| Product Summary | | Label: Caroline Distribution | | UPC: 00673791006829 | | Release Date: 9/26/2000 | | Buy.com Sku: 201983408 | | Item#: M2MQ9R | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Intro - (featuring J.U.S.) ~ Phife Dawg |  | | 2. Flawless ~ Phife Dawg | | | 3. Alphabet Soup ~ Phife Dawg | | | 4. Miscellaneous ~ Phife Dawg | | | 5. D.R.U.G.S. - (featuring DJ Hi-Tek) ~ Phife Dawg | | | 6. Tha Club Hoppa ~ Phife Dawg | | | 7. Lemme Find Out - (featuring Pete Rock) ~ Phife Dawg | | | 8. Ben Dova ~ Phife Dawg | | | 9. Beats, Rhymes & Phife - (featuring Dave West) ~ Phife Dawg | | | 10. Ventilation ~ Phife Dawg | | | 11. 4 Horsemen - (featuring No Name) ~ Phife Dawg | | | 12. Melody Adonis ~ Phife Dawg | | | 13. Outro - (featuring J.U.S.) ~ Phife Dawg | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Phife Dawg is former frontman of hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest. | | Producers include: Pete Rock, Hi-Tek, Jay Dee, Fred Wreck, Rick Rock. | | Recorded at The Cutting Room and Electric Lady Studios, New York, New York; | | Infinite Studios, Alameda, California; Patchwerk Studios, Atlanta, Georgia; Fred's Tilt, Los Angeles, California. | | All the time that rapper Phife Dawg spent at the helm of A Tribe Called Quest, he was completely embroiled in the group aesthetic, and that's a good thing. Otherwise, they might never have been able to assemble what amounts to one of the most impressive ouevres in all of what's come to be known as progressive hip-hop. But it seems that Phife's collectivism prevented him from ever exploring his ideas in a solo format--that is, until the release of VENTILATION: DA LP. | | On this inspired disc of forward-looking hip-hop, Phife takes the ideas he spawned during his Tribe days to new places. Lyrically, he's still in a class by himself, spinning rhymes with the best of them. But it's the idiosyncratic production touches and unique sense of song structure on VENTILATION that bespeaks the true innovation of which Phife is capable. This disc is recommended not only to fans of Tribe, but to anyone looking for a freshly cut road in the often monochromatic world of hip-hop. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 10/03/2000 | | Original Release Date : 2000 | | Catalog ID : 68 | | Label : Groove Attack (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00673791006829 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Muzik (10/00, p.73)
- 4 out of 5 - "...He keeps the beats and rhymes straight up and it works....it feels like a truthful [album]..."Vibe (12/00, p.204)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...Establishes himself as a streetwise iconoclast capable of mind-boggling vocal gymnastics....Phife wields the mike like a flame-thrower..." Melody Maker (10/10/00, p.48)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...Nu-rap bloke with big rhymes and bigger puns..." |
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