(From And In This Corner... album; 1989)
This song could be a TEMPUR mattress the way I've slept on it. As far as late 80s jams built around vocal samples go, The Reverend belongs in the top 3 alongside LL Cool J's The Doo Wop and Nice & Smooth's Dope On A Rope. Plus, with that Mary Mary drum break it had the potential to be a Running Man classic. So why isn't this shit heralded as one of the best Jeff & Will album cuts? It's a mystery, Father Brown.
Random-Rap spods tend to be terrible cheerleaders for the Golden-Era because they'll turn their noses up at a killer Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince album track but spunk themselves silly over some mediocre obscure 12" by a 5th rate MC Shan clone. That's why 95% of vinyl purist blokes make useless music guides, and if you disagree then you can see deez.
PS: MC EZ & Troup's Get Retarded is disqualified from the late 80s jams built around vocal samples canon because it's Craig Mack doing the Zoom, Zoom, Zooming himself.
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R.I.P. Philaflava. The traditional rap forum of yore still sadly hasn't been replaced, even in today's super connected world. Reddit is shit for most rap discussions, the blogosphere died out and I seriously can't find the energy to sit through hours of podcasts which I could've also spent listening to the music itself. Thank god for the Martorialist comment section.
Had no idea The Monkees were the source of my fave Run-DMC song until reading this post.
Cheers.
"Feel the groove, bust a move
Yo, yo I'm tired, what about you
Man this is somethin' to dance to"
NWA rocked the Sly & The Family Stone sample better.
It's like a Baby Blue reunion up in here.
Mary Mary - the drum break so good its provided the backbone of songs from artists as diverse as JVC Force and Cornershop.
Anonymous, no way - The Reverend is a better song.
I'd suggest you check out Stay Fly on that Doe or Die 2 Deluxe edition he's rapping over an 80's break beat and sounds great over it.
Oh wow, the Larry Smith & Davy DMX drum track which ruled 1983 👍
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