That it still seems so hard to pin down 30 years later remains one of its greatest strengths for an album that’s a The Source all-timer, it still feels underappreciated. The album is alternately breezy and brash, gritty and playful, a product of the burgeoning hardcore rap renaissance in New York in the early to mid-’90s but with the jazzy, summertime feel of Native Tongues at their best-sometimes all in the same song (see: “I Went For Mine”). Stunts, Blunts & Hip-Hop is a showcase for Diamond D as both a producer and rapper, his confidence behind the mic matched and often bested by his abilities behind the mixing board. Mercury Diamond and the Psychotic Neurotics – Stunts, Blunts & Hip-HopĪ member of the Diggin’ in the Crates crew that also included Lord Finesse, O.C., Fat Joe, Showbiz & AG, Buckwild and the late Big L, Diamond D delivered one of the collective’s strongest debut albums in 1992-and given the number of classic albums among the lot of them, that’s saying quite a bit. While songs like “ So Whatcha Want” are among the decade’s best singles, the rest of the album is a moving testament to the groove their live instrumentation brings. – Wil Lewellyn MTV, at long last, was ready to embrace them once again and this found the Beastie Boys back on top of the game after Paul’s Boutique left the fight-for-your-right-to-party crowd scratching their heads. Lyrically their previous album might be superior, yet the instrumentation and jammy feel of these compositions gave them an edge in terms of the disappearing boundaries of their songwriting. Check Your Head stands the test of time in a way that many of its predecessors failed to the production, largely featuring live instruments, bypasses the stiff snare/bass drum presets drum programming was limited to in the early ’90s. Released three years after Paul’s Boutique defied expectations by not continuing the fight for the right to party, the Beastie Boys took another hard left turn by dropping an abundance of samples and picking up their instruments again to create a more organic take on hip-hop. Read our list of the best hip-hop albums of 1992 and listen to our companion playlist (with bonus tracks).Ĭapitol/Grand Royal Beastie Boys – Check Your Head Ten certainly isn’t enough albums to capture the entirety of what was happening in such a prolific and influential year, but these ten albums more than make the case for the hall of fame. Dre and his prankster west coast peers in The Pharcyde. A prolific early year in a consequential decade for hip-hop, 1992 might have been a shade early to catch the Wu-Tang phenomenon on the rise, or a few years late to get in on the ground floor of the Native Tongues movement, but its landmark albums are seemingly endless, from the Beasties’ artistic transformation to Eric B and Rakim’s swan song, a blockbuster debut from Dr. Now, a few more years down the line, we have another candidate: 1992. Franzoni’s death came as Italy was already mourning the death of ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi, long the leader of Italy’s center-right.įranzoni is survived by Prodi and their sons, Giorgio and Antonio, and grandchildren, according to a statement from Prodi’s office, which announced the death.What’s the best year in hip-hop history? Four years ago, we floated 1988 in hip-hop as one possibility, a year that saw landmark albums from EPMD, Boogie Down Productions, Eric B and Rakim, N.W.A.
He was European Commission president for five years starting in 1999.Ĭondolences poured in from across the political spectrum, including from the Italian president and interior minister. Long a figurehead of Italy’s center-left, Prodi served two stints as premier starting in 1996, after he founded the center-left Olive party, and again in 2006.
The statement noted that the resuscitation efforts occurred during a violent thunderstorm that prevented a helicopter from landing and evacuating Franzoni.įranzoni, a professor of social work at the University of Bologna, was often at Prodi’s side during his political career. Medics tried to resuscitate her, but “there was nothing more to be done” and a doctor pronounced her dead at the scene, the corps said. The Umbrian branch of the national Alpine rescue corps said two teams responded to an emergency call and found Franzoni unconscious. The Prodis and others were walking along the Via di Francesco, a popular pilgrimage route between Gubbio and Assisi, when Franzoni collapsed, news reports said. ROME (AP) - Flavia Franzoni, a professor of social work and the wife of former Italian Premier Romano Prodi, died Tuesday during a hike in Umbria, Italy’s rescue service said.
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