He sounds like Sadat X, right? His beats got that cleeeeeeean percolate. Saw him last Monday with X-ecutioners and Pharcyde. He ripped it but X-ecutioners sucked (mostly because of the acoustics after Walz - it was like ALL TREBLE and since they never let a beat ride standalone for more than half a sec it was all KRSHHH KRSHH KRSHHH and UNBEARABLE to stand near the speakers (there was a handful of white girls on E right dancing next to the speakers but they were white girls on E so that's why they could handle it)). Pharcyde were just a joke. It's sad, because ten years ago I loved turntablism and Pharcyde. Now I love a guy on Def Jux. Talk about C-Ray Walz.
― LC, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 06:13 (twenty-one years ago)
I saw Pharcyde a little while ago. Without Fatlip they are nothing.
C-Rayz Walz is a great MC w/ loads of personality who seems unable (thus far) to write anything but cliched hip-hop song forms. "This is the song about how great the 80s was, this is the song full of punchlines, this is the song ...." etc.
― djdee2005, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 06:42 (twenty-one years ago)
album sucks balls, which is a shame.
― glenny g2003 (glenny g2003), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 09:20 (twenty-one years ago)
FUCK YOOOOUUU!!! RAVIPOPS IS A MASTERPIECE!!!!!! I just woke up so I don't really feel like I have the energy to argue this, but I totally think so. True, I thought it sort of sucked when I first heard it, but further listening has revealed that C Rayz is one of the most amazing MCs ever. "Battle Me" was certainly the best song of last or any other year. He has the highest frequency of amazing/head scratching lines that I have ever heard. "I be spitting for real, gotta love that, kid/(ayo C-Rayz Walz)/man I love that kid!!" Seriously, like who says that?? Nobody except for C-Rayz Walz.
Mind you, I hate punchline/battle MCs as much the next guy (I think nearly everyday about my hate for Copywrite), but C-Rayz has so many more dimensions to him. He can talk about social issues in creative and entertaining ways and not make it trite or preachy. On the album, I don't really find cliched hip-hop song forms to be a problem at all. "86" is probably my second favorite song on the album. Here are relevant quotes from an interview:
"When people say that C Rayz Walz is a punch-line emcee, they have it twisted. I don’t punch-lines. I kick circles and stomp ciphers to death.”
"T.JONES: "What are some major misconceptions that you think people have of you?"
C RAYZ WALZ: “Mostly everything but it’s all good. C Rayz Walz! Understanding the child, the 3rd eye, the best part. ‘C’ as in see things as they really are and not what they appear to be. Rayz is also a math term. Having a point but the arrow is extending. It is known as infinite. Rayz, emanating from the source of light, emanating from the source of truth. Rayz or raise to elevate your mind state. Walz? Breaking down the barriers of hatred, prejudice, self-prejudice, low self-esteem, womanizing or any of these isms. C Rayz Walz! Understand the sun cycle and see the true value and the worth of yourself! I don’t expect anybody to understand me… yet. They will eventually… but not yet. People call me a punch-line emcee? Misunderstood. Some say that my beats are less than dope? Misunderstood. They say I’m a thug? Misunderstood. I’m an emcee!”
― Daniel DiMAGGIO (Daniel DiMAGGIO), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 14:12 (twenty-one years ago)
three years pass...
http://www.monstermakermusic.com/
I'm not really sure what to make of this. welcome to the post-Gnarls-Barkley world, I guess.
― bernard snowy, Thursday, 2 August 2007 19:43 (eighteen years ago)
the "Electric Avenue" remake is kinda great but obviously that may just be borrowed/reflected greatness
― bernard snowy, Thursday, 2 August 2007 19:47 (eighteen years ago)
"Make it Happen" is the joint
he really does sound like sadat
― deej, Thursday, 2 August 2007 20:06 (eighteen years ago)