Ism & Blues
Download links and information about Ism & Blues by Hard 2 Obtain. This album was released in 1994 and it belongs to Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Soul genres. It contains 16 tracks with total duration of 01:13:55 minutes.
Artist: | Hard 2 Obtain |
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Release date: | 1994 |
Genre: | Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Soul |
Tracks: | 16 |
Duration: | 01:13:55 |
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Tracks
[Edit]No. | Title | Length |
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1. | Joker's World | 4:44 |
2. | Babble On | 3:51 |
3. | Heels Without Souls | 4:51 |
4. | Shit We Do | 4:10 |
5. | Street Dwellers | 4:15 |
6. | A Lil Sumething (featuring RAQUEL, Artifacts) | 5:27 |
7. | L. I. Groove | 5:44 |
8. | Time | 3:50 |
9. | Local Hero | 3:50 |
10. | Gaining Pounds | 3:52 |
11. | Parkyard Lingo | 4:48 |
12. | Bust Me Down | 4:39 |
13. | No Better Swing | 4:50 |
14. | Ghetto Diamond | 3:53 |
15. | Joker's World (Next Mix) | 4:25 |
16. | L. I. Groove (Reprise) | 6:46 |
Details
[Edit]In early 1994, H2O caught fire with its smash backpacker single "LI Groove," a tune that affirmed through a Rakim sample that the trio represented "New York, from Long Island." On the strength of H20's newfound respect among hip-hop's cypher legions, H2O dropped Ism and Blues to explore three true loves: weed, women, and hip-hop. The album reflects this triple love affair, combining hazy funk and jazz echoes with a rapper's delight format. MCs Taste and DL are B-Boys in the traditional sense, playing off each other nicely with call and response rhymes. "LI Groove" may be H20's only real claim-to-fame track but Ism and Blues does contain a few other hidden highlights. The horn-heavy "Ghetto Diamond" is a fortified ode to beautiful women of a hip-hop persuasion and "Heels Without Souls" fuses hip-hop and the R&B-styled vocals of Vinia Mojica with some flair. A propensity towards repetitive rhymes bogs this album down slightly and, despite worthy efforts, in the end H2O is found to be overmatched in the hip-hop game. This largely slept-on album also features a guest appearance from New Jersey underground stalwarts the Artifacts. ~ M.F. DiBella, Rovi