Lucini Pourin’ From The Sky, Let’s Get Rich What.

One of my favorite albums of the 1990s was a hip-hop creation that I learned of from MTV, back after MTV quit playing videos, but before they quit giving bands exposure. I picked the album up after hearing Camp Lo talk about their love of 70s blaxploitation films and old pop culture in general. Then I heard them mention “Sonny Chiba” and knew I had to get their album (I had just seen The Street Fighter for the first time and was very impressionable).

Uptown Saturday Night sounds like what everyone wanted hip-hop to sound like for the past few years. Well, the people that give a shit about hip-hop. Not the jackoffs buying MIMS’ new album. It’s a jazz-y, soul-sampling album with Ghostface-style incoherent slang dropping, all pulling together to make a charming little package.
I’d highly recommend it. I just found out today that they have a new album that just came out in July. I’d chastise people for not letting me know it’s out, but I don’t know anyone else that bought this album. Here’s your chance to make up for listening to Hanson in 1997. GO!

-MAL