Another fantastic Blakey & Messenger's album, though a bit inoffensive as far as Blakey's highly regarded works go. Felt myself wanting a little more on a few of these tracks, though its still a great album nontheless
Fav tracks: All
Not quite one of Blakey's best or most interesting, but a fantastic listen regardless
Fav tracks: Sincerely diana, So tired, Yama, Kozo'z waltz
Probably the most rhythmically chaotic jazz record ive heard. The drum playing is fantastic.
Fav tracks: All
Seriously underappreciated jazz record
Fav tracks: Free for all, Hammer head, The core, Pensativa
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Much deserving of the praise it gets. A quintessential jazz listen
Fav tracks: Moanin, Are you real, Along came betty, Blues march, Come rain or come shine, The drum thunder suite
Got intrigued by this cause of the fire cover art and the music luckily is just as fire. It's basically jazz in space. Quite the acid trip of an album
Fav tracks: All
The quintessential summer album. Everything about this just has a warm feeling to it. A classic in my eyes
Fav tracks: Breezin, This masquerade, Six to four, Affirmation, So this is love, Lady
Such an interesting fusion of sounds as far as a jazz album goes. Not necessarily as groundbreaking as Time Out but when the music is performed this masterfully anyway, it doesnt need to be.
Fav tracks: Tokyo traffic, Tokis theme, The city is crying, Osaka blues, Koto song, Rising sun, Zen is when
The most jazz, jazz album youll ever hear. Ahead of its time (pun intended).
Fav tracks: Blue rondo, Strange meadow lark, Take five, 3 to get ready, Kathys waltz, Everybodys jumpin, Pick up sticks
A bit of a disjointed follow up compared to Paul's Boutique, but there's bits of the quality you'd expect in a Beastie project
Fav tracks: Jimmy james, Finger lickin good, Pow, Professor booty
This is up there with Paul's Boutique as their best album. Clean production for its time and like always has great energy from each member.
Fav tracks: Sure shot, Root down, Get it together, Sabrosa, Flute loop, Do it, Ricky's theme, The update, B boys makin with the freak freak, Bobo on the corner, Alright hear this, The scoop, Shambala, Transitions
May not be the Beastie's best project, but its definitely their most interesting and unique. Does run on the longer side than what I normally prefer in an album, but the highs on this are some of the bests in Beastie Boys' entire catalogue
Fav tracks: Intergalactic, Body movin, Just a test, Remote control, The move, The grasshopper unit, Electrify, Unite
For being such an early era hip hop albums this still holds up really well. Has some of the best production as far as 80's hip hop albums go, and each members energy on this makes it that much better. It does still feel rough around the edges, but to an extent that gives it part of its charm
Fav tracks: Shes crafty, The new style, No sleep till brooklyn
Man do i love abstract hip hop
Fav tracks: Legendary iron hood, Feel at home, Hymnal, No selling, Happy wasteland day, Daydreaming in the projects, Brick body complex, Tldr, 95 radios, My aunties building
Mikes best for sure
Fav tracks: Nuthin i can do is wrng, As 4 me, Ezema, Light, No curse lifted, What do i do, Ipari park, Swoosh 23, Tapestry, Stop worry, Weary love, Concrete, Closing credits
Abstract hip hop at its finest
Fav tracks: Dembe, Zap, Snake charm, Plz dont cut my wings, U think maybe, Zombie, Set the mood, Billboards, 98, Do you believe, Burning desire, They dont stop, Baby jesus, Ho rizin, Mussel beach, Sixteens, What u say u are, Golden hour, Lets have a ball
An oldschool classic. Such a fun listen
Fav tracks: Shake your rump, Johnny ryall, Egg man, The sounds of science, 3 minute rule, Hey ladies, Looking down the barrel, Car thief, What comes around, Shadrach
Why are there so many fantastic albums not on streaming. It hurts
Fav tracks: All of them
Another album that needs to be on streaming services.
Fav tracks: The auditorium, Wahid, Priority, Pretty dancer, Workers comp, Revelations, Roses, History, Casa bey, Supermagic, Pistola
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