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Track Listings
| 1. Intro - Cassetteboy and DJ Rubbish |
| 2. From The Block - G Form |
| 3. Pains Of Life - GM Baby |
| 4. Why Brother? - Cassetteboy |
| 5. 3.10 - The Roads |
| 6. George Bush is an Islamic Fundamentalist - The Rub feat. Bill Clinton On Sax |
| 7. Pain and Scars (The Haywain) - Cassetteboy |
| 8. Coming Right Out - DJ Rubbish |
| 9. Rising Up Craig David - Picasio |
| 10. Hard Being Poor Timberjack feat Tat (aka Shasta Screams) |
| 11. Shut Up Fucker - Project Brothers |
| 12. Clip on Dred Lock Shop - Philie T |
| 13. Mad For Ya Baby - Spectre |
| 14. Orinoco Flow - MC Building Peaks |
| 15. Revolution Soldier - Giddee Limit |
| 16. At The Shops - Anne Frankingmachine |
| 17. McPremier - killer Street |
| 18. Dont Bother - Cassetteboy |
| 19. Outro - DJ Rubbish and Cassetteboy |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Like De La Soul's Three Feet High & Rising, The Pharcyde's 1992 debut came at a time when hip-hop was headed in one direction and the group were going somewhere else entirely. A crew of spunky b-boys armed with a self-abating sense of humour, The Pharcyde made an album that was fresh and profoundly honest. "Ya Mama" is a clever array of mother jokes set to cartoonish beats; "On the DL" has each MC unguardedly making self-denigrating confessions (like Fat Lip admitting to masturbating--previously a hip-hop no-no); and "Passin' Me By" is an ode to hopeless crushes on unattainable women. The group's playfulness was also infused with smarts, too, most visibly on "Officer". Recorded around the time of the Rodney King verdict, the song was an indictment of racial profiling--shrouded, of course, in a comic tale that parodied Public Enemy's "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos". With animated beats from J-Swift (the West Coast version of Prince Paul) and four distinct rhyming styles, particularly Slim Kid Tre's melodiousness and Fat Lip's nerdiness, this album captures an innocence rarely seen in the music's posturing ways. It is something that this album captures forever. --Joseph Patel
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
'bizzarre ride to the pharcyde' has got to be an essential for any hip-hop listener. it is sure the fresheest album i have ever heard in the world of hip-hop. i can describe these guys in two words , 'genuine genius'. they do not boast the 'gangsta' image, or do not reflect the gentrification of the movement, they are pure and in it for the music. even down to the inlay cover, everything is perfect, it shows a wacky journey of leaness on a rollercoaster taking you to all different hights of fun and feeling!! the beats range from fast and kinda dancy old-school funk, to more relaxing vibes which show the heavy jazz influence in the music. and the MCing, the rhymes are all like poetry and the speed could sometimes be drum n' bass, exept always presenting something new and never repetitive. so crack on this album, it wont let you down!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album is one of the best albums ever! This album has a hidden depth of sweetness, On first listens its a cool fresh kinda HipHop with each MC holding their own brilliantly, after a while This album had me putting it on Repeat for hours, it dominated all my tapes on my walkman...(yes WALKMAN!!) I would now give a list of the tightest tracks on the album, but each track is way too beautifully crafted to pick just a few. The Rhymes are Slick, Fresh, Funny and you'll always find a verse that'll make you smile. I have played this album to death but its Sooooo Damn Fresh i could never get bored.
Beautifully Perfect
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album is incredible. The production, the beats, the lyrics, the style, everything. It never takes itself too seriously but it is so much better than 99.9% of mainstream rap/hip hop today. A real shame there are only a few Pharcyde albums, this and labcab are really great. Do yourself a favour and listen to this album.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
My Favourite Ever Album
Simply my most cherished album. One of literally only four or five albums I can genuinely say I never get tired of.
Published 23 months ago by Ash
brilliant funny hip-hop genius
at time of writing this albeit long overdue review/add-on (in april 09- the lp cameout in '92!): there was already 14 other glowing reviews of this lp and for good reason: its... Read more
Published on 13 April 2009 by simon mack
Whatever happened to the pharcyde anyway?
Fresher, funkier and much funnier than a lot of what was going on in hip hop at the time, this is a perfect little snapshot of the early nineties and a reminder that gangsta rap -... Read more
Published on 26 Feb 2009 by Hunneric
timeless
like other reviews on here this is the best album i own !
have not stopped listening to it for the last 10 yrs , its in my car , my house , my mp3player ,i advise anyone who... Read more
have not stopped listening to it for the last 10 yrs , its in my car , my house , my mp3player ,i advise anyone who... Read more
Published on 22 April 2008 by Mr. K. Tiplady
10 years to contemplate this....
Ok, I take this kind of thing very seriously and I didn't want to jump to any rash conclusions so I have mulled this over for 10 years. Read more
Published on 13 July 2007 by Skechy
Ever heard a newsreader say "A**e"?
I heard the cassette boy track "JOLIVER" mixed up with the "Grange Hill" theme tune on DJ Yoda and Dan Greenpeace "Unthugged-essential mix" and i was hooked. Read more
Published on 28 April 2005 by "age2002"
pretty funny stuff
this album has been well arranged and is fun to listen to, showed it to my friends and we had a laugh at the voice editing (cutup doctored)and the streets piss take is funny, also... Read more
Published on 23 Feb 2005 by L. Rahmani
Excellent debut from the quirky westsiders!
A bizarre ride it is indeed. What a debut! From the men that proved west coast does'nt have to mean gangster. This album pleases on so many levels. Read more
Published on 10 Dec 2004 by G. J. Shanks
Great Stuff
A great album, with brilliant cut-up sequences from cassette boy, DJ Rubbish is the host and some great stuff. Read more
Published on 1 Aug 2004
Real dope!
'Bizarre Ride' is truly one of the dopest hip-hop albums ever! If you like De La Soul then you'll love this - real phunky-fresh beats which sound as new as when they were released... Read more
Published on 27 April 2003 by R. K. Price
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