Lemonade was a popular drink and it still is...
I get more props and stunts than Bruce Willis
A poet like Langston Hughes, and can't lose.
When I cruise, out on the expressway
Premier's got more beats than barns got hay
Clips are inserted into my gun...
So I can take the money never have to run.
After listening to Madvillain so many times I had to dig into the crates and started listening to Gang Starr - Daily Operation again. It really is a classic. DJ Premier has got to be one of the greatest rap DJ's ever. I can see a big influence of his style in Madlib. Its surprising how many of the tracks on this album still hold up today and sound fresh and not dated. I remember with this album came out in 1992 I taped the video for Ex-Girl and watched it over and over trying to memorize Guru's raps. I did the same with the video for DWYCK later off of Hard to Earn which features the classic line "Lemonade was a popular drink and it still is".
On another topic, Allmusic has just put up what seems to be some wack beta interface on their main domain. They have the worst navigation system on it right now. What they call in their press release "a real musical playground". By musical playground they mean total trash. Its a navigation system that was a cool trick to do in flash like 4 years ago but its not very functional at all. But there are some positives about it. They have have a mood search which I had been wanting for a long time. They do require you to register and log in so they can send you junk mail I'm assuming, but its free at least. Also, I'm lucky all my links to Allmusic guide I have in my music database still work. At least they didn't mess around with that part. Hopefully the new features and interface will grow on me, but I don't think I can live with the navigation system. I'll have to send them some complaint mail about that one.