World Ultimate Explained

World Ultimate
Type:studio
Artist:the Nonce
Cover:WorldUltimate.jpg
Studio:Kitchen Sync Studios, Hollywood, California, U.S.
Genre:Hip hop
Producer:The Nonce
Next Title:The Sight of Things
Next Year:1998

World Ultimate is the first studio album by American hip hop group the Nonce. It was released by American Recordings and Wild West Records on February 28, 1995.[1] [2] "Bus Stops" peaked at number 44 on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart.[3]

Critical reception

Glen Sansone of CMJ New Music Monthly stated that "World Ultimate tips its cap to both L.L. Cool J and MC Shan, while joining loose, outgoing B-Boy posturing with old-school beats jacketed in an ethereal coating, as on 'Mix Tapes.'"[4] The Village Voice called "Keep It On" "perfect, passages of cool jazz chording blending into flat noise and movement."[5]

Steve Huey of AllMusic wrote, "Occasionally, the duo can get a little too relaxed, but on the whole it's an engaging alternative to the standard West Coast gangsta fare." Matt Welty of Complex commented that "MCs Nouka Basetype (who would later go by Sach) and Yusef Afloat came together with their conscious perspectives to rap over jazzy instrumentation about everything from taking the bus to the issues plaguing hip-hop."[6] In 2012, Fact included the album on the "Most Overlooked Hip-Hop LPs of the 90s" list.[7]

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

The Nonce

Additional personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Nonce Were One of L.A.'s Greatest '90s Rap Groups — Until Tragedy Intervened. LA Weekly. Pete. Tosiello. September 28, 2015. November 26, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20200813012302/https://www.laweekly.com/the-nonce-were-one-of-l-a-s-greatest-90s-rap-groups-until-tragedy-intervened/. August 13, 2020. live.
  2. Web site: Hip-Hop Moments in 1995 That Were Pivotal to the Golden Era. XXL. Luke. Fox. February 4, 2021. November 26, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20210226003327/https://www.xxlmag.com/1995-hip-hop-timeline/. February 26, 2021. live.
  3. The Nonce: Chart History. Billboard. June 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180602124225/https://www.billboard.com/music/the-nonce/chart-history. June 2, 2018. live.
  4. CMJ New Music Monthly. Hip-Hop. Glen. Sansone. March 1995. 49.
  5. News: Hunter . James . Out there . The Village Voice . 40 . 30 . 25 July 1995 . 68.
  6. Web site: Listen to These '90s Underground West Coast Rap Releases if You Like Kendrick Lamar's New Album - The Nonce, World Ultimate. Complex. Matt. Welty. March 27, 2015. April 21, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20150330044613/http://www.complex.com/music/2015/03/kendrick-lamar-to-pimp-a-butterfly-underground-rap-inspirations/. March 30, 2015. live.
  7. Web site: The Most Overlooked Hip-Hop LPs of the 90s: Part 2 (page 3 of 11). Fact. August 24, 2012. April 21, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160425234640/http://www.factmag.com/2012/08/24/the-most-overlooked-hip-hop-lps-of-the-90s-part-two/3/. April 25, 2016. live.

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