Passage Through Time

Da Grassroots, Da Grass Roots | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 5, 1999)
• Original Release Date: November 9, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Nu Gruv Alliance
• ASIN: B00002R0LC
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #366,061 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Intro

2. Spears of Ice f/Q-Bot

3. Thematics f/Arcee

4. Eternal f/K-Os & Thrust

5. Precious Metals f/Ghetto Concept

6. Kenny's Query

7. Last Days f/Marvel & G-Knight

8. Price of Livin' f/Mr.Roam from the Plant

9. Pylar Sanchez f/Remy Rezzin'

10. Intermission

11. Informercial

12. Postal Work f/Mr.Roam from the Plant

13. Body Language f/Saukrates & Choclair

14. The Approach

15. Black Dove f/Schizm

16. Kenny's Theme

17. Melancholy Blue

18. Political Proverbs f/Cryp2nite & Q-Bot

19. A Mother's Love

20. Born II Roam f/Mr.Roam from the Plant

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Independent Hip-hop release, sure to be slept on, December 6, 1999

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"joe_momma" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Passage Through Time (Audio CD)

Thank the Almighty for NAFTA... Coming straight from Toronto, the 3 dj/producers Mr. Attic, Swiff, and Mr. Murray, collectively known as Da Grassroots, come out with an incredible hip-hop album sure to blow 'heads off the map. Along for the ride are lyricists from the Canadian scene, and the final product is an album with VERY tight production values and equally tight lyrics. The grooves are more on the subdued tip, lots of jazzy piano loops ( incredibly done on tracks 15 and tracks 19 ) and effective drum beats; each song compliments the various MCs very well. The only real party joint is track 22, the "Three Rhyme Superstars" which livens things up a bit,with the microphone being constantly exchanged between the three rhyme- stylers. Though there is nothing here that is groundbreaking, it is some REALLY good, creative, sample-based hip-hop. I never even heard of the MC's on this album, let alone da Grassroots themselves, yet after hearing one of the cuts, "Thematics", on an underground hip-hop station, I was impressed enough to buy the CD, and I was not dissapointed. My only gripe is that the case doesn't correctly label the song names to the track numbers. Other than that, this a very good album, showing that the Canadian hip-hop scene is alive and thriving.

On a side note: AAmazon lists only 2 songs when there are 24 tracks on the album itself.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Back to Da Grassroots, March 4, 2000

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eric podell - See all my reviews

This review is from: Passage Through Time (Audio CD)

This is the best new album since Common's Ressurection, or The Roots, Do You Want More. This hip hop trio creates a smooth and hypnotic background of roots-like instrumentation that does for the world of hip-hop what fusion did for the 1960-70s Jazz scene. On top of that, the ingenius rhyming skills of da Grassroots offers a bouncing vocal line atop head-bouncing musical tones. For those hip hop heads interested in REAL HIP HOP, have a love for the talent of the underground world, and truly have a love for hip hop rhythms and rhymes, this album will not let you down.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Passage Through Time, February 8, 2000

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"hipnotik" (Atl, Ga) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Passage Through Time (Audio CD)

If you enjoy very smooth and relaxing hip-hop, pick this one up. It's a mix of beats like Prince Paul (DeLaSoul) & Hi-Tek (BlackStar). The flow is tight along with their rhymes. If you have a booming system in your ride and a girl you wanna impress, this album had such variety it can make the mood for both.