简介
在80年代末期,kool g rap在Marley Marl的Juice Crew里面发挥着主导作用,但他却从来没有达到以为超级巨星的地位,但这位皇后区的硬锐说唱歌手忍耐了10年,终于在00年代爆发了.贯穿他的演艺生涯,G rap一直维持着一些虔诚的跟随者,主要是基于他80年代末到90年代初的歌迷和后来rap黄金时期复兴浪潮的跟随者.在kool g rap的创作低迷的时期,Cold Chillin'厂牌这几年定期的在再版发行他与DJ polo的关键的经典的唱片.在黄金时期,无数的这个时期的歌手被击倒在路边(消沉下去),但是g rap的平静的漠漠的攀升到一个传奇的地位,多半在2000年代他得到的承认就跟他80年代末他最辉煌的时期一样.
Kool G Rap在
皇后区的一个破烂的贫民窟
认识了90年代中,g rap与他的合作者分开,而单飞成为一名solo歌手,他96年在Cold Chillin'厂牌发行了4,5,6专集,以及Rated XXX (1996)和Roots of Evil (1998).这些专集都没有获得人们很大的关注,不管是商业上还是在评论界,这是G rap就好像要和他在80年代的同时期的歌手们一样从old school风格里面消亡.当G rap的名字在90年代末已经没有多少人知道了,这位坚定的MC开始通过自己的成就与一些歌手合作,像Fat Joe, Big Pun, M.O.P., Mobb Deep, Nas, RZA, Big L, and Talib Kweli,G rap得到了坚实的动力.后来他加入了Rawkus,他在2001年被提议发行专集来证明这位伟大的rappa又回来了!The Giancana Story,2002年经过一些坎坷后终于发行了这张专集.虽然这张专集延期了好长时间,它还是证明了G Rap的又一个伟大的时期来到了.
kool g rap在'da heat'唱出了这样的歌词,并且展现了人们最喜欢的hip-hop里面那种无修饰的最真实的一面.他的专集roots of evil确实保持了他的高度激情.
许多3年前听过4,5,6这张专集的人们可能会怀疑,并且拥有很充分的理由.在前三张由dj polo制作的经典专集后,g rap的第四张专集虽然歌词依然强劲,但是在
节拍虽然没犯下什末错误,g rap仍然不想做出又一张苍白无力的专集.g rap和dr.butcher两人制作的歌曲就像个半自动的机器(semi-automatic).
想知道G Rap and Antonia Banderas是如何处理每一个细节的(an action flick).
但我更愿意称之为FAT ASS SHIT.他不只是想在歌词中谈些简单的注意枪支和杀死敌人等等,他会告诉你现在的形势怎样,谁是暗中的狙击手,他们穿的什末样,谁中了枪,谁死亡了,他们的血在土上看起来像什末(He doesn't just talk about busting guns and killing enemies.. he'll tell you what the drama was, who the snipers were, what they were wearing, who got hit where, how they hit the ground, and what their blood looked like on the hard concrete.)(以上是直译,我想意思应该是说g rap的歌词并不是夸夸而谈).听G rap的歌就像是在读一本Donald Goines的书,他让你也身临其境.
专辑介绍
1989 - Road to the Riches
01. Road To The Riches
02. It's A Demo
03. Men At Work
04. Truly Yours
05. Cars
06. Trilogy Of Terror
07. She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not
08. Cold Cuts
09. Rhymes I Express
10. Poison
11. Butcher Shop
1990 - Wanted: Dead or Alive
01. Streets of New York
02. Wanted: Dead or Alive
03. Money in the Bank
04. Bad to the Bone
05. Talk Like Sex
06. Play It Again, Polo - Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo
07. Erase Racism
08. Kool Is Back
09. Play It Kool
10. Death Wish
11. Jive Talk
12. Polo Club
13. Rikers Island
1992 - Live and Let Die
01. Intro
02. On The Run
03. Live And Let Die
04. Crime Pays
05. Home Sweet Home
06. Train Robbery
07. #1 With A Bullet
08. Operation CB
09. Straight Jacket
10. ILL Street Blues
11. Go For Your Guns
12. Letters
13. Nuff Said
14. Edge Of Sanity
15. [内容被过滤，请注意论坛文明] U Man
16. Still Wanted Dead Or Alive
17. Two To The Head
1995 - 4, 5, 6
01. Intro
02. 4, 5, 6
03. It's A Shame
04. Take 'Em To War
05. Executioner Style
06. For Da Brothaz
07. Blowin' Up In The World
08. Fast Life
09. Ghetto Boys
10. It's A Shame (Da Butcher's Mix)
11. Money On My Brain
1996 - Rated XXX
1. I Ain't Trickin'
2. Under 21 Not Permitted
3. No More Mister Nice Guy
4. Check The Bitch
5. F*&@ U Man
6. Talk Like Sex
7. Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous
8. Enter The Dragon
9. I'm Fly (Original Version)
10. Rhyme Tyme
11. Rikers Island
12. Keep It Swingin'
1998 - Roots Of Evil
01. Intro
02. Hitmans Diary
03. One Dark Night
04. Foul Cats
05. Tekilla Sunrise
06. At Da Wake
07. Home Sweet Funeral Home
08. Mobsta's
09. Let The Games Begin
10. A Thugs Love Story (Chapter I, II, III)
11. Da Bosses Lady
12. Mafioso
13. Thugs Anthem
14. Da Heat
15. Can't Stop The Shine
16. Cannon Fire
17. Outro
18. Daddy Figure
2002 - Giancana Story
01. Thug For Life
02. Where You At
03. Holla Back
04. It's Nothing
05. Drama (Bitch *igga)
06. Thug Chronicles
07. Blaze Wit Ya'll
08. Black Widow
09. Fight Club
10. My Life
11. Good Die Young
12. The Streets
13. Gangsta Gangsta
14. My Life (Remix)
2002 - Greatest Hits
01. It's A Demo
02. Rikers Island
03. Truly Yours
04. Butcher Shop
05. Talk Like Sex
06. Poison
07. Road To The Riches
08. Streets Of New York
09. Money In The Bank
10. Bad To The Bone
11. Ill Street Blues
12. Letters
13. Fast Life
14. For Da Brothaz
2003 - Click of Respect
01. Intro
02. I Die 4 U
03. Cold World
04. Blackin Out
05. Breaker Breaker
06. Click Of Respect
07. Get Da Drop On Em
08. Gully
09. On My Grind - Ma Barker
10. Pimped Out - Ma Barker
11. Slide In My Whip
12. Air U Out
13. Niggah Nah - Glory Warz
14. Sick Wit It
15. Stop Playin Wit Me
16. I Am What I Am - Ma Barker
17. Takin Over
18. Never Gonna Let You Go - Ma Barker
2008 - Half A Klip
01. Risin' Up
02. Turn It Out
03. 100 Rounds
04. The Life
05. Typical Nigga
06. What's More Realer Then That?
07. I Feel Bad For You Son
08. With A Bullet
09. On The Rise Again
10. Bonus 1
11. Bonus 2