Hello Nasty 20th Anniversary. Favourites?

[Brother McDuff]

Originally Posted by dave790

Dedication obviously does what it says, but I always felt the music was wasted on that song. Perfect for rhyming over. Instead it's just mildly amusing shout-outs from the Jewish Brad Pitt. Which is fine, but it could have been so much better!

heard. for years i'd hoped an instrumental version of that cut would surface. a dream which effectively died when the remaster was released.

[Kid Presentable]

Originally Posted by Brother McDuff

heard. for years i'd hoped an instrumental version of that cut would surface. a dream which effectively died when the remaster was released.

MMM made that comment on the Echo chamber about how good it would sound with them rhyming on that track. Mike kind of laughed. Vault, possibly?

Anyway after years of arguing about it, I credit McDuff with my enjoyment of Hello Nasty. It is greater than the sum of its parts, but it is a pretty epic effort. It just wasn't what I'd hoped for at the time of release.

My favourites are the 1-2-3 of Sneakin, Shame and Prose, followed by Grasshopper Unit, Electrify and Dedication. Still has an astounding opening 3, also.

Have found respect for Song for the Man and Picture This, but it's both Unite and Dr Lee which have grown on me most. Love the OG 3 MCs, too.

While we all know El Ray Y Yo is the best sample on the album, my favourite is Nine's "non-stop hip-hop" and frankly that break is one of their most bananas. Handsome Boy Limerick File is my favourite remix.

20 fucking years!!!

[Brother McDuff]

Delighted you came around on HN, P. Not a perfect record by any stretch, but an impressive exhibition nonetheless, with some high highs.

If we're talking specific breaks, I'd be remiss to not give it up for the harpsichord break in The Move, wherein Mike D is "crazy sniffable". Can't pinpoint the sample off-hand, though it is indeed a needle drop of epic proportions.

[Kid Presentable]

Originally Posted by Brother McDuff

Delighted you came around on HN, P. Not a perfect record by any stretch, but an impressive exhibition nonetheless, with some high highs.

If we're talking specific breaks, I'd be remiss to not give it up for the harpsichord break in The Move, wherein Mike D is "crazy sniffable". Can't pinpoint the sample off-hand, though it is indeed a needle drop of epic proportions.

Yeah I think one of my favourite things about the boys was that perfection was never the objective.

[Brother McDuff]

Amen to that. I love a record with warts. A healthy explorative spirit has a tendency to galvanize the whole; the peaks and valleys together paint a larger panoramic.

It reminds me of Sandinista in a way. Song for song it reveals holes, but as a singular entity frames a stimulating window into their self discovery.

And some slammin' headnodders never hurt either

[WesleyOHSnaps!]

Now that the infomercial is popping back up it reminds me. Did they ever release the 3 MC’s version from it? Or does anyone know why it wasn’t? I’m sure this has come up before, but I’m curious.

[tuc70021]

I thought it was cut because of sample clearences. I have the version of 3MCs with the two samples that were later replaced (The Skinny Boys and Snoop Dogg), and it's titled "uncleared samples version". That could be wrong though - it's just what the file was called when I downloaded it from Napster a million years ago.