Paul's Boutique

  On 4/3/2009 at 9:29 PM, dr lopez said:

I've read this book in it's entirety

damn ten years ago i thought it was cool to completely finish a 33 1/3 book

are the Dust Brothers still active? been quiet since the early 00s
 

Hey laaaaaadieessss!!!

Get...  uh ... .funkeh

*ring ding a ding ding*

Blast from the past. . . can't believe this album is 30 yrs old (and that this thread is 10. . .gettin' effin old). .. 

  On 7/25/2019 at 4:23 PM, joshuatxuk said:

are the Dust Brothers still active? been quiet since the early 00s
 

not sure about them, but Matt Dike - the reclusive genius that they got most of the albums from for Paul's Boutique samples - passed away last year. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/obituaries/matt-dike-hit-making-founder-of-hip-hop-label-dies-at-56.html

  On 4/10/2009 at 4:05 PM, BobDobalina said:

Just downloaded this from soulseek and listening to it (already bought the album twice, not about to buy it again) - pretty impressive the samples/lyrics that you can actually hear now - like the call outs to all the girls on the first track and the pingpong at the beginning of 3-minute rule

  On 4/10/2009 at 4:26 PM, perunamuussi said:

 

 

how were you listening to it before ?

 

on longwave radio?

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Don't know how I overlooked this thread when it first came out, given that Paul's Boutique is one of my "desert island discs", but forreals BobDob, perhaps consider an upgrade from the wax cylinder?

Might I suggest wire recordings?

Christ blud, hold my nachos while I climb into this 10-years-younger suit... seems like I was trying to articulate -poorly- how clearerer this/that detail could be heard on the remaster.

Also in retrospect the bulk of my Paul's Boutique consumption occurred in the late 90s, on a cassette I recorded from my columbia house-version CD, blasted out a pioneer tape deck through the stock speakers of a late model Volvo.  So yeah, pretty close to a wire recording

RIP MCA

yeah this album is incredible have loved it since I was a wee lad

I always wondered why it sounded so quiet. I've yet to hear a proper version of it, Check Your Head is still my fave.

^ which is zackly why I love it. after the machine/sample-heavy stuff of the preceding albums (which is by no means not great), it's kind of a breath of fresh air.

plus it has Pass The Mic which is my first and still favourite BB tune.

++, Check Your Head remains my favorite too, laid-back, hype, and upside yo head all in one.  Keyboard Money Mark!  I-member just getting into playing drums at the time and feeling like a boss when I could jam along to Gratitude.  Amazing that they did this on the heels of the critical and commercial letdown that was Paul's Boutique.

Noe baes, dis:

ill communication def in my top 10 albums of ever list. (check your head rules too). ame here to post ricky's theme.... instead, 

looking down the barrel of a gun is probably the best RATM song

  On 7/25/2019 at 8:39 PM, BobDobalina said:

Christ blud, hold my nachos while I climb into this 10-years-younger suit... seems like I was trying to articulate -poorly- how clearerer this/that detail could be heard on the remaster.

Also in retrospect the bulk of my Paul's Boutique consumption occurred in the late 90s, on a cassette I recorded from my columbia house-version CD, blasted out a pioneer tape deck through the stock speakers of a late model Volvo.  So yeah, pretty close to a wire recording

 

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Look at mister big shot over here with a late-model volvo.

Does anyone remember that the 20th anniversary edition came with a giant panoramic print on the album artwork? I think it was super limited edition, maybe only 100 prints. I can't find any information about these (like are they super expensive to buy second hand).

Used to love this album, and not a comment on its quality but I find it too frenetic to enjoy as much now. Old Richie.