J Beez wit the Remedy explained

J. Beez Wit the Remedy
Type:Album
Artist:Jungle Brothers
Cover:JungleBrothersJ.BeezWittheRemedy.jpg
Released:June 22, 1993
Recorded:1992–1993
Length:50:20
Label:Warner Bros.
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J. Beez Wit the Remedy is the third album by the Jungle Brothers, released in 1993 on Warner Bros. Records.[1]

Background

The album was the result of much label trouble, with Warner Bros. consistently rejecting the group's offerings.[2] [3] It was originally titled Crazy Wisdom Masters, and contained some experimental hip-hop for the time, as well as production from Bill Laswell.[4] [5] Though the final album is more conventional, experimental tracks remain, including a few from the Crazy Wisdom Masters sessions (e.g. "Spittin' Wicked Randomness", "For The Headz At Company Z"). Tracks from the Wisdom sessions were released in 1999.[4]

Critical reception

The Virginian-Pilot thought that "the super-stompin' '40 Below Trooper' and 'I'm in Love With Indica' are some of the most exciting music of the summer, and raise the inventiveness quotient of this vivid, good-humored rap set several notches."[6] The Guardian deemed the album the definitive example of "out rap," writing that the "scorched, gnarled noise, non-aligned beats and furiously choked vocals are nicely summed up in the song title 'Spittin Wicked Randomness'."[7]

Trouser Press wrote that "with its harder and more aggressive sound, the album simply doesn’t have the creative spark or infectiously happy-go-lucky vibe that distinguished Done by the Forces of Nature."[8] MTV called J Beez wit the Remedy "the clangiest, most disjointed hip-hop affair ever recorded."[9] The Spin Alternative Record Guide wrote: "Throwing it all away with a haphazardness that reveals the likes of Onyx as the sitcom puppets they are, the Jungle Brothers are back reinventing hip hop."

Track listing

  1. "40 Below Trooper" – 3:57
  2. "Book of Rhyme Pages" – 4:44
  3. "My Jimmy Weighs a Ton" – 3:37
  4. "Good Ole Hype Sh.." – 3:31
  5. "Blahbludify" – 2:33
  6. "Spark a New Flame" – 4:24
  7. "I'm in Love With Indica" – 4:14
  8. "Simple as That" – 3:53
  9. "All I Think About Is You" – 4:08
  10. "Good Lookin Out" – 3:31
  11. "JB's Comin Through" – 1:57
  12. "Spittin Wicked Randomness" – 3:32
  13. "For the Headz at Company Z" – 3:08
  14. "Manmade Material" – 3:11

Personnel

Singles

YearTrackChartPeak
1993"40 Below Trooper"Billboard Hot Rap Singles2
1993"On the Road Again (My Jimmy Weighs a Ton)"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jungle Brothers | Biography & History. AllMusic.
  2. Web site: Jungle Brothers . Washington City Paper . 28 March 1997 . 19 May 2021.
  3. Web site: The 10 Best Forgotten New York Hip-Hop Records. December 9, 2014. The Village Voice.
  4. Web site: A History of Music Bootlegs, Told Through 25 of the Most Significant Recordings. November 17, 2016. Vulture.
  5. Web site: They got it like that. Zac. Crain. March 2, 2000. Dallas Observer.
  6. News: Wright . Rickey . REVIEWS . The Virginian-Pilot . August 13, 1993 . Preview . 14.
  7. News: Eshun . Kodwo . A-Z of Pop: O is for Out Rap . The Guardian . 24 Mar 1995 . T10.
  8. Web site: Jungle Brothers . Trouser Press . 19 May 2021.
  9. Web site: Still Speakin' The Native Tongue. https://web.archive.org/web/20210519192318/http://www.mtv.com/news/621795/still-speakin-the-native-tongue/. dead. May 19, 2021. MTV News.

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