Next Step

People Under The Stairs | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 6, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Om Records
• ASIN: B00002MCDP
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #203,714 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars buy it and cherish it, July 9, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Next Step (Audio CD)

Alright, PUTS is one of my three favorite groups. My others are TCQ and Common (Common Sense, whatever, for the LP Ressurection). The first PUTS album I got was Question in the Form of an Answer, which is a great album. So, I bought this one and was blown away. While QFA is an album where the maturity of Thes One and Double K is apparent, Next Step is just so fun and catchy, it sticks out as the better of the two. This is real hip-hop right here. Great lyrics, revolutionary beats (they're taken from 8-tracks) and a great atmosphere, The Next Step is the best of one of the three best hip-hop groups available on CD. Get it, cherish it, and please appreciate it to its fullest.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one ill album, April 13, 2001

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"platinum_ice12" (Oxnard,CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Next Step (Audio CD)

I just found out about this album a few days ago when I went to the record store and man was it a good buy. This is no doubt an excellent album even outshining their current album. The best track in the album has to be track no. 6: Mid-City Fiesta. Their album is laced with tight bass drums,funky horns,guitars and old school samples which gives this album a solid and refreshing sound. This is highly reccomended to all the hip hop lovers out there. This has to be in my top 50 favorite albums. Check this out .....

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars They don't make 'em like this any more . . ., December 17, 2002

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gernsteine "gernsteine" (London, uk) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Next Step (Audio CD)

People Under The Stairs are some of the last true hiphop producers. PUTS and J5 seem to be the last real beat-diggers. The good old days of sampling loops off old funk and soul records to make decent hip-hop records are nearly over.

For a start this was their first LP, constructed from an extensive array of undiscovered breaks ranging from south america to europe and probably further. I can't imagine how many hours these guys spend digging for beats.

PUTS rhyme in an old-school way. Maninly slow flows, somewhat similar to J5. More of a party vibe. It makes a change from the cram-as-many-words-into-a-bar style of many of todays MC's. Also PUTS rhyme about fairly cheerful stuff, going to parties and getting drunk etc.

You just have to listen to San Francisco Knights to see that this is no run of the mill LP.
It is far from the modern 'beep-line' over a rock guitar break neptunes type sound. This is one of those LP's that you will keep coming back to.

Aaron, you're better off listening to Linkin Park, funkFlex & other chart music. Listen to another 500 hiphop LP's then check PUTS again . . . . . you're welcome.