Do people dislike The Grind Date? I think that's one of their best albums; it's outstanding to me.
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P fan #1
Joined: May '10
Posts: 577Posted 9 years ago #Apparently so...(see DLT's and freshkest's posts)
I must admit I need to refresh my memory when it comes to Grind Date as I haven't played it in a while.I do know I was surprised to see it getting a "fancy" 10 year anniversary repress as it was never hard to come by, but perhaps that's something that says more about the randomness of reissues (or lack thereof) than about the album itself.
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The Architect
Joined: Feb '05
Posts: 3,618Posted 9 years ago #Chiming in late here but I watched those two documentaries that were posted earlier and I really enjoyed them. it seems like they wanted a different business model to do their record the way they wanted, and that worked out for them. And the album is pretty good, so I can't be mad at that.
The bit where they decide to use dude from The Darkness on their track is a bit weak though. Guest artists by committee... that definitely doesn't feel very natural. But they made a track they wouldn't have otherwise ever made, so maybe it's a good thing for them. It's definitely random!
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EP
Joined: Oct '14
Posts: 122Posted 9 years ago #Dwight said:
Do people dislike The Grind Date? I think that's one of their best albums; it's outstanding to me.I really like it and think it's definitely underrated and underappreciated. Plus the pure fire of the cokane
SURE SHOCK CO KANE
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P fan #1
Joined: May '10
Posts: 577Posted 9 years ago #After going back and listening to 'Grind Date' I'll say it has its moments but it doesn't really work as a cohesive album for me. It's too much of an obvious patchwork. And the more I think about it, the more I get a sense De La have been serving soup du jour for quite some time now and are putting (perhaps too much) stock in featured guest artists?
Just look at the lineup for this record: MF Doom (Rock Co Kane was the lead single), Ghostface, Common,
Sean Paul(at least they had the sense not to include that one on US copies of he album), Flavor Flav and Spike Lee (wtf?). And while Mr. Dumile - unsurprisingly this was before the current DOOM mania became full blown - and Mr. Coles delivered, Common's appearance is forgettable and I can't stand the song with Flav and skip it every time.
It's very much the same on the production front. Only one of the J. Dilla beats is nice ('Much More'), 9th Wonder's effort stands out like a sore thumb and I can't get into either of the Madlib jawns either. The "underdogs" Dave West and Jake One are the ones who really end up shouldering most of the weight and defining the sound.Just my 2 cents of course, but a De La album needs to be centered around Pos, Dave and Mase, not a random bunch of other guys, especially if De La have no relationship with these people (2Chainz, the Darkness guy they'd never even heard of, etc.).
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EP
Joined: Oct '14
Posts: 122Posted 9 years ago #Twelve said:
Just my 2 cents of course, but a De La album needs to be centered around Pos, Dave and Mase, not a random bunch of other guys, especially if De La have no relationship with these people (2Chainz, the Darkness guy they'd never even heard of, etc.).#truth Let's hope they get back to that, eventually, and not have to wait 12 years for it. Plus the inclusion of Prince Paul would be nice.
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