Some new AZ for you, although unfortunately not from his upcoming Doe Or Die 2. In fact, it seems it’s a specially recorded track from the 15th anniversary edition of the original Doe Or Die.
This beat is very 2007 AZ. Meh.
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Nas, AZ, Nature, Foxy Brown and Dr. Dre. Pretty dope supergroup right? Wrong. Well, wrong in some ways. The Firm was born after Nas (following the late great Notorious BIG) decided to take a mainstream direction and Dre began to diversify his empire. AZ, Nature and Foxy were, although all Nas’ comrades, primarily along for the ride. I say wrong because their first and only self-titled album was considered a failure. Dre fans will remember the Forgot About Dre line: “All you niggas that said that I turned pop / Or the Firm flopped / ya’ll are the reason Dre ain’t been getting no sleep!” But it wasn’t all bad for the formidable MC/production group as I will show with this week’s gritty throwback which is essentially a Nas, AZ, Dre collaboration. For those AZ fans clamoring after Doe Or Die 2 here are the visuals for his Feel My Pain joint I gifted you last week. Forgot how awesome this track is and the video dropping gives me another opportunity to bring it back around again. If you missed it then you’re lucky aren’t you because I’m giving you a second chance here.
Goes without saying but AZ goes in hard here over a typical Brooklyn-style beat.
Our colleagues over at 365 Albums A Year reviewed AZ’s Murray-acclaimed 1995 Doe or Die album, and it’s definitely worth a read for fans of his work/our own Throwback Thursdays.
DJ Kay Slay-See The Light ft. AZ, Raekwon and Ghostface Killah
Ok, straight into it. New sh*t from AZ. Real heads, you know what it is. The feature track here is the Moss produced I’m Ill which is rumored to appear on AZ’s Doe or Die 2 tentatively scheduled for a 2010 release. Now, I am really into this joint. Moss is a protégé of DJ Premier (there is no escaping Premo this week is there!) and he drops a superb-piano-laced-Brooklyn-style-perfect-for-AZ kinda beat. You know what I mean?
In true Christmas spirit, if you guessed this week’s throwback then give yourself a treat here. Now onto business. Yes, this week’s throwback is the underrated AZ hailing from Brooklyn NY. The gems I’ve carefully selected for you are from his debut album Doe or Die which, in my opinion, was heavily slept on due to the quality of other releases hitting the shelves in 1995. I’ve picked out two of my favourites to make sure you’re not the one sleeping on AZ this time around. |
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