I make no secret about the fact that I’ve been a latecomer when
\nit comes to various forms of music, one of which is rap music. I
\nreally didn’t get into rap until I heard Digital Underground, and
\nwhile I still don’t know a lot about this genre of music or the
\nartists that create it, I have more of an appreciation for it today
\nthan I did ten years ago.<\/p>\n
Needless to say, almost any rap CD I get my hands on turns out
\nto be a learning experience. Such is the case with
\nRuff Rhymes<\/i>, the greatest hits package from King Tee.
\nDespite being from Compton, the home of gangsta rap, Tee’s music
\nisn’t nearly as violent as the cover image of a smoking gun would
\nsuggest, and the raps are more fun to listen to than one would have
\nanticipated.<\/p>\n
While Tee’s music is no novelty act, one does have to respect
\nthe way he can take a classic song and give it a whole new flavor.
\nCase in point: “Diss You,” a track built on The Rolling Stones’ hit
\n“Miss You”. Hearing the song develop, you know you’re listening to
\nsomething special – and why King Tee never became a bigger name in
\nthe world of rap is something I’m left to question.<\/p>\n
If “Diss You” were the only worthwhile track on
\nRuff Rhymes<\/i>, it would still be worth recommending.
\nFortunately, the whole disc is filled with tracks that most likely
\nwill be new treats for the listener. Cuts like “Played Like A
\nPiano” (featuring Ice Cube), “Just Clowning,” “Ruff Rhyme (Back
\nAgain)” and “Bass” all show how talented Tee and his crew
\n(including DJ Pooh) really were in the late ’80s.<\/p>\n
So why didn’t King Tee become a superstar in his field like
\nN.W.A or Public Enemy? If only I knew the answer to that question.
\nTee obviously has the talent and the tracks to prove his ability.
\nMaybe, once people pick this up and hear songs like “Payback’s A
\nMutha” and “At Your Own Risk,” Tee’s star will rise. Here’s hoping
\nthat does indeed happen.<\/p>\n
King Tee could well be one of the best-kept secrets in the rap
\nworld today, and
\nRuff Rhymes<\/i> is the CD that better get his name recognized by
\nmore than an elite handful of rap fans. If this disc is a fair
\nrepresentation of his three previous albums, something tells me
\nthere’s going to be a run on those discs as well. Tee is an artist
\nthat is waiting for you to discover him; give him the chance, and
\nyou won’t be disappointed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[7376],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-38934","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-king-tee","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38934"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=38934"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=38934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}