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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 30 reviews)
Sales Rank: 98105
Category: Music
Artist: People Under The Stairs
Publisher: Om Records
Studio: Om Records
Manufacturer: Om Records
Label: Om Records
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 30205
UPC: 600353020528
EAN: 0600353020528
ASIN: B000066A2M
Release Date: June 4, 2002
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| Tracks:
| • | Intro | | • | Jappy Jap | | • | The Suite For Beaver Part 1 | | • | The Suite For Beaver Part 2 | | • | O.S.T. (Original Soundtrack) | | • | Empty Bottles Of Water | | • | Jim Sr | | • | The Outrage | | • | Hang Loose | | • | Invisible Blunt Roller Pt. 2 | | • | Tales Of Kidd Drunkadelic | | • | Keepin It Live | | • | The Dig | | • | Dissin | | • | Montego Slay | | • | The L.A. Song | | • | 8 Is Enuff | | • | Acid Raindrops | | • | The Joyride | | • | The Break Down |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 25 more reviews...
Quite possibly their best effort yet! October 3, 2008
Which isn't a bad thing because all the other albums are great. This duo has a consistency in their music that's rather inspiring.
I had heard OST's OST on an Ecko Unltd. mix cd about 5 years back. Thought the song was really cool but the name of the group doing it sounded like some real far out cats. So I quietly slept on them.
Till this year when 'OST' was recommended as essential listening on a forum post. I figured, "Hey, what will it hurt to give them a real try?" At first listen I thought they were pretty blah. Boring. Passable. I gave the cd one good listen and tossed it aside for a moment, returning back to ATCQ, Mos Def, De La Soul, Lupe Fiasco, etc.
One day I decided to give OST one more chance and my mind was blown. The beats on this album are so well laid out. Thes One is a truly talented individual and his beats only get better after each listen. They hook you hard and don't let go till the song is over. Combined with the help of Double K, they have made some legendary sounding beats. The beats match the mood and theme of the song very well. They aren't there just to give them something to rhyme over. The beats are good enough to stand on their own. They have a purpose within a song and aren't too far from the likes of producers like RJD2, Prefuse 73, or 9th Wonder. Not so much in the way they sound, but the complexity of their 70s funk and jazz samples and sensibilities. You can pretty much figure out their influences immediately (and if you don't Thes and Double will just spell it out for you).
The lyrics however, aren't amazing. Oh sure there is the typical clever word play here and there but the subject matter for the most part: drinking, smoking, partying, digging for records, rapping about rapping, isn't the most compelling. Which is fine for these two. They are staying so very true to themselves with their music. They don't pretend for one second to be anyone else but laid back dudes from around the way in the very sunny city of LA.
Simply one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time.
Tracks worth a listen to: Jappy Jap, OST, The Outrage, Keepin It Live (there are more as pretty much every song on this ablum is pretty good or classic)
Real Hip-hop August 24, 2008
This album is real hip-hop from top to bottom. This is as good as it gets right here.
Original SoundTrack... April 17, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Original Soundtrack has to be one of the best albums a true hiphop head could wish for. And I say this purely because: PUTS keep hip hop as it should be...and its flawless. From the highly underrated & slept on producing from both Thes one & Double K, and Mc'ing that couldn't suit it any better, People Under The Stairs' OST is an album which shouldnt be slept on by fans of hiphop with meaning, that strays away from the brain-washing generic ish that is so prominent today. Every track on this can be played somewhere some time and be loved; there are no weak tracks. Its the essence,the roots... something heads have missed, which they will tell you themeselves was their intended aim. This has to be Puts' best offering, production wise and if you don't know anything about them, then believe me thats saying something. Masters of the MPC & SP1200's both Thes & K are probably the two most slept on producers in Hiphop,period. From the reknown "Jappy Jap" to the funkay "The Hang Loose" OST is ideal for fans of that old school-flava hiphop. "The breakdown" and "Keepin it live" offer some of the most refreshing samples and loops I've ever heard, giving off that "sit back and reminisce" vibe!. Similarly, tracks like "the dig" and "the suite for beaver part 1" will satisfy those backpackers looking for that fresh ish bringing hard drums & well-flipped samples. It's all here! 20 tracks of non-stop flawless hiphop. Ignore the petty criticism of this album, and for what it is enjoy 80 mintues worth of jazzy, laid back greatness. Also, Pick up "The next step" "Question in the form of an answer" "Or stay Tuned" and "Stepfather" by PUTS, as every single album they have put out is nothing less than brilliant, no bias(check my reviews for them). Peep People under the stairs. THE BEST UNDERGROUND DUO GOING! PEACE!
Lyrics - 9/10
Beats - Some of the best ever: 5000/10
Originality - 10/10
Replay value - 10/10
If you found this helpful, check out my other reviews
Masters of the MPC February 5, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The drum beats and loops in O.S.T. are among the best I've heard. The beats are like P-Funk meets Run DMC with a West Coast touch. Thes-One & Double K's flows compliment every track on the album. They describe it as a soundtrack to their lives (hence the name) and EVERY track here is awesome.
My favorites would have to be Jappy Jap, Tales of Kidd Drunkadelic, The L.A. Song, The Hang Loose, The Breakdown, and Acid Raindrops. I would love to see the L.A. Song be made into a music video. Thes & K giving props to the city that influenced their style would make for a great vid.
Do yourself a favor and blast this CD in your car as soon as you unwrap it.
Hip-hop November 7, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
People Under the Stairs craft a type of music that has been thrown by the wayside of late. They don't work with a DJ because they make their own beats. They don't flow about violence, or anything remotely 'gangsta.' In fact, check out "The Heat" to see how they feel about that type of music. Yet, they don't try to rhyme about the opposite, about peace, love, understanding and unity. They make music you dance to, get drunk to, or hear at a party, and that's about it.
By crafting that type of album, they make an album which is purely and utterly enjoyable because it doesn't try to be anything but enjoyable. It doesn't try and portray a message of any real significance, and while I won't ever ever knock Kweli, sometimes you just want to dance.
This is one of those perfect albums which doesn't have a weak track, though there are certianly standouts. My favs are "Montego Slay," "Acid Raindrops," and the closer "The Breakdown." Those tracks make you just want to nod your head with the beat, and maybe something else in the case of "Acid Raindrops."
I put this album in the upper eschelon of hip-hop albums with Nas' "Illmatic," Kweli's "Reflection Eternal," and The Roots' "Phrenology" as being one of those few albums you put on, and you keep it on, and you're kind of disappointed when it ends.
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