Comments on: Check The Technique – Book Review

By: Azad

Azad — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:56:12 +0000

Oh man, I bought the book a week ago and I love it. The chapter on Commons Resurrection, Black Moons Enta Da Stage and Wut Tangs e6 Chambers are damn ill.

Good work, Brian! I’m definitly looking forward to the next volume.

By: Peddy Ligonde

Peddy Ligonde — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:37:57 +0000

This is a must for 30 something hip hop junkies that remeber these classic 80′s -90′s albums. As a hip hop conoursour I am fasinated by liner notes of albums. I always read the credits with notes, thanks yous , and production samples. I would love to read part 3 with other classic LPs and slept on LPs.. I dying to hear the stories behind Main Source -Breaking Atoms, Only built for Cuban Linx..,Business As USual, Mama Said Knock you Out, Stakes is High,Slaugherhouse,Fear of a Black Planet,etc

By: Jacks

Jacks — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 16:45:57 +0000

3. Schoolly D on “P.S.K.”: “When we recorded that, the engineer, Jeff Cheesesteak, was all nervous, too with eight black guys showing up. He was worried about motherfuckers stealing shit, which they did. I didn’t know, but all my homies was upstairs cleanin’ out all kinds of microphones. I made them take the mics back, though.”

Hahhahahahahahahahah

“He was worried about motherfuckers stealing shit, which they did”

Classic ig’nance.

Keep up the good work mang.

By: Roger Jones

Roger Jones — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:08:12 +0000

I get so envious of today’s HipHop fan,because cats like Brian Coleman are delivering the dirt on classic HipHop moments for these young fans…and yeah us old schoolers.If you don’t own”Check the technique”run don’t walk and get it,pick up his first opus as well”Rakim told me”.
Then make it your business to track down”Gangsta:Merchandising the ryhmes of violence”by Ronon Ro,”Classic Material”by Oliver Wang,and”And it don’t stop”by Raquel Cepeda,some great reads here,but get that Brian Coleman first.
-Roger Jones

By: mike g

mike g — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:12:42 +0000

That’s tight that he Afrika Islam talked about Pimpin Rex. Rex did an album with Kool Keith and crew: Analog Brothers.

By: Sheriff Rosco

Sheriff Rosco — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:30:19 +0000

agreed

Rakim Told Me was ill!

I always like to enjoy my rap albums and books gradually. So I try not to read a good book all at once, try and space it out over a month or so.

But I read Rakim Told Me in about a week. And then re-read several chapters. Couldn’t stop reading it, until I lost it on the 246 Bus. I figured some kid might stumble upon it and begin a life long obsession with rap, so it’s all good.

Can’t wait to grab the new one.

I haven’t figured out who’s on the cover though. Is it Meth or Monch, or someone else?

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:32:13 +0000

“Critical Beatdown” isn’t in the new one? At least he threw a bone to people who have the first one. I’ll try to scan that Ultramag chapter when I get a chance.

By: Elijah

Elijah — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:29:14 +0000

Haven’t gotten this new one yet, but best believe the first book is worth tracking down for Critical Beatdown–it’d be one of the best chapters even for someone not into Ultramagnetic (if such a person exists). It’s like the BDP chapter in that it gets into the wider scope of things instead of just track by track.

By: Bunta Sugawara

Bunta Sugawara — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:06:33 +0000

This new one’s good as well:- http://www.amazon.com/Third-Coast-OutKast-Timbaland-Southern/dp/0306814307/ref=sr_1_1/105-4202068-7952411?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182884631&sr=8-1

By: bbatson

bbatson — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:25:54 +0000

I liked the new one as well, but the only thing is, I feel like I’ve read a lot of it. I’ve seen half of the book it seems on the internet and old magazine articles. It feels like a copy and paste type thing to me for a good portion of the book. Then again… if he did all those interviews i had seen over the years that’s cool. If not it’s a little wierd.

Either way.. it’s a GREAT book. I’m just being trivial.