well-told stories. Favorite track: Passin' Me By

Early rap music was not that bad. Regarding jazzy rap, US3 debut album was much better.

Not for me. I don't understand the significance either.

This is shitter than beer

Not to bad.

Competent rap album. Hasn't aged well though.

Was never able to connect to the genre

Will Smiff

Oh shit.

Not for me

Never heard of this. Never want to hear of this again. Bang average hip hop 2/5

Not my jam

A little too energetic and playful for a guy with a case of the Mondays. But its fun and clever and feels a little elevated compared to 90s gangster rap.

Ei herätä suuria tunteita. Perusräppiä pienillä sekoiluelementeillä. Peruskakkonen kuten suurimmalle osalle saman genren levyjä.

I like the catchy background beats, but I generally don't care for rap, especially with crude lyrics like this.

This was a fun listen, though after a while you do get the impression that it's all trying a bit too hard, like forced fun.

ok ig

Vibemuziek, maar pakt me verder niet. Als het op staat op de achtergrond zou ik het nice vinden maar zou het zelf nooit op zetten.

Would make good background noise if I was focusing on something else, but not really an album I'd want to focus on listening to.

Boring

This might be the first album on this list that I didn't enjoy. I can see how it may have been important in the early formation of 80's hip hop, but it seemed like a parody of itself

Rap-Hip Hop not something I can listen to and get any enjoyment.

A mess.

Whatever. Nonessential bullshit.

The last song was the best and it was not great.

Possibly the greatest single album ever made? No, absolutely not. Awful.

I'm tired of writing the same thing over and over. Hip-hop isn't music. 1/5

Jazzy hip hop with okay beats. I'm not super into hip hop, but this was at least somewhat listenable to me. It was better than "The Chronic" by Dr. Dre.

Hate it

Not for me.

Not my thing. I turned it off at track 4 or 5 with the horror lyrics. I'm sure there is historical context to this album. I'll read about it some day. Doesn't stand on its own.

1 - TERRIBLE

I just find it annoying, I'm sorry

18. 더 파사이드 - 비자르 라이드 투 더 파사이드 (1992) 총 16곡 수록, 56분. 아... 취향 아니다 역시 힙합은 확실히 강력하지 않으면 크게 흥미가 돋지 않는다 한줄평: 장르의 한계... 취향: ☆☆☆☆☆ 재방문: ☆☆☆☆☆

Alternative Hip-Hop / Jazz Rap - for me these represent the four horsemen of the apocalypse as far as musical genres are concerned. Supposedly, sevral of the tracks are comedic, but I didn't find them funny. Boring.

Transphobia and misogyny. Nope.

Meh, the usual for the hip hop/rap category, adult male teenagers with all their acid disdain for the world and giant egos. No thanks.

Oh shit, so much shit.

Another one that was tough to get thru. Please make it stop. I just want to listen to good music!

Not my thing

Hoped for a fun album but instead found it to be a little too sexually graphic for my preference.

No

Konnte ich nichts mit anfangen. Fands insgesamt einfach langweilig.

It’s shit

Yeah... well the good things in this album were some of the samples and the music. The rapping was not that great in my opinion and the lyrics seemed like they were written by young teenager who has just discovered pornography. This wasn for me and I honestly can't understand why the lyrics were what they were.

No thanks. Not my thing

I put up with 4 or 5 songs and had to change to planet rock.

Sólo mirando el nombre y la portada sé que esto es insoportable. Efectivamente. No tan insoportable como esperaba, pero lo es.

The energy is great, but the lyrics are too graphic for me to listen to more than a couple tracks. No rating.

Too many hip hop albums here and most of them are flat and unamusing. Like this one. Skipped through tracks and happy it's over

Transphobia in the first full length song. 🤮

not my genre

Nope. Dumb lyrics and not all that musically interesting. Probably would have hit different if I heard it first as a high school kid.

Okay, I think we've been down this road before, though I would offer this, there is not the blatantly offensive attempt, in the name of being "real".

Not for me, 90's rap and hip hop is just drab to listen to in my opinion.

Rap, not music.

nope

I’m well over 600 albums deep into this list, and have managed to find joy in some strange and surprising places, from all sorts of genres that are alien to me. But I now know enough to understand that I just won’t find any in this corner of the musical planet. I’ve really tried. And I do keep listening to all of the albums. At least this was less angry. Whilst I didn’t delve into the lyrics, I didn’t sense anything that was inciting hatred either. Which is a positive. This just seemed to go on and on without changing gear. Nothing creative or inspiring. Guess I’m destined to never get it.

Rap...

Hip Hop. Noperino! 1/5

It's a style of hip hop, vocal delivery and overall attitude that does precious little for me. I tried; really, I did, but I couldn't make it all the way through. Genuinely think I'd rather listen to any of the country albums I've had so far. Some of the beats were half decent at least, even if a bit unvaried, and I recognise this is most likely a "me" issue with the genre as a whole just not resonating with me.

Not good.

Another day and yet another shit hip hop album. Is there no end to these? 1/5 6/10/25

Could be great but I did not care for it

nope

Uggh, I like my far share of old-school rap/hip hop. But this, no thanks. Reminds me of old Will Smith. I hate Will Smith.

Basic. Not super enjoyable for me

Not a fan to be honest

Jesus fuck. That’s awful. I had the Rona while listening to this shit and this album is still the worse thing to happen to me this week.

Awful

I could barely get through half of it and I didn’t enjoy any of that. So dumb.

This is a shit ride. A very lame, cheesy, non-vital hip-hop excursion. Oh Shit is the kind of song that rhymes Oh Shit with Oh Shit and there are some occasional ok jazzy samples later on but overall this is massive disappoint. So bad it makes me want to commit Pharoah-cide.

The album title should have been "Oh Shit," so listeners would know exactly what to expect. It felt like a waste of time with pointless skits, and I became tired of hearing the record scratching sound effect. I'm just glad that I won't have to listen to this shit again.

Meh

Didn’t like it at all so it was heading to a 2 star but then the skits were just so annoying (why do people add these things to albums ?!?!) that I took away a star for them.

Not sure

:(

I was looking forward to some hip-hop but this was just too daft

Another I couldn't finish.

An album too phar.

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Sigh. Hipster white boys who claim they’re 'woke' but voted for trump liked this. No more 90s hip hop. We’ve had all the important ones. Let’s find some must listen albums. 1 star.

90s rap.

This was not good.

реп

Not interesting at all! The worst thing on this list is the number of rap bands from the US that have nothing to say outside of that culture.

Oh shit! Es gibt nichts hinzuzufügen!

I know some people like this but not me. I just don’t like most hip hop.

Schrecklich.

Crap

Why is this here? Misogyny and homophobia seem to be par for the course in a lot of these 90s records. They haven’t aged well, sure, but the question probably should be why they were ever “acceptable”

A tiny bit of jazz underneath some of these tracks but definitely not for me. Some good beats but unfortunately not a fan.

Oh boy, I did not find any comfort in these songs, sorry.

Still don't like hip hop.

Really didn’t like this. Passin’ me by is alright. Of its time. Misogyny writ large.

This was hard for me to listen to.

Not for me, really.

Couldn’t get it to play

can i get the instrumental version? this is cringe.

No thanks

No tune, no interesting rhythms, bad lyrics.

Não sou obrigado a ouvir uma merda dessas! Vai tomar no cu! Tudo tem limites, agora falar isso é música é imbecilidade. Mas imbecil ainda é quem dá visibilidade pra um lixo desse tipo

Nothing clicked.

Not a rap fan

I'm seriously thinking about skipping RAP and Heavy Metal albums. Or just listen to 2 or 3 songs, the most listened to from the selected album... Lest it be said... 🤢

hipho...zzzzzz

Album 384 of 1001 The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde Rating : 1 / 5 I may have liked this when I was 13, if this genre was the thing. Now, not so much. Pretty much nonsensical and juvenile, hip hop.

Okay, I guess, if you have a cut down Honda Civic with dark tinted windows and a back seat full of speakers. For normal people, not so much.

Repetitive and childish. Not a fan.

Not the worst album I have listened to. Quite enjoyed listening to something different.

Horrible

Too much language for me

Not for me

Transphobic garbage

Too outdated for me

Do not like

Va fan tror du? Kunde man ge minuspoäng så skulle den få -5.

If anything this journey is learning me I really don't like hip hop

Crass... Skits... Not my jam.

I like the beat to these songs, but can't stand the lyrics. Old school 90s rap, just annoying and disrespectful on every level. Never understand this kind of stuff

Bounced on this.

Mmh ok

American HipHop. Not hoping my way.

no my type

Yeah ummmm I didn't make it past the first song Too much cursing lol

Uhm, no. I guess it's cool cause 90s rap? But I'm not real big on the vulgarity.

Rap duro. Malardo, puro ruido.

Nä tack

Nothing special…

That was a waste of time.

Really not good. Pretty generic and uninspiring.

i can see why this is influincial but not for me first song was great tho

All bad.

Never heard of They Pharcyde before. Two tracks in I knew this album wasn't for me. Shortly after that, I knew that I didn't have to finish listening to this album in order to give a complete review. Nope. Please give me my time back.

Look -- I don't really know how to judge if this album is good, but I didn't enjoy it

I guess if it's your genre preference, it might be good... but definitely the worst of the albums I have listened to thus far.

Generic.

Not for us

Not crazy about it.

NOPE. Few redeeming qualities and the lyrics of track 4 or 5 lost me for good.

Heavy. Rollo. 1

I like the energy but that's about all I liked. It also being too long was the final nail in the coffin

This album has a really cool beat to it, very reminiscent of the early 90s hip hop. I honestly hadn't heard of this album until it came up on this list. That being said, lyrically I was offended as a woman and I won't be listening again.

I enjoyed hearing something very different! Jazz rap is a unique and creative combination. How they used certain jazz elements in rap songs? Very cool! But there weren't any songs I really liked, I'm sorry to say.

Bobbins

Bizarre Ride indeed.

Do. They. Have. To. Always. Be. So. Very. Loooooooooooong?? This was too long. Just too long. Also, I like to think I'm a guy who has a fair amount of experience listening to music that's intentionally chaotic. And there are chaotic albums that I 100% listen to for pleasure. But there were moments on this record where it just felt like I was in a room with six or seven people and they were all talking at once about 6 or 7 different things and one of them had a drum machine and another had some LPs and all of it was going on all at once and all I wanted to do was just get the hell out of that room. So it was all too much for me today. I'm not saying I didn't appreciate the "Oh Shit" song or the one about your momma. I'm human, after all. But I was mostly annoyed by this one.

For me, it is most decidedly not jiggaboo time.

Musically, I really liked this. But then they had to open their mouths and ruin it all. Using the N word just to sound edgy just makes you a poser.

Not for me

Nope. Few redeeming qualities and track 4 or 5 lost me for good.

Not a fan of songs with bad words…. Some call it Art… I call it Fart

Not my cup of 🫖 . If you read my past reviews, not a fan of expletives 🤭

Maybe it is just of its time - I did not get much from this one. It is broadly gentler and more playful than a fair amount of the hip-hop of that time, but it does not get anywhere near the heights of Del Tha Funkee Homo Sapien, or De La Soul. Not very bizarre at all.

not my thing

The 2nd track on the album sums the whole album up perfectly

Not a fan. I don't see the point of vulgarity for the sake of vulgarity sake and shock value. I skipped through most of the record and then decided it wasn't for me and moved on.

Awful. Just terrible

nah.

It’s not the Beastie Boys is it!

Not my music

Hip Hop. Todas las canciones suenan igual. LENTO.

Hiphop Clowns und Party Rapper

Heavy. Rollo.

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Wigga music

Mir schwant nix gutes… Beim 7. Song unvermittelt ausgemacht. Diese Platte ist so unglaublich langweilig, dass ich mich noch nicht mal darüber aufregen kann. 90ies HipHop: Sabbel sabbel sabbel - kein, sabbel sabbel sabbel - Reim! Muss man/ich nicht hören. 1 Stern.

Nah shit.

always shinyyyy

Not a fan