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Digital Underground
Although I'm not much of a hip hop fan, I sure love Digital Underground! It's all about their fun, party sound, groovy beats and funny lyrics.
In the early 90's I started listening to them after buying their album "Sons of the P" randomly because I liked their name and the jacket. I really enjoyed it and soon I got "Sex Packets" and "This is an EP Release", which I loved just as much. I had also seen the comedy "Nothing But Trouble" featuring the group performing a few full songs in the middle of the film.
Recently I had some of their songs stuck in my head, so I digged up "No Nose Job", a greatest hits CD that came out in 2001 and which I had bought then, and have been listening to that. Their old songs still sound very actual to me.
Last night a search brought me to group's mastermind Shock G's Web site (beware, full screen and all Flash) and I had a lot of fun seeing D.U.'s videos for the first time. I especially recommend "Doowutchyalike" and "No Nose Job". (They seemed to be made for real high bandwidth though so they may be better viewed at Yahoo! Launch here. "Humpty Hump Plastic Surgery Protest" also cracks me up!)
Shock G also just released a new solo album titled "Fear of a Mixed Planet", which features Humpty Hump (his big-nosed alter-ego) and Money B on a track or two.
Posted on August 15, 2004 at 20:11 | Tweet
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didn't one of their members lose most if not all of his funk collection in a house fire? i seem to remembering reading about that.
Posted by william on August 15, 2004 at 21:54
No clue about that...! I'd be interested by anymore info though.
Posted by Patrick on August 16, 2004 at 16:29
yeaaay!!!
now i have that girl's part in
the song stuck in my head.
"oh!!! oh!!! do me baby!!!"
Posted by wah on August 20, 2004 at 00:31
"... do the humpty hump"? But it's actually Humpty singing that. :)
Posted by Patrick on August 20, 2004 at 00:33
Natsukashii!
Brings back memories of high school ... oops am I too old !?!
Posted by chriskk on August 23, 2004 at 12:26
Check out "Your Sun Iza Pimp" off the album....has humpty/shock on it. INSANE! Shockg.com has the album for sale too (Fear of a Mixed Planet) for 10 bucks.
Posted by The Dude on August 27, 2004 at 15:21