Saturday, 2 January 2016

A Grand Puba deep cuts playlist 4 u


The year's Brand Nu' so here's a compilation of deep cuts by Grand Pu'.


The wheres and whens: I Ain't Goin' Out Like That and How Ya Livin' are Brand Nubian's O.G 1989 demo tracks; Fat Rat is Puba's debut solo track from the Strictly Business OST in 1991; the video mix of Check It Out, Mind Ya Business, and T-Ray's remix of Ya Know How It Goes are all non-album cuts from 1992; Time To Get It On and Can U Dig It are officially unreleased songs recorded in 1994 in the lead up to his sophomore album; Brand Nu Hustle and Somebody Told A Lie were both recorded for Brand Nubian's Foundation LP in 1998 but didn't surface until the early '00s; the 2002 Pete Rock remix of Issues is the only great song to emerge from his tenure with Koch Records; Let's Go is taken from the Top Shelf 8/8/88 compilation in 2007 but was designed to sound like a lost track from 1988; It Is What It Is and Good To Go with Q-Tip are the sole highlights of his 2009 Retroactive LP; The More Things Change was his surprisingly nice comeback track from 2015.
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15 comments:

  1. Unknown2 January 2016 at 13:55

    Well my New Years was wack but a Grand Puba comp def makes up for it thank you.

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  2. Kelvin Mack10zie2 January 2016 at 15:06

    🏄

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  3. step one2 January 2016 at 15:41

    excellent work. Still havent heard all that Top Shelf comp though.

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  4. Kelvin Mack10zie2 January 2016 at 15:51

    I'll Zippyshare that shit when I get in later and send it over.

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  5. Smell Rell2 January 2016 at 17:13

    Can I get that top shelf rar too?

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  6. Kelvin Mack10zie2 January 2016 at 18:30

    ~~~> TOP SHELF '88 <~~~

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  7. Smell Rell2 January 2016 at 20:54

    Thank you.

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  8. Super Brad3 January 2016 at 10:38

    Yeeeeah!

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  9. d3 January 2016 at 15:58

    pubas everythiiiing and everything is pu

    maith agat

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  10. Grand Ruba3 January 2016 at 18:03

    Needed this one in my life.

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  11. Fred4 January 2016 at 09:55

    This is meant as a genuine question, not a smartass one : you wanna explain the Grand Puba love, why do you think that guy is so good?

    I got 2000 at home and never really got into it, I mean I like it ok, but it probably only gets spinned once a year, and it never made me feel like I should dig more, but maybe I'm missing out on something?

    I'm dling the comp though, curious to hear that. You should do a recap-post of all your deep-cuts/themed comp at some point (AZ, No-Limit Richmond Era, Concentration Camp etc ...), I got a few of em but pretty sure I missed some others.

    Cheers

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  12. Kelvin Mack10zie4 January 2016 at 10:21

    Start with the first Brand Nubian and work forward from there?

    But if you already have 2000 and don't listen to I Like It and A Little Of This on a regular basis then maybe Puba just ain't 4 u.

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  13. Anonymous4 January 2016 at 20:59

    this is dope af

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  14. Anonymous5 January 2016 at 12:21

    Dope comp! You should really include Don't Change as well considering it's a great song that was recorded around the 2000-sessions but never made the album. Peace/Grass

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  15. Kelvin Mack10zie5 January 2016 at 12:27

    Not heard that one. Will investigate.

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