Many Styles [Explicit Lyrics]

Triple Threat | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 4, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Fat Beats
• ASIN: B00008DCT2
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #86,708 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

From URB Magazine

(Fat Beats) Not to diss their social lives, but these guys must spend a lot of time at home. It’s not merely that their chittering cuts and tightly spiraled scratches suggest long bedroom exiles spent honing skills, but that they delight in making vocal samples talk to each other like an only child staging conversations between action figures. Dozens of snippets (from Nas to Method Man to Rakim, with way too many to count in between) trade boasts and competing call-outs on "Two Minute Warning" and "True Brothaz." Vinroc, Apollo and Shortkut invite some non-imaginary friends along, too: Talib Kweli rants about annoying fans on "Hip Hop Worth Dying For," which feeds a minimalist mariachi riff through a Neptunes compressor, while Black Thought reps Philly on "You Got 2." Vinroc makes the catchiest beats here (see "Hit Em Off," graced by Zion I’s airy flow), offsetting the turntable virtuosity with jagged, welcome hooks.

Jonah Weiner

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! This is a awesome album, March 5, 2003

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"sasha1200" (Oakland, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Many Styles (Audio CD)

I've got to admit, I'm even surprised at how good this album came out (not to say that i doubted them)! I couldn't stop playing it. The album is solid from top to bottom with very little fast forwarding (if any at all). It actually represents quite a bit of the hip-hop scene from skratching (turntablist cuts), underground rap (cuts w/ Mainflow, Talib Quali, Black Thought, Souls, Planet Asia, etc.), mainstream rap (Mystic), b-boying (they even made a cut for b-boys!), to dancehall (ridiculously infectious joint by Apollo & Nim).

The skits tie all the joints in smoothly giving big ups to the multi-talented DJ known as a Triple Threat DJ.

DON'T SLEEP ON THIS ALBUM...3T is the truth! No hype or BS.