> From: Carlos Mondesir <mondesc@gov.on.ca>
> Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 13:54:40 -0500
> Subject: DJ Honda
> To: ajlist <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
>
> Checked out a little of the DJ Honda CD today. I was surprised to find it
> available here in Toronto at domestic prices.
>
> Anyone checked this one yet?
>
> Carlos Mondesir
I was surprised to see it in TO too. So surprised that I got it. Had it on my discman
today, listening to it while hopping from class to class. Pretty straight forward
hip-hop. It's alright, but not great.
Although, a lot of the rhymes do elevate certain tracks above that level. Having
said that, my fav is 'Out For The Cash' with its all mindless 'The Scenerio'-type
hollering. However, altogether it was kinda a disappointment- what with all the
Krush stuff, and the quality of the King Giddra and awesome 'Doku aku mei' comp I
got in Japan. Not that most of you would have any idea what I'm going on about,
but 'Ore no iibun' remains the best hip-hop track (from anywhere) I've heard this
year. Anyway, while in Japan, I remember seeing a Honda album-maybe this
one-in a book of the top 100 hip-hop records of all time, or something. I believe the
Honda placed higher than 'Meiso' too, 65-ish to 85-ish.
Yeah, a disappointment. Of course, it is available at a reasonable domestic
release price, so....
yuuta sasaki
utah@utoronto.ca