If there was a “Fantasy Hip Hop Draft”, Marley Marl and Mr. Magic would have a sick squad and their team name would be The Juice Crew.
Who had the #1 overall verse?
The Symphony
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1st off congrats IN A BIG WAY Mills,STROY.I’M SUPER-EXCITED for YOU THREE {Meaning DJSmu.Too of course.}
Mills, brother i got a few words from Nathaniel Wilson: Ay,when Marley gives a slice/i get nice/& my voice/is twice/as horrifying as Vincent Price.The Kool Genius gets-it for me.& Craig G & MasterAce both b-cuz KGR & BDK are sick way before a “sick” barr was set.Kinda makes it diffucult to choose.23 Yrs. after the Juice Crew (Col’Chillin).Using a MarleyMarl blueprint (at times flipping as many as 5 dif *rip* JamesBrown samples.Into one magical canvas for the Crew,& many outside it e.g.-ChubbRock,HeavyD,LL’s best records imo,& too many remix’s too count.)
The Symphony tho’ put the Posse in Posse Cut.Paving the way for a whole new phenom.The feature.From the feature to whole entire LP collabo.To 2011.Where when ego’s are left at door.We get an LP like RandomAxe’s briliant debut.3 sep entities,one common goal.This imo wasn’t inevitable.It’s imo (& while a fun post, makes it MAD IMPORTANT.)
BTW-The 4 Juice Crew all-stars pictured (for those who may not know)clockwise from top (L) Kool G. Rap,Craig G,BigDaddyKane,& Master Ace (all still very relavant)
This TIMELESS CLASSIC.OMG.Batting lead-off Masta Ace let’s you know another Bklynite (BDK,being other) is here to stay amongst this QB born & bred crew.Then at the 2 spot Craig “i never lost a battle” G. DropsScience.Batting 3rd with an on-base pct. of 1000%{prolly why on pt.2 he get’s the coveted clean-up spot.SHREDING IT.}IS the Kool Genius of Rap.& On the heels of releasing his classic debut LongLiveTheKane.The LP that gave-us RAW,AIN’T NO HALF STEPPIN’,every track on debut a classic.&The photo Mills displays on post is the sleeve to the LP,or cd,& cass.Best BDK Quotable from verse:…“The trigger,i figure,my pockets gettin’ bigga’/ CUZ WHEN it comes to money/AEYO GRANT’s/my NIGGA’ ”
Still the lisp &lines like this (wrote in’87) “Makin’ veteran’s/run for medicine/ cuz i put out more light’s/in a fight/ than CON-EDISON ”-Nuff said KGR by a nose over BDK.imo-thank’s & the winner is…..T7B.
Ethex, I have to respectfully disagree with you on this one my brother! BDK takes this one!
I thought long & hard about this Stroy.*pauz* As you see i stated by a nose.If this were a race.You’d have 2 thoroughbreds in a photo finish.This joint is the joint that had conversations turn from KRS,RAKIM,& KANE.To even prompt an ’88 SPIN cover story.To include KGR in convo.Having many such as myself,Lazy Jay,Bobbito Garcia champion KGR our fav soloists of an era.However.These 2 verses were both gift’s from the bboy GOD’s.I love these posts.Keep’em up.