Soundbombing 3 [Explicit Lyrics]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 4, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Rawkus / Umgd
• ASIN: B000067CN0
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #65,321 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Intro - Cipha Sounds & Mr. Choc

2. The Life - Styles P. & Pharoahe Monch

3. Freak Daddy - Mos Def

4. skit

5. Crew Deep - Skillz feat. Missy Elliott & Kandi

6. My Life - Kool G Rap feat. C-N-N

7. Round & Round Remix - Jonell feat. Method Man, Kool G Rap & Pharoahe

8. Yelling Away - Zap Mama feat. Common & Talib Kweli

9. skit

10. What Lies Beneath - Q-Tip

11. The Trouble Is. - The Beatnuts

12. Put It In The Air - Talib Kweli feat. DJ Quik

13. They Don't Flow - Novel feat. Skillz

14. Rhymes And Ammo - The Roots feat. Talib Kweli

15. Spit Again - Cocoa Brovaz feat. Dawn Penn

16. On The Block (Golden Era) - R.A. The Rugged Man feat. L. Dionne

17. Outro - Cipha Sounds & Mr. Choc

Editorial Reviews

Review

Despite rumors of untimely demise, Rawkus is alive and kicking, rolling out the third installment of its lauded Soundbombing series. This time, NY's Cipha Sounds and LA's Mr. Choc mix the exclusive underground ingredients. SoundbombingIII goes easy on the turntable tricknology, which is something of a missed opportunity, given how wicked either DJ can get.

Then again, this keeps the focus on the music, and Soundbombing III provides a provocative window into Rawkus' current underground aesthetics. Gone is the hard-knock funk edge, replaced by smooth, soulful flows. Among the better examples are Zap Mama's "Yelling Away" featuring Common and Talib Kweli, a collabo so naturally obvious that it's surprising they hadn't worked together before. Q-Tip breaks from his neo-soul dabblings to bring back his familiar flow and sting lovely on "What Lies Beneath," while Skillz joins forces with Missy Elliott and Kandi for the "Rapper's Delight"-flavored "Crew Deep."

On the iffy end, Mos Def's "Freak Daddy" is a chaotic mesh, Kool G Rap's fuzz-funk "My Life" is another setback on his comeback trail and the Beatnuts' "The Trouble Is" is as disastrous as the name suggests. Like many mixtapes, Soundbombing III can be frustratingly uneven, but there are gems amidst the rubble.

Oliver Wang -- From URB Magazine

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Starts off wack but gets better June 8, 2002

By E.J. Rupert VINE™ VOICE

Format:Audio CD

If you already heard how bad Soundbombing 3 is, those rumors are half-true. But be forwarned, underground fans: when you look at the track listing to this album, the mere fact that Missy Elliot and Kandi of Xscape are featured on this compliation should signal to you that this album is leaving the underground in hopes to gain mainstream appeal. And usually when that happens, the results are beyond disappointing.

It may be unfair, but it'll be hard not to compare the strictly underground sounds of 1999's Soundbombing 2 (with artists like Bahamadia, Medina Green, and Dialated Peoples) to the hip-hop/R&B sounds of the third installment (with Q-Tip, The Roots, and Noreaga). For example, Pharoahe Monch is singing when he should be rapping on "My Life" while Styles P. of The Lox rocks the mic. And Mos Def has a painfully weak song, I kid you not, which is the Rockwilder-produced "Freak Daddy". If Mos comes off wack, then you know there's something wrong with hip-hop. It gets worse: another underground champion, Mad Skillz, lazily raps through the Missy-assisted "Crew Deep", making it fail compared to past Supafriendz joints. Moreover, even the interludes and skits on Soundbombing 2 were dope. Here, they just take up time and Mr. Choc and Cipha Sounds aren't as good mixers as J-Rocc and Babu were on the last album.

But before you break your stop/eject button, there are okay songs ahead. Pharoahe and Skillz both redeem themselves with their freestyles on Jonell's "Round and Round" and "They Don't Flow", respectively. However, Monch's verse is the only thing new in "Round and Round": this isn't really a remix, it's Method Man's 2nd verse taken from the remix on the "How High" soundtrack pieced with Kool G Rap's 1st verse from another "Round and Round" remix, sandwiched between Monch's new verse and Jonell's vocals (but since her song is over a year old, why did they even bother?). And Skillz laments on why rappers sell out and not bring it on "They Don't Flow" (with Novel), even though he did that exact thing earlier on this album.

Things continue to go okay, as Q-Tip's "What Lies Beneath" and The Beatnuts' "The Trouble Is" both get B's for effort. The real treats come when Talib Kweli joins Common on "Yelling Away", DJ Quik on "Put It in the Air" and The Roots on "Rhymes and Ammo". Momentum is further gained when Cocoa Brovaz and R.A. the Rugged Man bring back that Soundbombing flava on "Spit Again" and "On the Block", respectively. Save the best for last, I guess.

At over 75 minutes, Soundbombing 2 left me satisfied, but at under 60 minutes, this album left me still hungry because I only had a snack of real hip-hop. While Soundbombing 3 isn't a total bomb, it is still disappointing to see even this album stoop to the levels of selling out. If Rawkus Records ever get a chance to make another Soundbombing (because their future is uncertain), they better go back underground and stay there.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars The worst among all three soundbombings!!! June 24, 2002

By A Customer

Format:Audio CD

I bought this album last Friday night. When I looked on the back of the cover to see the various artists who would perform, I was excited because I consider most of whom dope.

This album is the worst soundbombing in the history of Rawkus records! I was extremely disappointed in every emcee(whom I considered dope) on this album. If you really want to hear a classic soundboming album, then purchase the first one. The second soundbombing wasn't that bad either, but they are both more euphonius than soundbombing III.

Hip hop is getting to the stage where you can't trust but a select few emcees. After listening to this album, it was evident that these artists paralled Tyson's intentions against Lennox Lewis; they were all going through the motions exclusively for the payday and not for the hunger.

Nowadays, I find myself purchasing early 90's hip hop because many emcees today are wasting their god-given talent, and they are coming up with every lame excuse to justify their motives.

If I could give this album NO stars for a review, then I most certainly would do so.

Don't buy this album!! I'm warning you. You'll be wasting your money.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars One of The Worst Albums ever..... June 5, 2002

By Brad Thomas

Format:Audio CD

With the past 2 Soundbombing albums, Rawkus Records, brought first, a well defined group of artists that were buried deep in Hip Hop's belly, and second a free will, that broke out of the mainstream shell, and disregarded the "glam" Rap Superstars. With the 3rd, they did just the opposite. They brought 2 very non gifted musicians(Cipha Sounds, and Mr.Choc), together to mix and narrate. There lack of originality and raw non-talent made them the worst possible choice. That was there first mistake. They brought many diffrent Mc's to the table, but a couple should have gone without an invitation. Instead of maintaining the barrier between the Underground and Mainstream, they willingly let them collide. That was there last mistake. Soundbombing 3 left a path of destruction, compiled of the remains of the Soundbombing series, and the fall of Rawkus Records. Rawkus has officially "sold out". Attention Everyone : The Underground has been tainted.