How Ya Like Me Now

Kool Moe Dee | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Label: BMG DIRECT
• ASIN: B002K9XYRU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,425,060 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Track Listings 1. How Ya Like Me Now [Longer Version] 2. Wild Wild West 3. Way Way Back 4. 50 Ways 5. No Respect 6. Don't Dance [Longer Version] 7. I'm a Player 8. Suckers 9. Stupid 10. Rock You 11. Get Paid

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Essential 80's Rap Music (3 Stars), June 18, 2004

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Norfeest "Yes Yes Y'all" (Winchester VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How Ya Like Me Now (Audio CD)

After reading the other reviews, I realized a something, when rating albums like this, you have to take a few things into consideration like cultural impact, overall value, what the trend at the time was, how well it stands the test of time, etc... As far as impact goes, I can't think of a single club that didn't have classics like "Wild Wild West" and "How Ya Like Me Now" in heavy rotation and the overall value of the CD is still high. If you're into old school hip hop, this should be considered essential listening. I know that his rhyme style is somewhat elementary, but you have to remember that just about everyone had a simplistic rhyme style back then (Kurtis Blow or Run DMC, anyone?) because that was the trend at the time and rap music has always been about trends. Back then you had to have your own style or image. Everyone wanted to do something different instead of everything sounding the same like todays rap music. I saw in another review where someone said that Teddy Riley did some production on this album, but that's not the case. Teddy Riley helped produce Kool Moe Dee's self titled 1986 debut, but he's absent on this album. In his place was Pete Q. Harris. Though this album came out in '87, it still has an '85 feel to it. Tracks like "Way Way Back", "Stupid", and "No Respect" seem to bring the albums overall value down, but tracks like "Don't Dance" and "Suckers" instantly make you want to get up and start doing the wop like it was '87 all over again. Tracks like "I'm A Player" sound like a B Side to his 1st album, but they were still funky while tracks like "Get Paid" are classic Moe Dee at his best. Overall, this album was off the hook when it first came out, but it doesn't have a lot of replay value now. But if you're throwing an 80's party or you just want to stroll down memory lane every now and then, you should dust this one off and give it a spin with the rest of the classics you play.

Standout Tracks: Wild Wild West (My Favorite), How Ya Like Me Now, Rock You, & Don't Dance

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars back when you had to have game, September 19, 2000

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A customer "mistermaxxx" (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How Ya Like Me Now (Audio CD)

this is a classic.back when you had your own Idenity&battled on the Mic.Kool Moe Dee came out to battle.this was when Rap was about that¬ all the Numbers Non-Sense it has become.Kool&LL battling each other on Record is what's missing now.you knew the Lyric's were gonna be tight.Kool did this Album With New Jack Swing Genius Teddy Riley&it has stood the test of time.this is very essential.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How ya like me now is a classic rap album., September 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: How Ya Like Me Now (Audio CD)

The top two songs on this album are the title cut and Wild Wild West. The Will Smith remake of Wild Wild West is not up to snuff though, the Kool Moe Dee version is the better rap.