Blunted On Reality

Fugees | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: February 1, 1994
• Label: Ruffhouse/Columbia
• Copyright: (P) 1993,1994 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
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• ASIN: B0013D6RP0
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #89,305 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not at all like "The Score", March 25, 2006

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tedzsee "lucastds.com" (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blunted on Reality (Audio CD)

If your only experience listening to The Fugees was their seminal "Score" album, with the single "Killing Me Softly," or hearing Hill's "Miseducation" album, you will be completely surprised by this album.

It's raw. There are no soft sides here, it's all hard edges. No one sings. Lauryn rips the mic hard. The rhyming is all just a bit old-school, a little more Haitian than their more recent effort, and the whole thing has a little bit more of an angry vibe than "The Score."

This is the score before it was settled. It's a neat album... definitely worth a listen by folks into the Fugees, and raw enough to appeal to both conscious fans and more hardcore hiphop heads, as long as your ears are open to the worldbeat type rhythms. Sort of like "Fugee-lah", except angrier and for a whole album.

In particular, some brilliant rhymes about religion grace this album.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not the Fugees you now know, but still alright. (3.5), April 5, 2007

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Zen Station "http://www.rateyourmusic.com/~so... (The Graceful Swans of Never) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blunted on Reality (Audio CD)

When you listen to this album, it's just so hard to believe this is the same group who gave us The Score. That record was brilliant and is still one of my top five hip-hop albums that I own. Where that one had them showing a bigger range of songs and had social commentary-style lyrics, this is them making a totally different record, like it's another group maybe. Almost everything here is strictly hip-hop influenced, and of the early-'90's variety.

I would argue that this is not really that classic though, unlike aforementioned album. It's just hard to believe that this group is trying to pose as thugs here, although they hadn't yet gotten to where they later went, so maybe that's forgiveable. At 18 tracks, there's quite a bit of "interludes," although "Blunted Interlude" works more as a full song than an actual interlude. And it's one of the better tracks on here. There are hints of what to come, but it's not THAT obvious. "Vocab" has some acoustic guitar that we'd later hear from Wyclef, especially solo. "Some Seek Stardom" which is mostly Lauryn Hill, was the closest thing to a taste of what was to come. It's about the only song we get to hear her SING on. That one is one of the few with a message, one about knowing where you come from.

Overall, it's actually good, but just don't expect it to be overall AMAZING like what you had come to know. It's pretty cheap though, and I got mine for a nice used price. It's worth hearing at least a few times; just don't expect it to be quite as varied and groundbreaking.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There's nothing blunted about this here fine rekkahd!, September 7, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Blunted on Reality (Audio CD)

In my opinion this eclipses The Score, though the latter shouldn't be ignored by any means. Blunted exposes Clef's Haitian- Caribbean roots with all the brilliant dancehall/hip hop fused tracks. High energy, ruff rhymes and beats, killer guitar arrangements, and Jamaican ragga toasting dominate this album. I recommend this to any Wyclef/Fugee fan, or to any dancehall or hip hop enthusiast.