Sunz Of Man

The debut album from Sunz Of Man. Most of the production is handled by 4th Disciple and True Master with RZA, Supreme, and Wyclef sprinkling in a track here and there. The overall product is nothing short of dope if you like your hip hop with a heavy dose of east coast boom bap.

The Last Shall Be First [Red Ant Entertainment 1998]

1. Intro
2. Cold
3. Naturla High
4. Flaming Swords
5. Illusions feat. Masta Killah
6. Shining Star feat. Ol' Dirty Bastard
7. Israeli News
8. Tribulations
9. The Interview
10. The Plan
11. Collaboration '98 feat. Method Man
12. Inmates To The Fire
13. Not Promised Tomorrow feat. Tekitha
14. For The Lust Of Money/The Grandz
15. Can I See You
16. The Battle
17. Next Up feat. Method Man
18. Intellectuals feat. Raekwon & U-God
19. Five Arch Angels

Finesse & Synquis

I was thumbing through some vinyl I had sitting upstairs to see if I could successfully upload one from a digital turntable and it not sound like crap. I came across this joint from Finesse & Synquis. By no means is it required listening, but more like my guinea pig because, if this works, I'll be doing it more often. Anyway, this duo was down with Andre Harrell and the Uptown Crew (you know, the "Uptown" in Uptown/MCA?) and they rap in a similar style to that of Salt & Pepa, but with less interesting production. I mean, it came out in 1988, so only so much can be expected beat wise -- apparently, they missed the bus since '88 is when production standards took a huge leap forward. But, hey, what can ya do, right? Some of you may remember Finesse as a member of the Wu Tang affiliates known as the Deadly Venoms (basically an all girl super group). Anyway, enjoy the album, people.

Soul Sisters [MCA Records 1988]

1. Soul Sisters
2. We Can Do This
3. Strictly For Business
4. I'll Be There
5. Soft But Deadly
6. I Can Do Better
7. Fatal Beauty
8. A Jam Ain't A Jam