Artist: Intelligent Hoodlum
Album: Intelligent Hoodlum
Genre: Rap & Hip-Hop: Golden Era
Release Date: 1990
Label: A&M Records
RIYL: Fresh Prince, Marley Marl, De La Soul
Rating: *****
A fantastic hip-hop album. Caught somewhere between the birth of hardcore and the end of the Golden Era, Intelligent Hoodlum provides amazing raps one can listen to over and over. Intelligent Hoodlum moves between fiery politically conscious songs of black nationalism and straight party tunes. The production is provided by Juice Crew leader Marley Marl and is filled with hardcore elements but also plenty of old school ones with the occasional scratching ("Trag Invasion", in particular is quite engaging). Intelligent Hoodlum's laid back flow is fantastic, despite being a bit dated, and his use of pausing in some songs (such as :Microphone Check" gives a mindblowing effect).
- Intelligent Hoodlum *****
- Back to Reality ****
- Trag Invasion *****
- No Justice, No Peace *****
- Party Animal ****
- Black and Proud ****
- Game Type ****
- Microphone Check *****
- Keep Striving ****
- Party Pack ***
- Arrest the President ****
- Your Tragedy **
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