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AGP on "Thes, thoughts on stepfather for you:"

AGP — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:30:24 +0000

I have to say I think the album is great. Certainly the best this year so far. I'm probably a bit biased but this is a PUTS board so I'm bound to be, but I seriously think the album will be regarded as a classic.
The lyrics are varied and on point. The beats are superb from start to finish, even when they vary 'the P sound' a bit but the most impressive thing for me is how the whole thing flows from start to finish so well. The tracks melt into one another and its just incredible to sit back for 70 odd minutes and be transported.
And like Thes said, it needs to played LOUD! because only then do you hear the subtle touches and little samples hidden amongst the layers of production.

My favourite track changes every damn day. It was LA9X then Jamboree but now it's On & On and tomorrow it might be You! So many great tracks.

And maybe the sequencing of the 2 songs in question (Pass The 40 & Pumpin') at the beginning of the album was intended to get new fans at the listening posts of HMV's, Virgin, etc who buy albums based on the vibe of the first few tracks.

And anyone who says 'Pass The 40' is 'experimental' is mad. Its rhyming over a drum machine with ill cuts for chrissake! It doesn't get any more back to basic hip-hop than thatll!!!!!!

YoYoPo on "Thes, thoughts on stepfather for you:"

YoYoPo — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:42:28 +0000

jamboree is a chill track! it's killer. LA9X the beat is fresh! plus all the last 6 tracks are bangers. More Than You Know has horns dude and Pumpin, i just love the intro that track is dope.

It will grow on you - there's an album I have which even after listening to it 10 times I hated but after I learned / understood what it was about and what it meant at the time it was made I was feeling it a lot more and I rock out to it.

duhduffus on "Thes, thoughts on stepfather for you:"

duhduffus — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:29:31 +0000

yeah i hear you guys, its a good album, but it just dosent have the hits.
the other day i went back to the next step and songs like the turndown, tim to rock our sh!t, san francisco knights, wannabes, those were simple, mellow laid back beats, and i understnad stepfather isnt like that as its not abouty hip hop and the hi phop lifestyle, its about family and friends, and more serious matters, but i hope thes and double k go back and make another records just tellin stories on the songs with easy, dope beats, something you can chill too. but everything changes, and if you go and read the forward in ost, puts are trying to bring it back, and hopefully they do. no diss to stepfather, there are some great tracks on there, but i cant wait to hear the other tracks they recorded for it when they put them out.

azuza619 on "Thes, thoughts on stepfather for you:"

azuza619 — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:51:42 +0000

ScOOp said:
duhduffus said: but pass the 40, pumpin i wasnt feelin those.
the first 4 tracks and THOSE tracks are not _really_ repping the actual P sound... na mean?

well.. it´s done now.. so you can´t change it now..

anyway.. the album is dope. thx

uhhh ohhh uhhhhhhh ohhhhhhhhhh...i dont like to label their sound, its ever changing but thats just mee
Pumping and pass the 40 are HARD DUEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ScOOp on "Thes, thoughts on stepfather for you:"

ScOOp — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:15:18 +0000

duhduffus said: but pass the 40, pumpin i wasnt feelin those.

I´d rather say those 2 tracks come to early in the running order... na mean?
IMO they rather should have come like for track 10 and 11.

Imagine someone listening through the album at the record store....
If I don´t know the P I´d check through the first 4 tracks and THOSE tracks are not _really_ repping the actual P sound... na mean?

well.. it´s done now.. so you can´t change it now..

anyway.. the album is dope. thx

Xai on "Thes, thoughts on stepfather for you:"

Xai — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 07:12:14 +0000

Haha Do the lean with it Rock with it Dance!

sh!t...yea right

This whole cd is crazy yo...you just have to be in a certain mindset for whatever song is playing.

azuza619 on "Thes, thoughts on stepfather for you:"

azuza619 — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 06:55:04 +0000

Pumping and Pass the 40 are GEEEEEEEEEEEE, I bump Pass The 40 ALL THE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!

PoisonHash on "Thes, thoughts on stepfather for you:"

PoisonHash — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 03:37:18 +0000

I sympathize with not feeling "pumpin" or "pass the 40". I didn't either. But the rest of the album is straight dope, with the same P feel. You can't expect an artist to do the same thing over and over, change is a vital part of music and Mike & Chris showed how it's done here.

Also, for some reason I always hate new albums from an artist I know on first listen. You always look back and compare to other stuff without recognizing the new sh!t that's being brought to the table. Catch me in a few months and I'll probably be blasting the tracks I'm not feeling right now up in my headphones and loving it.

Xai on "Thes, thoughts on stepfather for you:"

Xai — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:50:19 +0000

Lol beatbox @ Lunch...

azuza619 on "Thes, thoughts on stepfather for you:"

azuza619 — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 07:27:45 +0000

stoic_1 said: also, the reason you didnt get another OST style albumn is because (thes said) OST was about hip hop, and the stepfather is about family, the chris and mike story up to date. so anyhow, i think your hearing the albumn, still on incorrect volume, but your not listening, give another go.
peace mang.

yea, if you aint feeling at least 5 of the hardest tracks on there, you aint listeningm your hearing but not listening.

its a different album but up to date about what they are and still going through.

I guess we aint used to it beacause hip hop hasnt had that mature family type feel to it. Its always about, "I AM SOOOOOOOOO HIP HOP, I BREAK DANCE AND WATCH KUNG-FU FLICKS AND BEAT BOX AT LUNCH"