Baldhead Slick and Da Click [Explicit Lyrics, Import, Clean]

Guru (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 25, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics, Import, Clean
• Label: Landscape Germany
• ASIN: B00005NWN8
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #214,196 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Where's Our Money?!

2. Back 2 Back

3. Rollin' Dolo

4. No Surviving

5. Underground Connections

6. Ni***z Know

7. In Here

8. The Come Up

9. Cry

10. O.G. Talk

11. Pimp S**t

12. Never Ending Saga

13. War Tactics

14. Collectin' Props

15. Revolutionist

16. No Grease

17. How You Gonna Be A Killa?

18. Stay Outta My Face

19. The Anthem

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 3 1/2 stars, May 2, 2002

By 

E.J. Rupert (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Baldhead Slick and Da Click (Audio CD)

Everyone in the underground know that Guru's nickname is Baldhead Slick. And that's the name that he goes by on this album because I don't think he can call himself Guru on a non-Virgin Records album. Baldhead Slick & Da Click is a compilation featuring him and his friends, and if there's anything good to say about the album, it's that there's good chemistry between them.

Though Guru on this album doesn't really kick any verses that'll make fake MC's practice more, he does have his knack for finding rap veterans who still sound good. Treach appears on the thug-fest "N's Know", Ed O.G. joins the Boston reunion on "Rollin' Dolo" with Big Shug and Krumbsnatcha, and Ice-T, on "Underground Connections", comes off more as a street griot dropping wisdom than a has-been as he tells wack rappers, "It ain't the funds you got but how long you got it."

If you feel like fast-forwarding a few times during this album, I don't blame you. Not to be funny, but you can tell that this album was made on an independent record label. Most of the beats are by unknown producers, and they don't have the crisp sounds of the production found on major label records, except for Alchemist's "In Here", DJ Premier's "Back 2 Back", and Pete Rock's "Pimp Ish". The guest rappers don't always make the mark either. The otherwise dope "Pimp Ish" feature Guru and some rappers spitting some dated playa-isms. It's ironic that Guru raps with some studio gangstas on this album, the same rappers he battles against when he's in Gang Starr.

So in short, this album fails to pack a punch like a Gang Starr or a Jazzamatazz album, but it still kicks. However, if Guru plans to do a sophomore album under this heading, then he needs to get better producers and a better click with better rhymes.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Nothing is more disappointing than this CD, January 2, 2002

By 

Unitedminds Unitedminds (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Baldhead Slick and Da Click (Audio CD)

I love Guru, have his every album, and was naturally eagerly anticipating this one...only to be greatly disappointed. The album is at best insignificant. Before I continue, i must say that I truly hope that Guru returns to concious hip-hop and lyrics that actually mean something...Guru, that's what I respect you for!

On this album Guru's art and style degenerated into the type of disposable music common today. The lyrics are tired. Substance has been replaced by numerous expletives... and emptiness. The beats are monotonous and melodies are barely present. I got an impression that Guru is abandoning everything he once was (hopefully just musically) to gain mainstream following and more importantly make some money.

I took the CD out of my CD player with great bitterness. I could not believe this was Guru. Just hope that Guru that we know would one day be back.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A sad disapointment in the GURU, October 19, 2001

By 

Mr Andrew T Manthey (Minneapolis, Minnesota United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Baldhead Slick and Da Click (Audio CD)

Quite a disapointment... I love the GURU.. Jazzmatazz... Gang Star.. The Full Clip is the best! Jazzmatazz vol. 1 - 3 is a must have...

This new CD is boring and I'd pass on it...