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- From: klm3298@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (K-Mello SGP '92)
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- Subject: Re: A Tribe Called Quest Remixes
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.084055.10797@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 08:40:55 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov16.033140.9994@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>, erc@whitesands.berkeley.edu (Eric Ng) writes:
- >...deleted
- >I just got the remix album, and while I don't have it right here with me,
- >it contains, among others:
- >
- >+ what it says is a remix of "If the Papes Come": after hearing more than
- > a few people rant and rave about this, I have to say it was sort of a
- > letdown when I finally heard it
- >
-
- I don't know about no remix, but the version on the US 12" for "Can I Kick It?"
- was dope. I don't see how you could be talking about the same versions if this
- one was a letdown for you.
-
- >...deleted
- >+ a re-recording (different vocals, different beats) of "Jazz (We've Got)"
- > I like this a lot... the beats contain that same machine-like noise from
- > EPMD's "It's Going Down"
- >
-
- This was from the "Jazz(We've Got)" 12". Dope remix with new beat and new
- lyrics.
-
- >+ a "Boilerplate" remix of "Can I Kick It?" which is so-so: again, I was
- > hoping that they would put the "Spirit Mix" (or is it "Sprint Mix") on,
- > i.e., the one from the video... another big disappointment
-
- The video I saw had the LP version on it. However, I am one of the few people
- I know who liked the "Spirits Mix" of "Can I Kick It?". There is also a
- "phase-5 mix" that isn't that bad.
-
- >
- >+ "Mr. Muhammad's Mix" of "Check the Rhime"... the lazy one with the flute;
- > I didn't like this when I first heard it, but now I think it's nice
- >
-
- Never cared for this mix much. In the words of Q-Tip, why remix it? It sounds
- dope the way it is.
-
- >+ a couple so-so (nothing special) mixes of various songs, including
- > "Pubic Enemy", "Bonita Applebum" (2 of these, in fact), "Luck of Lucien",
- > "Butter," and "Description of a Fool"
- >
-
- What were the times on the "Bonita Applebum" remixes? I have a supposed U.K.
- remix 12" with the radio edit(3:18), the remix(3:15), the LP version(3:35), the
- UK 12" mix(9:35), and the UK radio edit(4:11). The UK versions include when
- the full lyrics "I used to be on you like a fly to shit" without "shit" being
- silenced out, and the remix is the one with the Isley Brothers sample. I'm
- curious to see if there were yet more versions.
-
- >All in all, a definite disappointment, as I was looking primarily for
- >the "7 MC's" mix of "Scenario", the "Spirit Mix" of "Can I Kick It?", and
- >was curious about "If the Papes Come?". Having a new version of "Jazz"
- >and an okay remix of "Check the Rhime" on were nice surprises, but not
- >anything to write home about.
- >
- >It seems that Jive has recently started releasing CD singles (with the
- >"Hot Sex" track)... *why* *why* *why* couldn't they have begun with
- >"Scenario" (the previous single) so I could easily get "7 MC's" on CD?
-
- Didn't someone post earlier about having the "Scenario" CD single with the "7
- MC's" mix on it?
-
- >
- >-eric
- >--
- >eric ng erc@zabriskie.berkeley.edu ...!ucbvax!zabriskie!erc
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