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corny as fuck
Humpty Dance is a strangely funky one, probably didn't give the rest of it enough of a chance
nothing new
Its smooth hip hop but fairly boring. The production is good for the most part, delivers a good sound. Some of the beats like the first half of Sex Packets and The Way We Swing are enjoyable. It is however at times incredibly lame. For instance, the Humpty Dance was pure cringe and it reminds me of a spoof of 90s rap that would feature in The Simpsons. It was a bold claim in Gutfest '89 to compare themselves with The Clash and The Who but you have to back it with memorable intriguing songs. Its not terrible and offensive but I couldn't enjoy this album.
Inte bra men stund is rolig
Besides the first song, never really hear anything from them. Their rap style isn’t too complex and their rhymes aren’t bad. But their songs feel generic and their beats aren’t anything outstanding. It’s an ok rap album. 5.5/10
Ich kann es rational erfassen aber mehr nicht
Good 90s hip hop. With age, more "fun" than "transformative."
Ehh
A mediocre to boring rap album. 6.4/10
didn't listen to it all but was interesting
Not really my thing, but some decent beats.
Meh
This vintage hip-hop thing is not really my type of thing.
Wow, so bad
Samples some great funk beats, but I’d rather just listen to those original tracks. Most songs are way too long
I don’t even know what to say. Wanted to call the lyrics cheesy but they can get down right horrible at times on this album. And don’t get me started on the production especially in the last half of the album, quite honestly some of the most ear grating noises I’ve ever heard.
This had two big negatives from the very start, the title and that it was hip hop. I didn't get very far into this one before quitting.
Now that I am old enough to understand The Humpty Dance in full, I don't think it was the brightest move on my parents' part to show me this as a young child. During the 90s Hip Hop/Rap music was very clearly splitting up into two separate groups, 1. A much grittier and dark sound was emerging full of political and more meaning lyrical content in the wake of N.W.A.'s classic album Straight Outta Compton and 2. The group who wanted Hip Hop to stay fun, unserious, and playful. The Digital Underground and their debut album Sex Packets fall into the second group there, and as we can all now see with the aging of over 35 years, it hasn't fared the best for the second group. An album full of party anthems is only bound to last so long in the eyes of the general public, unless you are Mac Miller because KIDS still slaps. I have nothing bad to say about this other than time hasn't been very kind to it. If I was alive in 1990 and/or heard this more growing up, maybe I'd be more fond of it, but I just don't think it holds up very well with my current tastes and with the kind of music I enjoy.
You cant be gangster and then have a song about a bloafish DJ.
I fundamentally disagree that I needed to hear this before I died. Aged, dated, dull. So many great hip hop albums came out in 1990, but this isn't one of them
This was stupid. Literally listening to middle schoolers rap about sex and sex and sex. Way too long and bloated, same ideas (sex) repeated over and over and over again. Why is this here and why did I have to listen to it?
I feel like I lost some brain cells listening to this
Not for me. Really at all lmao I'm sorry
Better stay underground, digital or whatever. Wankers.
There seems to be no good reason for all these songs to be six or seven minutes long. They could be a concise three, be stronger and we'd all get to go home sooner. The first moments on the album had me thinking there'd been some mistake and I had a Will Smith album. The rhymes, which include such things as I get stupid, I shoot an arrow like Cupid l use a word that don't mean nothin, like looptid - are either goofy or incompetent - let's go with goofy, just to be charitable. And all the sex kink stuff. Well, we've got Prince to do that properly. Kind of an artefact of what the 90s thought would last.
An interesting album. Not a fan. 1 star.
If MC Hammer had a stroke and became weirdly sex obsessed.
*album would not open, said it’s private
Hip Hop, 64eme album =>1/5
So 90s
90s hip hop. Some of the beats were pretty good, but every single song was about twice as long as it needed to be and so the whole album felt really slow and repetitive. The first half of the album was a bit silly but had some good moments. Then out of nowhere the second half is a concept album with a premise that is just really lame and goofy. This gets 1 star for ruining "Who Knows" by repeating the same 2 second sample for 7 mins.
All the reviews calling this very dated were right. Ugh no thanks
they are talking a lot about this sex thing. cant relate ;( apart from that not very captivating. Flow gets a little stale after a while. Some chill tracks but over all rather annoying. Some weird bars about teenage girls too. Kinda icky 3/10
Furchtbares Album, kindische Texte, langweilige Beats, zu lange.
Furchtbares Album, kindische Texte, langweilige Beats, zu lange.
"Black radio shame, pop rap’s to blame, Program your playlist to sound the same, With a disco tempo, cliche intro, Wack rap tracks for commercial shows, Mindless music for the masses has to take, Time away from the real rap master, So I’ll stay cool for community airplay, While ratings slip for the sh** that you play” - This Is A Test (from The Devil Made Me Do It - Paris, also released in 1990)
Nothing makes me feel more like Hank Hill than listening to hip hop. I think I prefer the sound of power tools to this.
Urgh. 90s rap is mostly shite, but this is beyond shite. Awful backing music that Jazzy Jeff would baulk at and utterly abysmal lyrics that are dated and the sort of stuff that would probably identify you as an incel in this day and age.
Come on. One of the best thousand albums with the Humpty Dance as it's centerpiece.
I raised my eyebrow since I started reading the album concept in Wikipedia, and listening to the album itself didn't fix it that much. Plus every song is repetitive as hell.
Fresh prince of Bell-Air, enough said
Corny, overtly strange, dated, boring garbage. Get it FAR away from me
The Humpty Dance?!?! Oh hell no. It is like the Beastie Boys with just a lot less talent.
The worse of 90s hip hop
it's offensive that this is on the list
Ope
Offensively bad.
Nonsense
Doesn’t feel like it’s aged particularly well. Not that I suspect it was much good back in the day anyway.
No redeeming qualities.
Oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear. Oh goodness me. This is one of the crappest records I’ve ever had to listen to. Shitty hip-hop ‘concept’ album, where the incredibly juvenile is dreadfully presented, and lasts for over an hour. Utter, utter shit. How this is not in amongst the lowest rated albums on the app is beyond me.
Dire
terrible
this was so extremely bad and it felt really unnecessary
An album that demonstrates the borderline between a fun album and a silly album. It has a sort of classic rap sound, though a bit imitation, with opening track The Humpty Dance giving hope that this could be not a classic but ok. However, it gradually loses the plot into long, meandering songs with awful lyricism that makes the album off putting. Making a concept album about some kind of pharmaceutical attempt to create sexual satisfaction in a pill is certainly *bold* for a debut album, and the way it’s handled makes it come across as crude, instead of with deftness and humour.
A truly dreadful album. ‘The Humpty Dance’ is an okay opener but nothing special, daft but kind of funny. Amazingly, it’s probably the highlight of the album, as after that it goes into a series of seemingly never-ending songs that are either painfully boring, lyrically icky, or both. ‘Gutfest ‘89’ and ‘Freaks of the Industry’ are probably the worst of both worlds here, but almost every track is too long and massively outstays its welcome (there’s no justification for ‘Doowhutchyalike’ being nearly nine minutes long; the fake fade-out should have been real). Basic beats, basic rapping, and terrible, off-putting lyrics.
A juvenile and dire hip hop album with absolutely no redeeming qualities.
ngl, no me gusto, just not my thing i guess. me estaba gustando "packet man" hasta que llegué a _ese_ lyric... 1.5 que creo que bajo a 1.
Just not my vibe. Giving off Fresh Prince.. which may be racist... but It's just not compelling. it seems like they're acting too cool for school. and I love passion and cool rythmns. And the lyrics are very problematic.
I started out liking this album. It was chill, funky. But the tracks get really repetitive and long. If the tracks didn’t overstay their welcome, or had more variation in the backing tracks, this would be stronger for me. Again, this is not helped by the fact that I have a hard time following lyrics and their storylines on a first listen. 3/10 Ho Hum
I think even hardcore rap fans are forced to admit that nobody needs to listen to this in the 21st century.
Album #135 Digital Underground: Sex Packets Even if I’m going to put aside all of my reservations and actually try to enjoy a song like The Humpty Dance, I simply can’t keep up that charade for over an hour. Some absolutely baffling lines on this thing, that are at times actually funny, but only for how absolutely terrible they are. These guys are pretty much the personification of that kid you knew in school who only talked about having sex, when in reality he was a version, or just Jay from the Inbetweeners. I might not be a big rap fan, but I am very happy that this style has been left in the past, and the stuff we have on the radio doesn’t feel like you are being sexually assaulted, or as Digital Underground would put it, verbally raped. Best Song (I guess): The Humpty Dance Worst Song: Gutfest Score out of 10: 3
Not for me x
I like old hip hop but this had songs that were way too long. Nothing really interesting.
The yin to Fear of a Black Planet's yang. Hated this top to bottom, and it gets more and more ridiculous as the tracks go on. Turns out concept records can suck in every genre!
My suspicions are now confirmed. The author of this list is a sick sadist. 440 albums in and there is way more terrible music than good. An album like this doesn’t need to be over an hour. Songs like this don’t need to be 6 minutes long. This album aged like milk left in the hot sun since 1990. Shit this was unlistenable by 1996, let alone 2026.
1/5 - Did you know CDs can be used as frisbees?
I hated the lyrics 30 seconds into the first song. Will be too soon if I have to listen to this again
What a terrible day to have ears.
p643. 1990. 1 star. Rap, so wrong audience. Almost saved from 1 star for having a sense of humour, but that soon wears off. Would not repay repeated listening.
When this came up and I saw the album cover and title I felt like I was being Punk’d. It’s tough to listen to these guys spout some of the corniest shit you’ve ever heard while they’re saying how much they’re loved around the world. I thought I might as well be listening to “Top That” from Teen Witch. When it’s not corny, it’s cringeworthy and/or far, far too long. I’m sure I didn’t have to listen to a blowfish with a transatlantic accent before I died… but i did twice just to be sure I’d heard what I heard. Truly terrible.
A big no thank you to this trash. 1 star or F.
Garchita. Nada destacable.
This aged poorly in almost every way.
Ew.
Hearing The Humpty Dance sparks memories and still hits with goofy charm, but the rest of the album blows.
Crossed the line a little into extreme silliness. Sex packets was a gross song - even afte reading the concept of the album. Super fine to lean into a concept, but the execution here was way off. Bizarre, and wouldn't want to revisit.
I mean...I guess? But why is every track so long? And why is the whole lyrical point to be repetitively gross?
Literally couldn’t wait for it enough to be over. Has not aged well.
Some songs are painfully long and drawn out. It’s rage inducing almost every bar is pretty weak, but the storytelling isn’t too bad. I did not enjoy this album very much but I understand it’s influence.
This isnt satire??? Really???? It’s comically bad. I can’t believe it’s not a joke.
Not for me
If I have to listen to this genre of music at all then this album started off sounding better than the hard core stuff. I liked the funk sound and it was good to hear some female voices. However, I can tell you that the attitude to women the album goes on to relay was NOT acceptable in the 80s and certainly isn't acceptable now. I'm not a great believer in cancelling artists but this album is offensive.
Not for me
Built around humor, skits, and sexual bravado that now feel more exhausting than clever. While historically important, especially for introducing Tupac, the album leans so heavily on novelty that the music often feels secondary. What once sounded freewheeling now comes across as unfocused and dated.
1* is extremely generous
In many ways i am a prude and this wa a punish. Humpty dance was pretty fun but in part just as something recognisable. It went downhill from there and it was a long descent.
I really didn’t need an hour of listening about how horny these guys are.
Shite
not my type of music
0.8/5 I don't like west coast hip hop or any hip hop to be honest so another tough listen today. A couple songs were a little amusing but nothing I will ever want to revisit.
Said it all before about this type of woeful music. 1/5 12/1/26
Not a fan. The beats were ok at best but the lyrics never really hooked me. Very horny album
The first song, The Humpty Dance, is supposed to be the highlight of this album. It's not great and it's six and a half minutes. Ouf... this is just soooo dated. There's no flow, every song is just too long. And each progressive song is worse than the last.
no
Just.....not good
Absolutely wild that 2pac was in this group at some point. I'm not even sure at the time this was revolutionary, as this came out after Straight Outta Compton and is 1000x more corny and feels way more dated. Not quite sure why this is on the list and while it probably deserves a 2, it annoyed me and was long enough that I'm going with a 1.
Oh, the Underground troupe smells a lot like steaming’ hot poop. These have to be the absolute worst rhymes ever. Here a hump, there a hump, some took a stinky dump! For the first time with The 1001 Must Hear List I feel insulted. (0.4*s) Humptiness? I really hope your kidding.
I think I confused Digital Underground with another group that I actually like. This was absolutely insufferable. It's so corny and horny it makes you uncomfortable. The rhymes are terrible and the whole thing sounds super dated. I actually thought at one point it was a spoof or comedy album because there's no way they are serious. The album name sucks and everything about it was bad. 0.35 is the highest I can go, so grimey. Ew!
Hokey hip-hop ain't my thing. The idea behind this album is cool but Digital Underground failed to execute. They may have been an act that brought something new to the table but it's too cheesy and weak lyrically. Shock-G is just corny horn bag and Humpty Hump has always annoyed me. And MC Blowfish on "Underwater Rimes"...bah. Best track is probably "The Danger Zone" but barely. The closest they get to good tunes is the mention of The Who and The Clash playing sets at Gut Fest '89. Struggled to get through this and knew I would but was hoping to be surprised. "For the Underground troupe Cause I know I'm the poop Steaming hot...Stinking up the dance floor." Yup, you love it and for that I'll take 1.2 packets (orgy).
Good lord Sex Packets is incredibly hokey/cheesy/corny. I wanted it to be fun in doses but its schtick runs out pretty quickly. It's almost like the album tries to be standard 90's hip hop masked in an air of parody or satire, though I think they were taking this seriously. The Humpty Dance was the only song I recognized which still has a minor presence some 35 years later. I enjoy the softer vocal style and clean lyrics of this style of 90's hip hop over more popular gangster rap but this was a pretty ridiculous listen. All in all its a fun trip down memory lane at times, though pretty sure I don't need any more visits from MC Blowfish. Overall Sex Packets starts as a decent listen with its opening hit, but runs out of steam within an hour. Once it wraps there isn't much to take with you long term. I'd smile if I run into any of these tunes again for 30 seconds but the 6+ minute playtimes from quite a few of these make them unlikely to be included in any rotation. I'll file Sex Packets away (in my wallet like an unused condom from the 90's?). 1.48 stars
Listen were there good beats? Maybe. Did I need to listen to this before I die? For the crude humor… I guess. But truly? No, not at all. Why was that so long and how does a group make so many songs about sex, sex pills and the concerning experiences. Not sure how one could find this to be quality or profound. Digital underground and all their sex packets could have stayed underground as far as I’m concerned.
So this was early 90s rap, which I generally like the feel of... However with this one the beats felt fairly repetitive and although the rhythm of the rapping was similar to others of the time the lyrics were flipping abysmal. So it starts with the humpty dance like a weird super horny guy who's named a dance after himself and although he describes himself as skinny, ugly etc he won't seem to shut up about a lot of women. Then there are a few songs telling you how great the band are and how unlike the other rap group these guys really have something to say. It's just that most of what they had to say was telling you they had something to say... Until... There was one song about a mysogynistic festival of naked women in cages that the who played and another about a guy who liked to tell you he could put rap any other rappers without actually doing it... There was another that seemed to be just two guys telling of their sexual exploits... Then, the piece de resistance... A several track long story about a made up drug that gives you the experience of having sex. They really lent in here and managed to make the whole thing much worse than you could imagine. Man it's a while since an album actively got worse and worse as it went on. This started ok, but it's a hard no by the end.
I couldn't listen to this whole album. The songs were way too long, so after about 3 minutes I would forward to the next song. Most of the songs seemed to be the same with very little differences from song to song: same repeating beat, same instruments, same monotone rapping with the exception of "Packet Prelude". I wish the group could have done more songs like it. Best song: "Packet Prelude". I recognize the difference found in "Digital Underground" also, but again the song was just too long. Worst songs: the rest of the album.
Le crap
too much talking. painfully repetitive
Music - 3, words - minus 5
Wie Chicago Bears … Suck Suck Suck
Shit from start to finish. I almost respect the consistency. Almost.
Nah didn't enjoy it, classic hour of enduring music for the sake of the list.
Wow! I’m usually quite partial to a bit of old skool but this is hideous! It’s just shit and that’s all I’m prepared to say.
What is this one hit wonder novelty act doing on this list?
Nah
Oh, humpty hump off with this tedious nonsense. The bassline in Underwater Rimes was the only enjoyable thing on the whole album. Otherwise, revolting.
Ghastly.
Boring, too long. 1 Star.
Some of the music is OK, but the endless loops of the same sample over and over is just not my cup of tea. I know it's the genre, but I don't care for it. Additionally, the vocal delivery is hilariously dated and the lyrics range from not good to very sketchy. 1.0/5.0: Embarrassing
The only redeeming thing about this album was that it ended.
langweilig, nich mein geschmack
474/1001 Este es el que me ha salido hoy. Ni me he parao a escucharlo... 🌕🌑🌑🌑🌑
Hip Hop. 1/5
Yet another Hip-Hop album, just for a change. And like just about every other Hip-Hop album in this list, I'm not a fan.
This may have some historical value for rap music, but it almost unlistenable. Just annoying now.
I was intrigued by a hip hop artist I'd never heard of making this list (considering how little diversity the list really seems to have once you get out of the mainstream US/UK market artists), and the jazz samples at the start had me pretty excited. But I did not like the way they swung. The feminist part of me died multiple times on the first two tracks. Then they got into an extremely uninspired refrain that never seemed to end. So I gave up.
Humpty, please take this shizz and go back to sleaze city. How did this garbage end up on the radio?
Not really my vibe, didn't finish it unfortunately
Had no idea that Tupac was in a group, so that's a somewhat interesting tidbit that will hopefully come up in a pub quiz at some point. This hip hop album is thankfully only 65 minutes (most are longer than that, so this felt like a blessing). The beats are definitely funkier than most hip hop albums I've heard thus far and the raps seem almost cheerful and old school. Christ, this got boring after a while though. Rap songs have no business being longer than five minutes in my opinion, and a lot of these are stretched out to up to nine minutes which is ridiculous. I don't want to listen to this again and definitely never will.
The Humpty Dance is fun, but you know you're in trouble when the second track is an interlude stretched to nearly 7 minutes. Rhymin' on the Funk introduces the other members of the group over a beat that's mixed far too low. One of them really seems to lack confidence and I had to turn the volume up to hear him. Then there's another interlude. And so on it drags. I'd rather hear an album by their dancer, thanks.
This might be the worst album I’ve ever heard.
Barely noticed this back in the nineties and after listening to this in 2025, it was the right call.
Can’t say I had heard of this album or artist previously and my life isn’t any better for now having heard it. I understand why it would be an important album however it’s very of its time and has aged like milk. Wouldn’t waste my time with this again. Favourite Track: Doowutchyalike
I hate oatmeal lumpy or not.
A joke right? Its not very good at all. Humpty Dumpty was the 'highlight' then it descended into the dark pit of 'why bother making music for the sake of it?'
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Shite.
What was this? Because it's here on this list I want to say that there's some visionary jazz sampling going on and that the theme of the record is a bold statement on consumer culture.. But I think it's just bad. I think the beats sound like bad 90s rap beats and the lyrics sound like an extremely dated perverted fantasy that someone should have kept to themselves rather than put to music.
uh, yeah... no!
Fick en liten känsla av Beck (positivt), men tyvärr. Har ju svårt för rap, och här är texten plågsamt usel.
This did not age well.
Had to tap out halfway through, not my thing at all
very boring beats
Not my style
Allez vooruit, weer een one hit wonder waar we zogezegd het volledige album voor moeten luisteren. Oke ja, the Humpty Dance is een geestig nummer. De rest minder. 1.0
I don't know what I was expecting from a group called Sex Packets, but this was probably it.
Yeah, I wasn't feeling this one. There's the Humpty Dance, and that's about it.
An excellent parody of the bland subject matter and repetitive crap of 90’s hip hop. Oh what’s that? It’s not a parody?! Oh god…
to hip hop - nawet nie będę słuchać… totalnie nie mój vibe
Boring
I always thought I enjoyed '90s hip hop—until this challenge had me listen to Sex Packets by Digital Underground. Honestly, the album felt flat. It dragged on without much purpose or standout moments. Most of the tracks blurred together, lacking impact or memorability. Overall, I found it pretty underwhelming and don’t see myself returning to it. Favourite track: The Humpty Dance gave me a laugh—it has some quirky charm—but even that felt a bit stretched out. Least favourite: Hard to pick just one. The whole album felt like a sea of mediocrity, nothing really rose above the rest. Album artwork: Typical of the era—dark tones, oversized fonts, and a gritty aesthetic. Nothing particularly distinctive.
SO ASS AND CORNY
The album seems partly preoccupied by how great/different they are in terms of their delivery or things like their funk. Newsflash very little of difference here and there’s a limit how many songs about the technicalities by of making the song is interesting/bearable. When the lyrical content moves away from this, isn’t doesn’t get any better unfortunately. This album is definitely of its time and there’s nothing here that suggests it shouldn’t be left there.
I had actually managed to blank this album from my mind until I came to review it. Make of that what you will.
On track one and the lyric about his nose being "big like a pickle" made me roll my eyes. And then that song pointlessly went on for 6 1/2 minutes. The next track (The Way We Swing) decided to one-up that, by being even longer. And the whole album sort of carried on in the same vein - everything was longer than it needed to be, there were excessively long outros where nothing happened and everything just sounds so dated. It might be that this comes immediately after the generator giving me Queen Latifah and Beastie Boys, but I did not have patience for this album. The idea that 2Pac started with this group is inexplicable. "Peace and humptiness forever"? Pah! 1/5
Well, that was shit. Imagine a track that just lists countries and says "They like us there." Imagine that's one of the more interesting tracks on the album.
How is this on the list??? Absolutely garbage!
it gave me massive headache. didnt like it at all
# Album Name: Sex Packets # Artist: Digital underground # Rating: 1/5 # Comments: No, just no. Terribly dated and horrible 90s rap. It would have been a 2/5 but the length pushed it down to a 1. # Top Tunes: Wut # Would I listen to it again? No
More lame than bad. But pretty bad too.
Note much interesting here today. But I get (or think I get) what was set in motion. CC Music Factory made it into my genre experience back then. This did not.
Did not like at all.
Incredibly grating
if gutfest ‘89 existed it would have record breaking numbers for attendees running away before the closing headliner. people would get trampled. travis scott but in the other direction
I want to apologize for all of the bad things I said about Deep Purple. This is the worst album I have ever heard. I cannot fathom it being topped as the bottom. If you genuinely LIKE or LOVE this album then you fucking suck and have actual problems BAD BAD BAD and you NEED help NOW (yesterday). Holy FUCK TAKE THIS OFF THE LIST HOLY SHIT THIS ALBUM SUCKS I HATE YOU 1001 ALBUMS I HATE YOU Like beyond it being stylistically unimpressive after time’s passage, the lyricism is not only boring and corny by today’s standards, but half of the songs are just fucking vile… like even if the beats are sometimes not terrible, ypu have to overlook fucking perversion freak shit just to hear them ???? like this SUCKS IT JUST FUCKING SUCKS ??!!!!!!!1! I GOT TO LISTEN TO KATE BUSH YESTERDAY AND NOW THIS ??????????????????????????? It’s like laying in the world’s most beautiful meadow on a sunny, spring morning and then getting struck by lightning 13 times and exploding. I AM TRAPPDE IN THSI BOX SOMEONE SAVEE ME HELP ME I AM STUCKD ANF I CANT GET OUT AHHHH HELP SAVE ME AHHHHH MC Blowfish can’t hurt me MC Blowfish can’t hurt me MC Blowfish can’t hurt me MC Blowfish can’t hurt me MC Blowfish can’t hurt me MC Blowfish can’t hurt me MC Blowfish can’t hurt me MC Blowfish can’t hurt me MC Blowfish can’t hurt me MC Blowfish can’t hurt me MC Blowfish can’t hurt me MC Blowfish can’t hurt me Shoutout to the 2008 financial crisis for ending their tours!!!! Thanks collapsing economies! Rest in peace pop smoke who pop smoke
Imagine an all-time classic rap album with thought-provoking bars, incredible beats, and an utterly groundbreaking concept to boot. That's the description of an imaginary album that is the opposite of this Fav song: The New Jazz (One) or none
In a nutshell: get your freak on. Overall: 1/10
Lixo. Quem ouve música pra dar risada? Sério? Não ligo quando uma música tem uma linha ou outra engraçada, mas quando o conceito inteiro do seu álbum é cômico, eu sinceramente acho uma perda de tempo ouvir. E ainda por cima, o disco tem mais de 1 hora. Pra que? Sim, pode me chamar de amargurado por não gostar de piadinha em música, não ligo, sou mesmo. Underwater Rimes é boa, de resto, completamente descartável, e graças a DEUS que Rap evoluiu e deixou de ser essa idiotisse gimmicky que era no final dos anos 80 e inicio dos anos 90. E outra, o que essa porcaria de album ta fazendo em uma lista de albuns que voce PRECISA ouvir?! Voce nao PRECISA ouvir esse disco!! Nunca! Quer representar grupos de Oldschool Hiphop? Bota ai Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Cypress Hill, Wu Tang, Pharcyde... Voce ve alguem em 2025 falando sobre Digital Underground? Obvio que não, e por bom motivo. Eles não fazem nada de diferente, e os outros grupos que mencionei são estratosfericamente superiores. 0.5/5
After Nas came the laid-back West Coast vibes. This album is supposed to have helped shape the local funky sound but less than a year before Dre’s The Chronic, and after De La Soul, it already feels pretty dated. And it drags on… way too long, and with weird lyrics. Kinda boring despite few good grooves.
best left in 1990
1 Star (2/15)
Clownish, directionless HipHop with overly long songs while flows and rhymes are instantly dated and. corny
Not bad but outdated.
Faux-erotic jazz-hop of the highly unimpressive variety. How in the name of The Lord And Saviour Jesus Christ did this stupid concept of an album end up on such a list?
Bad 90s rap.
I’ve never heard about this before but I have to say just reading the album description on Wikipedia was worth the price of entry. Thing is it’s still early nineties hip hop. It’s not the worse of the genre because they have great samples but the rapping and overall production is just cringe.
Naff
A little too explicit for me.
I went into this project telling myself that I would listen to everything and give it a proper chance - this is the first album (#542) that I just can't do that for. This does absolutely nothing for me.
“Cause I know I’m the poop. Steaming hot, stinking up the dance floor.” On another note why was this literally two years long.
Based purely off of the album art and title I know exactly what I’m stepping into with this album. Yep, no way, lo and behold it was a 90s rap concept album about sex. It looks dated, sounds dated, feels dated, smells dated, and tastes dated. Not to mention every track goes on for way too long. It was excruciating getting through this. The one point I’ll give this album is these guys were obviously just having fun and vibing. “No more will I ever have to jack it cause instead, I can just take a sex packet.” This is peak.
mannnn iwie hert kei bock uf das gad es isch scho funny aber mier gad chli okee das mitem bass isch sehr funny hahaha zieht sich das jz durre? am wiederholt er eifachständig s gliche aber miteme andere land?? 2 vo 2 schomal nöd schlecht WISO GÖND DIE LIEDER E HALBSTUND ich finds scho so ehrlich gseit nöd unglaublich aber dass es denn auno so INSANE repetitiv muss sii cheggi nöd aso nei ich muss es vlt chli andersch sege: sie hend für die einzelne lieder immer wieder au kreativi ideä eigentlich, aber 1. entsprechet sie mier nöd so und 2. isch halt jedes 6 min lang?? freaks of the industry fändi na cool, wäred da die gschissne lyrics und s stöhne im hindergrund poah also d ahzahl vo wiederholige vo doowutchyalike enstpricht de minusstern wos für de gaggi git okee die "radiodurchsag" isch na funny hahahaha hahaha also s konzept mitem sex packet findi schono funny und de titletrack isch easy bis jz? also es git es fucking 1, ich schätze die zwüscheziitlich kreativität aber es ischmer so hert uf de sack gange (und d lyrics sind ziitewiis zum chotze gsi)
Niet helemaal geluisterd, maar nee
So very unpleasant
Wow, this was bad. No idea what this is doing on this list, it's terrible and has not aged well at all. Sounded like it was made by a bunch of horny teenage boys, Gutfest '89 in particular was just gross. Favourite tracks: none Definitely not one to revisit. 1/5
The lyrics were so bad
I just found this mostly annoying
This sounds like a pastiche of a rap album And not a good one
This was a real struggle for me. I checked the date of release several times, because the rapping felt like something from 1985, with 1990's shock value thrown in. A few tracks gave Flight of the Concords vibes - silly songs about who they are and about rapping itself. I didn't make it through all 65 minutes, but I'm just thankful I wasn't listening to the 85 minute cassette version!!!
Early rap
Hip hop, 🤔🧐
I don't really understand the appeal. I don't really care to listen to music that objectifies people. Maybe I am misunderstanding this album; the sci-fi storyline at the end implies something deeper is going on here. It started to redeem the album for me, but then it didn't stick the landing.
After Straight Outta Compton came out in '89, most of us were over this New Jack Swing inspired hip hop. And I still am.
1. humpty dance - 1.5 2. zuuing - 1 3. funk - 1 4. jazz - 0 5. rimez - 0 6. gutfezt - 0 7. zone - 0 8. freakz - 0 9. doo - 1 10. packet - 0 11. zez - 0 12. ztreet - 0 13. man - 0 14. reprize - 0
What an awful album. I love modern hip hop and appreciate the rough patches we needed to get here, but damn. Over an hour of weird horny repetitive rapping in weird voices, with bad skits mixed in. 1/5
Nope
I was mild on the record for a while, but the last two tracks became way more rape-y than I was expecting and it really sank my thoughts on the album.
In what world, in what universe, in what dimension is this an album one must listen to before they die? I envy those fortunate enough to depart this life without enduring it. Score: 1/5
Not my thing.
Dreadful
Appalling
all of the songs on this album are way way too long. also some shite lyrics
This was awful
I tuned out pretty quickly, the sound is just so generically 90's. I think parts of this were supposed to be funny but I wasn't laughing
The bass line on the Humpty Dance is brilliant. Other than that, I hear an hour of young men awkwardly stroking their own egos over mediocre robotic backing tracks.
Lyrics are terrible, couldn't get past that - nope
Meh
not my style
Didn’t love. The sound was not for me and though a product of its time, I found a lot of the songs sexist and demeaning towards women. Was cringing through a lot of it.
Awful music for (what I can only assume are) awful people.
The cover and the fact that 2Pac was involved at some point (later on) was somewhat promising. But after what felt like a hundred 6+ minutes hip hop songs with little variation, I had to give up hope and just let the record play out while doing more important stuff like organizing cleaning supplies.
Not for me. Very dated.
Luckily I had something else to do so wasn't a complete waste of time. Shame the app doesn't allow us to score zero for complete trash like this.
I didn't enjoy this one at all. Very dated, very same-y, and needlessly long.
Sorry, but not even the fact that it's about a space orgasmer packet made it any less boring.
Horrible
Never wanted to rate something 0 more. I would actually consider looking into how I can remove this garbage from my play history on Apple Music. Certainly will be deleting from Last FM. Just .... ew.
?Nah
The 90s funk and horny sci-fi are .. maybe .. fun for 1-2 songs, but getting through an entire album of it felt like work.
Not for me
Fresh prince without the humour
This was a very cringe album. I'm all up for a concept album, but preferably not one written by adolescents! It could have been good, but it wasn't. First and last listen. lol
A light hearted (ish) hip hop album from this era which isn't about angry sex and drugs and guns (like most of the hip hop albums we've listened to so far!) - on the other hand it's still about futuristic sex and fictitious drugs, so not that far from the usual themes! I guess the creators of this album had to make up scenarios of virtual reality sex - because I can't imagine anyone wanting to f**k them IRL. I'd sum this up by saying its cringy, immature and creepy and still pretty misogynistic. No desire to listen again!
This didn't hit for me
If you like this kind of thing, it;s probably good. Not my style at all.
У этих негров из прошлого был грув, но не было чувства меры
An album where every random 30 second snippet sounds exactly the same has 0 reason to be over an hour long.
barf
Classic hip hop
Очень хреновый рэп. Запонились только храп в одной песне и стоны в другой.
Not really into that early rap
HipHop geht gar nicht! 0/5
Gear: Fostex TH610 Mix: zischend, dröhnend und aus der Konserve Musik: Es eröffnet mit dem epischen 6:31 Opus "Humpty Dance" - und von da aus geht es nur (noch) weiter bergab... Wertung: 👀(👀)/5
awesome thanks
I do not like the way they swing. The first album on this list I fully gave up on halfway through, so apologies to Digital Underground if they finally got good at the end.
gross gross music
Almost unlistenable.
This album was so bad. If I never heard a song off of this album again I would die a happy person. I kind of liked a few songs, but they then were played over and over until the playtime reached 6 minutes or more.
Sexual Hip Hop
Kudt
Couldn't get through it after halfway, it's repetitive in a bad way, the vocal delivery is cringe worthy and hilarious in the wrong way, didn't enjoy it at all unfortunately, the first 3 songs combined are 19 + minutes long and it gets on your nerves, beats are somewhat funky at times but there's nothing to keep it from getting stale
Wel this sucked had higher hopes due to the name but 1/5
I did not like this at all. I can see how it would've been influential to hip hop in the early 90's, but I couldn't finish it. Lots of the same beat and talking about themselves and sex. I thought it was terrible. 0.5/5
Didn’t listen. Not a fan of funk music
Wow. I know early Rap... but man, it is unlistenable to me! Sorry
This didn't age well.
A little repetitive beats/melody
Well…for Hiphop Historians I believe this to be an important one. I sense a certain stiffness. Bored from the beginning. Sorry.
Okay sooo I did hate everything about this album and anybody compared would sound like an angel. Very hard to take him seriously right off the bat just because of the voice and then just oh god why is this on the list I cant I cant.
This is now the worst thing that I have ever heard in my life. And there is sooooo much of it. Who the FUCK thought ANY of this would be worth listening too? This is so bad, it put me in a bad mood for the day. How the fuck did this shit make it to the list? And I would like to hear how many of these guys have been #metoo ed. Ask the songs are about date rape.
this cunt calls himself Humpty Hump. is there any more to say?
Shower of shit
This album sucks. The content feels immature, and the performance of it feels like the artist is bored while doing it. If the artists themselves can't even enjoy it, why should I?
Completely mediocre rapping over completely mediocre beats. Performers who sound bored performing their own music...what exactly are you doing this for?
Can’t even listen to it for 5 secs.
Dated garbage
Vond dit wat saai en langdradig
Why?
Like it was written by 12 year olds, and with nothing musically interesting enough to make up for that
Not sure why this records is here.
Some cool beats, but really didn’t like any other aspect of this record. Lyrics are too cheesy and uninteresting.
Not at all my music
This has aged painfully.
Menettää naiskuvauksestaan paljon pisteitä. Ei niitä hirveästi muutenkaan olisi ollut, paitsi että kyllä tykkäsin sinänsä sekä flowsta että taustoista suurimmaksi osaksi
Kaoottiset ysäribiitit ja samplejen hyökyaalto. En tykkäisi edes hyvästä tällaisesta.
Not a rap fan
One star - at most...
Nah
disappointing. i’m often very into early 90s hip hop, but that’s mostly because i only listen to the best from that (great) era. this is not the best. the samples are badly chosen, the flows are super basic and boring, and (of course) there’s a ton of casual misogyny.
Poor. Not humorous, just not anything.
This was dire
That is the most tedious piece of crap I've ever failed to not listen to.
nope
For me it's not music.
AWFUL
Shite. They had a song about how they were so cool cos they have sex. Fucking lame.
Avskyr sån här musik. Första låten gick att lyssna på men mer var det inte.
Wow that's so much not my cup of tea. The lyrics are hilarious, the beat is predictable.. it has been quite hard to listen to it all
Old hip hop is generally bad. This is very old hip hop.
Rap - I had excluded this from my albums - I detest it. A rating of 1 will be given. This is because there is no option to record 'no rating' and I really did not like any of it.
The music is uninteresting and the production aged poorly. The misogynic lyrics are appealing. I really like hip hop and really dislike this album.
Hip hop executed badly. Poor effort.
Humpty Dance album- corny rap
Awful. Pointless.
lol
no
Ég hélt fyrst að þetta væri grín. Svo mundi ég eftir árinu 1990.
They're very talented. I just didn't think it was that funny. 1
Hip Hop raiz, parecem as rimas de um maluco no pedaço. Tentei ouvir muitas vezes, nunca terminei. Vou pular pra ir pro próximo.
not my thing
Aika sekavaa. Osa biiseistä yritti olla jonkinlaista ganstaräppiä, kun välillä mentiin varsin juustoisiin r&b tunnelmiin. Genre(t) ei ole yhtään omaan makuuni, eikä toteutuskaan toimi. Kertakuuntelu riitti mielipiteen muodostamiseen. Ykkösen ja kakkosen välimaastossa keikutaan, mutta tällä kertaa armoa ei heru.
This is bad. Ive never been fond of the "new Jack swing" genre, but this has little redeeming qualities. The only beat that I found mildly interesting is The Humpty Dance, and I don't know if it's actually intriguing or just nostalgia.
Really?
Reggae and Hip Hop are gonna be two genres I'm gonna struggle with a lot. I'm sure it's good even tho it's not for me.
Aged badly, and it wasn’t even that great to begin with
ok, dat vond ik echt niks. Dat eerste nummer over zijn "dansje" heb ik net kunnen luisteren maar toen werd het me toch echt te gortig.
nee
Voelde heel erg terug begin van de nineties, maar dat was het dan ook wel. Deed me niets en soms zelfs saai.
Ik kan dit niet serieus nemen.
I just can’t