Action Packed Adventure Explained

Action Packed Adventure! (OST)
Type:Album
Artist:Yaggfu Front
Cover:YaggfuAPA.jpg
Released:1994
Recorded:1992–1993
Genre:Underground hip hop
Length:58:33
Label:
Producer:
Next Title:The Secret Tapes
Next Year:2002

Action Packed Adventure!, also known as Action Packed Adventure! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), is the debut album by the rap group Yaggfu Front.[1] [2] It has been compared to the Pharcyde & Das EFX for its quirky and somewhat playful lyrics. The first single was "Left Field".[3] The title track is about the group's efforts to obtain a recording contract.[4]

Critical reception

The Independent wrote: "The montage of found-sounds that separates the tracks—answerphone messages, fake announcements etc.—may be directly descended from De La Soul, but the vocal style here is less relaxed, more in the vein of speed-rappers like Das EFX. Fitting syllables to beats like complex jigsaw puzzles, their incessant rap style can ultimately be as wearing as their vocabulary is impressive."[5]

Track listing

TitleTime
1"Fanfare & Previews"3:25
2"Where'd You Get Your Bo Bo's?"4:05
3"Trooper 101"4:20
4"Mr. Hook"3:51
5"Busted Loop"4:17
6"Fruitless-Moot"3:20
7"Black Liquid"3:29
8"Slappin' Suckas Silly" [LP Remix]4:21
9"Action Packed Adventure"4:29
10"Left Field"4:00
11"Hold 'Em Back (What's the Meaning?)"3:54
12"Uptown Downtown"3:15
13"Frontline"5:27
14"Sweet Caroline"1:58
15"My Dick Is So Large" (bonus track)4:22

Notes and References

  1. Action Packed Adventure by Yaggfu Front . Billboard . Feb 12, 1994 . 106 . 7 . 92.
  2. Web site: Yaggfu Front Biography by John Bush . AllMusic . 21 June 2024.
  3. News: Menconi . David . Rap goes to college . The News & Observer . Jan 28, 1994 . What's Up . 13.
  4. News: Floyd . Mike . Hip-hop: N.C. group takes unusual route . Detroit Free Press . Feb 21, 1994 . 3E.
  5. News: Albums: It's never too late . The Independent . Apr 21, 1994 . Pop . 1.