- Audio CD (5 Nov 2001)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Definitive Jux
- ASIN: B00005Q3YU
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 309,791 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Interlude - Kool Kieth Freestyle |
| 2. Kick a dope verse - The Cenobites (Nomad 10-7 and X-74) feat. Bobbito |
| 3. I'm gonna kill you - Juggaknots |
| 4. Interlude - Cage freestyle |
| 5. Interlude - El P DBA the lyrical punisher and J-Treds freestyle |
| 6. Interlude - The arsonists freestyle |
| 7. The session - The arsonists (Dirty 89tec9 mix) |
| 8. Flossin - Y@K ballz |
| 9. Dead bent - M. F. Doom (Original 12" version) |
| 10. Turn up the fucking bass - Cucumber Slice |
| 11. Alcoholic vibes - Lord Sear |
| 12. Scars and memories - M. F. Grimm |
| 13. World premiere - MHz |
| 14. Powers of nine ether (distorted views of life) - Scienz Of Life |
| 15. Widespread - Jakki Tha Mota Mouth feat. Copywrite of MHz |
| 16. Blaze the breaks - Cashless Society feat. Snazz D, Black Intellect and X-Amount |
| 17. Beat you in the head - Binkis feat. Jax and Flux |
| 18. Fondle 'em fossils - DJ Eli, Breeze, Q-Unique, Godfather Don, J-Treds and M. F. Doom |
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Listening to Farewell To Fondle 'Em is like tuning into the coolest, most mysterious and uncompromising hip-hop radio station you've ever heard. With good reason, as it happens, since between 1994 and 2000 Fondle 'Em was the label run by noted New York hip-hop radio DJ Bobbito Garcia. Now, as he decides to wind up operations, the highlights of those releases have been gathered for this fine compilation. Given the presence of underground luminaries like Kool Keith, Juggaknots and former Company Flow leader El-P (whose own Def Jux imprint is behind this release), Farewell To Fondle 'Emis an effective survey of how these rappers and DJs built an alternative to the bling-bling-infatuated mainstream. But to imagine these 18 tracks only appeal as leftfield obscurities would be wrong. What's most apparent here is a love and respect for the traditional hip-hop arts: minimal funk loops and breakbeats underpinning playful and dextrous raps, often freestyles recorded for Bobbito's show. Check out the Jurassic 5-style interplay of The Arsonists, the slurred Wu-esque meditations of MF Doom, or the sex-and-ecstacy-addled Y@k Ballz for proof that hip-hop's secret history can be every bit as exciting as its mainstream heroes. --John Mulvey
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Grrrrreat like Tony the Tiger!,
By M. Esq "eleuthranaut" (the Original York City) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Farewell Fondle 'em (Audio CD)
First class Hip-Hop, approved by Bobbito! the best cure for a 50 pence hating, gun slinging, spray painting, hardcore, b-boy! ya dig! (in fact just 35 pence at the current exchange rate!)
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5.0 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
It's 4.5 stars, but regardless, you should buy it.,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Farewell Fondle 'em (Audio CD)
If you've been sleeping, Bobbito Garcia's Fondle 'Em label was a great place for NYC-based hip-hop in the mid-to-late 90's. Featuring energetic, ridiculously talented MCs and producers, there were more than a few classics released on Fondle 'Em. Catch great moments from the Juggaknots, MF Grimm, MF Doom, The Cenobites (Kool Kieth and Godfather Don), The Arsonists, El-P, J-Treds, Binkis Records and more on this retrospective compilation. If you like fun, yet substantial hip-hop, with an East Coast slant, this album should be yours.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best of Fondle Em',
By UG Head - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Farewell Fondle 'em (Audio CD)
In 1995, Bobbito Garcia unknowingly started a legacy...a legacy of exceptional hip hop music that went against trends and paved the way for other independents like Rawkus, Stones Throw and Def Jux.
Great tracks are abundant on this record, as is their entire catalogue, but i will list my three favorites.. 1.Widespread by Jakki tha Motamouth and Copywrite 2.Kick a Dope Verse by The Cenobites and Bobbito 3.I'm Gonna Kill You by The Juggaknots 3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
If your sleeping on this Compilation, you're really missing out,
By W. Turesky "Wes T." - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Farewell Fondle 'em (Audio CD)
I must say this is one of the best compalation album's I have ever heard. I love hiphop/rap music, and have been listening to it since '96 and love all sorts of good stuff. I recommand this CD to anyone who likes COMPANY FLOW, THE WEATHERMEN, Or MF DOOM. This CD is packed with real hot beats and some real dope lyrics. It also has a little humor in it, which is always funny. The CD also includes a little story about DJ Cumcumber Slice aka Bobbito Garcia who had a radio station with Stretch Armstrong. All of the songs that are on this Album are published under Stretch and Bobbito's label, which both of them owned named Fondle 'Em. And that is where this CD got it's name if you didn't already know that. I think the best songs on the CD are The Cenonbites f/ Bobbito with "Kick a Dope Verse", and Yak Ballz with "Flossin". This CD is a perfect example of excellent underground sound. Blows away anything commercial. Go pick this up!
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