Clear Blue Skies

Juggaknots | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 24, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Amalgam
• ASIN: B000NJMLQO
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #298,002 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hunt Is On

2. Trouble Man

3. Jivetalk

4. Watch Ya Head [Remix]

5. Epiphany

6. The Circle (Pt. 2)

7. The Circle (Pt., 1)

8. Who Makes It Hot

9. Romper Room

10. Come Along

11. Loosifa

12. A Rainy Saturday

13. Sex Type Thang

14. You Gotta Do One of These Songs

15. Projections

16. I'm Gonna Kill You

17. Luvamaxin

18. Clear Blue Skies [Remix]

19. Up at the Stretch Armstrong WKCR Radiow Show Hosted by Babbito

20. Clear Blue Skies

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Ever-Elusive Masterpiece of Independent Hip-Hop, March 1, 2003

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"professor_jook" (New Haven, CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Re:Release (Audio CD)

Breezly Brewin may have single-handedly changed the way I think about Hip-Hop. For those of you that don't know, Breeze is the front man from the Juggaknots, an MC who ranks up there with the best of all-time (make no mistake about this). He does it all with intelligent rhymes, a complex and unorthodox rhyme scheme, and the smoothest of flows. And that's not even the half.
It's incredibly difficult to talk about hip-hop other than adhering to the conventions of describing it in terms of flow, subject matter, etc. This album, and all of the Juggaknots' music, makes those bars that they normally rank hip-hop albums with look straight up silly. To reduce their music to production value, rhymes and cuts takes everything good out of it. There's something in them, unmistakably, but it doesn't amount to nearly half of what this group accomplishes.

Some of my favorite lines:

"But hard rocks become rock hard with rigor mortis/ and respect is the commandment the divine trigger taught us..."

"To inspire thought to the mic, there was marriage cause the competition, Verbal mis/carriage of the mental fetus, greet us with the rugged rhythm that I'm showin/ I think I feel my water break and thus I'm flowing..."

"I seen honey, and yo, I tried to hide the bulge, I'm thinkin of indulgin in an all-out makin', call out Breezly Brewin session of the flesh, and as this matter was discussed, this lust/expressed through my reasonin' would help in seasonin' that rump roast. Gassin up the blunt, most incredible, edible vision with precision -- had her fiendin' for incision."

The album is loaded with classics. On "I'm Gonna Kill U," Breeze delivers perhaps one of the best lyrical songs ever in hip-hop. There's the original title piece, "Clear Blue Skies," a dialogue between a son and his racist father that still strikes a chord with its "vision of perfection", the "clear blue skies". Intelligent, beautiful, political, amazing...this album is out there so buy it.

"So that's your vision of perfection; that's your clear blue skies, through those clear blue eyes, which seem to make you think you're better. But instead of simply sinking/ to the level of your thinking, I'll be ghost..."

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A hip hop Classic!!, September 11, 2003

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A. Martinez "Phesto" (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Re:Release (Audio CD)

One of the most incredible albums from an era when hip hop was actually good. This album ranks as my second favorite album behind Yeshua and SIah DaPoed's EP, get this album for Breeze's incredible lyrical style and rhymes. Not only is he mad talented he is also a real cool cat I met him at Fat Beats where he was working. This is one of the illest albums ever unless you are a fan of corny Hot 97 rotations or are pumping Right Therre or Lumidee in your car SUCKER!!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hardcore Creativity, October 25, 2007

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Mr. D. Booth - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Clear Blue Skies (Audio CD)

Check it,
This Album is one of the reasons why i love Hip Hop so much,
Breeze Brewin is a SICK MC, saw them live at Forum too, Breeze Brewin isnt as good as a freestyler as he once was but they rocked it like their was no tomorrow. Anyway back to the album, Starts off with one of my fave Hip Hop tracks of all time 'Trouble Man' this is hardcore Hip Hop how i like it, Buddy slim and Brewin Own this bangin beat, 2nd verse by Brewin on here is a contender for THE best verse i have heard Ever.
'to the mic their was verbal miscarriage of the mental fetus greet us with the rugged rhythm that im showing, i feel my water breaking thus im flowing, timing my contractions concentrating on my breathing heaving..'
I aint gonna go on cos i aint got the time, but other tracks like 'You gotta do one of these songs' 'Loosifa' 'Epiphany' 'The Circle 1 & 2' and all da others to be honest have beats and rhymes so sweet, so hardcore, and brimming with skills.
Its one of the albums i truly put 10/10,
in my mind anyway along with Wu Tang 36 Chambers, Main Source Breaking Atoms, Artifacts Wrong Side Of the Tracks, Nas Illmatic, Gravediggaz Ni@@amortis, The Pharcyde's Bizzare Ride, Souls Of Mischief 93 til Infinity, Jedi Mind Violent by Design, Smif n Wessun Dah Shinin, Black Moon Enta Da Stage. ATCQ Low End Theory, Organized Konfusion.. Etc...
Along these lines of Quality Hip Hop Juggaknots fit there so easily among the top 3.
Also Check the sophomore 'Use Your Confusion' to hear more of the sister sibling Queen Heroine too. Its a good Lp but not as Classic as 'Clear Blue Skies'

Definately worth buying. my best recommendation on amazon infact.

Peace!