Customer Reviews

Station Identification

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This was the first disc I ever bought, and mad izm is one of my all-time favourite rough hiphop tracks. It got me involved in the more-underground east coast scene and that's part of the reason I rate it highly. KRS fans should definitely check this out as his influence is all over it. He produces a few songs and stomps all over mad izm - which is a crazy track.

There's some very left-field production from Salaam Remi - experimental and almost gothic - and vicious mic skills from hakim and tuffy. Kind of like the artifacts mic team but very dark in parts. Half the tracks are very good and half are decent but there's about 5 annoying skit tracks which make it hard to listen straight through. Some of the tracks are almost brilliant but are just slightly off due to an annoying quirk. Alpha and Omega has a wicked beat, one of the fattest basses in history, but the chorus "it's the alpha, and omega, we're gonna play these sucker mc's like sega" chanted by a boy, gets plain old annoying after a while.

Buy or borrow it for the beats and some of the rhymes, copy the good tracks onto a compilation disc and listen to that instead. I wonder if there's an instrumental disc?

Madizm was the cut to get my mouth wattery. Once this LP dropped, my hunger pains were filled. True, the best track was the 1st single, but almost every track on this album would grow on you and leave you in need of a neck brace. This was their best work, probably due to the blastmaster on their side... dope nonetheless and one of my fav LPs.

This is a hard hitting album, w/ The Teacher's influence all over it. KRS produced the majority of the album and Salaam Remi and some no-name did the rest, the result is a dark, heavy-bassed head-banger. CL crew members Tuffy & Hakim spit rhymes as dark and dirty as the beats, although they aren't stand-out MC's they've got skills and they ride the beats really well. The track listing is:

1) Station Identification
2) Channel 1 (Int.)
3) Lock it Up
4) Channel 2 (Int.)
5) What! (Cause and Effect)
6) Mad Izm F. KRS-One
7) Reprogram
8) Channel 3 (Int.)
9) Sex for the Sport
10) Channel 4 (Int.)
11) Down Goes the Devil
12) Build & Destroy
13) Alpha & Omega
14) Homicide Ride
15) Who U Represent

Almost all of the tracks will have you banging your head, my favorites are "Mad Izm," "Lock it Up," "What!," "Reprogram," "Down Goes the Devil" & "Who U Represent." An odd stand-out is the last track, which pays homage to Hip-Hop, rhyming almost every pre-'95 crew/name over a funky guitar.

Bottom Line: Any fan of hard-bassed NY Hip-Hop and/or KRS-One will like this album. 4 stars, Peace.

this cd is pure hiphop and i know it

i really liked this CD. Spark mad izm

This disc turned me into a hardcore hip-hop head. These cats can spit some darts that would make mentor KRS-ONE proud. The beats are grimey and on point, and the rhymes are dope. This is a true underground classic, and for those interested in some ruff neck mid 90's hip-hop - this is for you. 11 years later and this CD still sounds better than all of the pop-hop out there now. Pick this up, you wont be sorry.

Top 5 Tracks (In my opinion)
1.Mad Izm
2.Station Identification
3.Reprogram
4.Down Goes The Devil
5.Who U Represent

The duo of Hakim and Tuffy, considered proteges of KRS-One release their debut album Station Identification(perfectly titled after the group's name). Naturally, the highlight of the album was the debut single "Mad Izm" sparked with a neck-snapping beat to fit the over 4 minute verbal assault discussing the ghetto's favorite pasttime. There are several other notables on this album including "Reprogram" featuring KRS-One(he shows up on several other tracks also), "Sex For The Sport" and "Down Goes The Devil". Production handled mostly by Salaam Remi among others. Channel Live's debut definitely shouldnt be overlooked and "Mad Izm" was a spring classic in 1994.

Hot I love this CD good East Coast Music when I first got this Cd I got it 4 spark mad izm....I played that song like 178 times straight but I started listening to the other songs and I was like damn these other songs are good too...and then the other songs went from good to hot Get this!!!!!

Wicked album, bangin' beats, slick raps. A must have for any lover of mid-90's Hip-Hop. KRS pops up to spit a verse or two on a couple of tracks and I'm pretty sure he also produced a few of the beats, if not most of them.

Out of the whole album, only one or two tracks are 'skippers' and that has more to do with the fact that the track following is a slammer and you can't wait for it.

Now, go source yourself a copy, you won't regret it.

this record was dope when i first bought it in 1995 and its even better the second time around in 2001!