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- From: erc@plitvice.berkeley.edu (Eric Ng)
- Subject: Re: A Tribe Called Quest Remixes
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.043424.7326@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
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- References: <Mf1keB600VQj83sZsP@andrew.cmu.edu> <1992Nov16.033140.9994@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <1992Nov18.084055.10797@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 04:34:24 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.084055.10797@ultb.isc.rit.edu> klm3298@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:
- >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.
-
- Well, I'm not saying that I *hate* listening to it or nothing, but it
- just not as all that as everyone made it out to be...
-
- >>+ "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.
-
- The first time I heard it I was the say way: but after a year and a half,
- it's nice to hear something different.
-
- >>+ 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.
-
- The mixes of "Bonita Applebum" are the 12" Why? Edit by C. J. Mackintosh
- (5:30) and the "Hootie Mix" 3:15.
-
- >>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?
-
- Yeah, that would be Roop from Cal... but it's an import... hard to find,
- and mucho ducketts.
-
- >>
- >>-eric
- >>--
- >>eric ng erc@zabriskie.berkeley.edu ...!ucbvax!zabriskie!erc
- >
- >K-Mello
- >SHYGUY Productions '92
-
- The track listing is as follows:
-
- 1. Bonita Applebum (12" Why? Edit) 5:30
- 2. I Left My Wallet in El Segundo (Vampire Mix) 5:54
- 3. Description of a Fool (Talkie) 3:04
- 4. Pubic Enemy (Saturday Night Discomix) 4:16
- 5. Check the Rhime (Mr. Muhammad's Mix) 3:37
- 6. Luck of Lucien (Main Mix) 7:08
- 7. Can I Kick It? (Extended Boilerhouse Mix) 6:40
- 8. Scenario (Young Nation Mix) 5:10
- 9. If the Papes Come (Remix) 4:14
- 10. Jazz (We've Got) (Re-recording) 4:19
- 11. Butter (Hip Hop Mix) 3:56
- 12. Bonita Applebum (Hootie Mix) 3:15
-
- -eric
-
- --
- eric ng erc@zabriskie.berkeley.edu ...!ucbvax!zabriskie!erc
-