Album Review: Renegotiations - The Remixes
September 29th 2006 13:16
Their last two albums, ‘Elephunk’ and ‘Monkey Business’ are the epitome of pop flavoured R&B and does not appeal to the hip hop purists unlike the rampaging masses.
Released on January 1st, 2006, ‘Renegotiations – The Remixes’ brought BEP back to their roots (as in before slurry-bag Fergie joined the group).
Ten months later and the EP is still unknown to the general public; kind of like the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden.
I knew it wouldn’t take off. I was, and still am, confident that you can’t trust the general public to listen to the good stuff (or smoke it if that’s your thing).
That being said, I am reviewing the EP on it’s music rather than its popularity. One thing I have to say is that ‘Renegotiations – The Remixes’ is BEP’s saving grace. From hip hop maestros to pop divas, they can claim back the street cred they once had
The EP is nothing short of solid hip hop. With talented individuals doing the remixes (such as DJ Premier, Eric Sermon, and Pete Rock), there is no wonder this mini-album is so damn good.
While the entire EP is solid, the tracks that really stand out (in terms of lyrical hip hop) are ‘Like That’, ‘Audio Delete’ and ‘They Don’t Want Music’. The first two tracks are original album versions, while the latter includes some awesome hooks sung by James Brown.
The rest of the tracks are great too, although the originals were so ‘pop’ that a lot of work had to be done to the beats to, some how, save them from a bubblegum fate. Though not being as pure, so to speak, these tracks achieve a happy medium of catchy pop hooks and pure hip hop beats.
‘Renegotiations – The Remixes’ is actually a rare album to get your hands on. If you have the chance to get it, don’t hesitate; it’s worth it.
Take care and peace out…
Ten months later and the EP is still unknown to the general public; kind of like the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden.
I knew it wouldn’t take off. I was, and still am, confident that you can’t trust the general public to listen to the good stuff (or smoke it if that’s your thing).
That being said, I am reviewing the EP on it’s music rather than its popularity. One thing I have to say is that ‘Renegotiations – The Remixes’ is BEP’s saving grace. From hip hop maestros to pop divas, they can claim back the street cred they once had
The EP is nothing short of solid hip hop. With talented individuals doing the remixes (such as DJ Premier, Eric Sermon, and Pete Rock), there is no wonder this mini-album is so damn good.
While the entire EP is solid, the tracks that really stand out (in terms of lyrical hip hop) are ‘Like That’, ‘Audio Delete’ and ‘They Don’t Want Music’. The first two tracks are original album versions, while the latter includes some awesome hooks sung by James Brown.
The rest of the tracks are great too, although the originals were so ‘pop’ that a lot of work had to be done to the beats to, some how, save them from a bubblegum fate. Though not being as pure, so to speak, these tracks achieve a happy medium of catchy pop hooks and pure hip hop beats.
‘Renegotiations – The Remixes’ is actually a rare album to get your hands on. If you have the chance to get it, don’t hesitate; it’s worth it.
Take care and peace out…
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