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Plantation Rhymes

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Who knew that the incredible, combination fo El-P, Bigg Jus, and Mr. Len the Space Ghost, or Company Flow, would split in 1999. El eventually went on to own his own record company, Definitive Jux, while Bigg Jus was relatively unheard of until he released Gaffling Whips ep. With an LP soon to be released, on this album, Jus has displayed his authentic and witty, truly New York, lyricism prevalent on Company Flow's earleri releases (Funcrusher Plus). The sounds of this album shadow those of Company Flow in their gritty, hardcore, accentuation of traditional hip-hop blends, but also mixes that up with some un-traditional experimentations, similar in fact to the production present on any Def Jux release. Overall, the album reflects Jus's lyrical abilities and love of the underground

Awesome songs, awesome album. Every song is different and very engaging. The production is very creative...the background changes so many times during some songs. At first its a little hard to adjust to...but after hearing them a few times it totally fits in. The lyrics are smart and delivered in a unique style. Excellent album...awaiting more from Bigg Jus! Hopefully he'll work with Prefuse 73 a little in the future...curious as to what that would sound like.

With a price as low as one cent, and these amazingly complex orchestrations, you'd be stupid to not buy this CD.

cant really say what I think about this installment .. I know Jus was I'll on alot of Co-Flows tracks back in the early to late 90's... but I'll have to Come back to you on this one... I have to hear more tracks..

Shoulda kept Company Flow together or go join Def Jux....

"walt disney meets Kaiser Scoche(sp)"!!

Ok, here's the deal. Lyrically, this album is pretty nice and Bigg Jus proves that he is indeed talented. Yet, it is know lyrical masterpiece. That being said, this album is just about intolerable due to its production. While songs like "Gaffling Whips" are just plain boring musically, songs like "Tongue Sandwhich" are almost painful to listen to. While some call this creative, or abstract hip-hop, I call it [bad]. El-P found ways to make cacophonous sounds work together in harmonious beauty on his solo LP, why couldn't Jus do the same? Maybe its due to the fact that Jus is not a producer by nature. Who knows. All I know is that Jus's nasal flow sounds better over simpler soundscapes than the ones presented on this album. In closing, you should only pick this album up if you are A BIG FAN OF BIGG JUS! Otherwise, wait for his full length solo and leave this failed experiment in its place on the cd rack.