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r/hiphopheads Essential Album of the Week #81: Scarface - The Diary - HipHop


r/hiphopheads Essential Album of the Week #81: Scarface - The Diary

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 05:54 AM PST

Welcome to the new and improved Essential Album of the Week discussion thread!


Every Wednesday we will discuss an album from our Essential Albums list

Last Week: OutKast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik

This Week: Scarface - The Diary


Stream/Purchase

Spotify

iTunes

Google Play

Songs/Singles

No Tears

I Seen a Man Die

Hand of the Dead Body

Background/Description (courtesy of allmusic.com)

With the dissolution of the Geto Boys far behind him, Scarface follows the epic overreaching of The World Is Yours with The Diary, a refreshingly modest album with a few really strong moments and little filler. Never short on ideas, Scarface had nonetheless gone a little too far with the 70-minute The World Is Yours. There was plenty of brilliance there, including the stunning "Now I Feel Ya," but you had to do some sifting to find it. That's less the case with the 43-minute Diary, which doesn't overextend its ambitions. Scarface here once again offers a laid-back gangsta ballad, "I Seen a Man Die," that's as thoughtful and somber as the style gets and also perhaps the album highlight. Elsewhere, he teams up with fellow gangsta veteran Ice Cube on "Hand of the Dead Body" and reprises his best-known song, "Mind Playin' Tricks 94." Not counting the interludes, there's only ten songs here, and they're nearly all produced by the team of N.O. Joe and Mike Dean. It may make the album a short listen, yet it also makes The Diary one of Scarface's most solid efforts, one where you rarely, if ever, feel inclined to skip a song. And that's something you can't say about the work of most rappers, particularly ones as creative as Scarface.


Guidelines

This is an open thread for you to share your thoughts on the album. Avoid vague statements of praise or criticism. This is your chance to practice being a critic. It's fine for you to drop by just to say you love the album, but let's try and step it up a bit!!!

How has this album affected hip-hop? WHY do you like this tape? What are the best tracks? Do you think it deserves the praise it gets? Is it the first time you've listened to it? What's your first impression? Have you listened to the artist before? Explain why you like it or why you don't.

DON'T FEEL BAD ABOUT BEING LATE !!!! Discussion throughout the week is encouraged.

Next week's EAOTW will be Casual - Fear Itself

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I am Angie Martinez – Multimedia Personality and Best-Selling Author...Ask Me Anything!

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 08:30 AM PST

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Proof: https://twitter.com/angiemartinez/status/831665186692067330

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Edit:

Thank you for coming by. I'm usually the one asking the questions so it's refreshing to be on the other side of this and I have to say I was pretty impressed with your interviewing ability.

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Future Says He Wants To Go Back To Being More Underground and Reconnect With His Fans

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 02:45 PM PST

[FRESH] Joey Bada$$ - Victory

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 08:56 AM PST

Future - Future tracklist

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 12:54 PM PST

1 Rent Money

2 Good Dope

3 Zoom

4 Draco

5 Super Trapper

6 POA

7 Mask Off

8 High Demand

9 Outta Time

10 Scrape

11 Im So Groovy

12 Might As Well

13 Poppin Tags

14 Massage In My Room

15 Flip

16 When I Was Broke

17 Feds Did a Sweep

Prod. by Metro, 808, Zay, Southside & more

https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/future/id1205691905

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Phife Dawg's Posthumous Solo Album To Be Titled "Forever"

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 11:38 AM PST

Pusha T Talks New Music, Kanye West's New Album; Meeting with Donald Trump, Barack Obama; More

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 04:50 AM PST

[FRESH] 24hrs - VSVSVS [Prod. Nard & B]

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 05:49 PM PST

Daily Discussion Thread 02/15/2017

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 10:55 AM PST

Welcome to the /r/hiphopheads daily discussion thread!

This thread is for:

  • objective questions with right/wrong answers (e.g. "Does anyone know what is happening with MIXTAPE?", "What is the sample in SONG?")
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[FRESH] Bones - TakingOutTheTrash

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 07:44 PM PST

Raekwon Album titled "The Wild" to be released March 24th, 2017.

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Big Sean - I Decided. Album Review | DEHH

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Full length Phife Dawg album 'Forever' coming in 2017

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 01:02 PM PST

I discovered SABA's little known EP The Ozymandias on YouTube.

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 04:17 PM PST

My buddy has a radio stations playing 90s HipHop to show some respect for Big L, he'd love as many listeners as possible, listen if youve got time

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 05:52 PM PST

RATKING feat. King Krule - So Sick Stories

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 03:50 PM PST

Big L - "We All Can't Ball" (feat. Liz Lucci & Richie Thums) [18 years has passed. Big L Rest In Peace]

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 10:29 AM PST

[FRESH] Oddisee - NNGE (feat. Toine)

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 09:47 AM PST

Pusha T - Alone In Vegas

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 09:00 AM PST

Rick Ross Shares ‘Rather You Than Me’ Album Release Date

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 06:54 AM PST

Q-Bert just announced a new Dr Octagon album.

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 08:54 PM PST

[FRESH VIDEO] clipping. - Back Up

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 08:32 AM PST

[FRESH] Murs - GBKW (God Bless Kanye West)

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 12:53 PM PST

[FRESH] Rob $tone- Already Dead

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 08:12 PM PST