The Grouch – Don’t Talk To Me [1995]
1: Roll Call (Intro)
2: Mr. Invisible
3: To Die For
4: Car Troubles pt. 1
5: The Afterlife
6: A Splendid Excursion
7: DISappointments
8: Stormy Weather
9: Oh
10: A World Unknown
11: Never Look Back
DOC–Probably my favorite album from the guy. The Grouch has always taken the independent route and has done everything himself along the way. His work is like Bay Area underground classics mixed with Rock and Soul music. The type of artist that..when he’s good..he’s freakin good..but when he’s bad he bad. He somewhere closer to good on this debut. 
Nightmares On Wax – Smoker’s Delight [1995]
1. Nights Introlude
2. Dreddoverboard
3. Pipes Honour
4. Me + You
5. Stars
6. Wait A Minute-Prayin (For A Jeepbeat)
7. Groove St.
8. Time (To Listen)
9. (Man) Tha Journey
10. Bless My Soul
11. Cruise (Don’t Stop)
12. Mission Venice
13. What I’m Feelin (Good)
14. Rise
15. Rise (Reprise)
16. Gambia Via Vagator Beach
LOVE IT–A personal favorite…Production is killer and just by the album title I’m sure you can guess the nature of the album. Trip hop. yupIt started with a simple ‘Who is this?’ followed by a ‘wow..’ and later a ‘holy shit’. The powerful baselines and smooth beats can lull me into a trance. I try to sing along even though it sounds ridiculous.
The Herbaliser – Remedies (1995)
1. Intro
2. Scratchy Noise
3. Blomp
4. Styles
5. Interloodle
6. Bust A Nut
7. Herbalize It
8. Wrong Place
9. Little Groove
10. Da Trax
11. Up
12. Get Downs
13. K Doing
14. Chill
15. Real Killer (remix)
16. Repetitive Loop (remix)
DOC–Herbaliser’s DJ-friendly jazz/funk/hip-hop fusion is well stated on this debut. Not your standard hip hop, with the Ninja Tunes influence far more apparent in this album. A bit clever, in an undergraduate sort of way.
Still, great music and a must for lovers of UK hip hop history.
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