VA – Rap Declares War (CD) (1992) (FLAC + 320 kbps)

Conceptually, this is very strong. With the imprimatur of the remaining members of War and their longtime manager Jerry Goldstein, the group’s tracks are used as samples and/or backing for some well-known and not-so-well-known rappers to pay homage to. For the most part it works, because the talent (e.g., The Beasties, Ice-T, 2Pac, De La Soul) is there. However, tracks by those artists have been available on their earlier discs…And the lesser-known material, which also comes from previously released sources, is simply not as outstanding, ranging from the lackadaisical (Too Short) to the doggedly polemical (Brand Nubian). The title track is a new War number and does a great job of stating the band’s significance…In fact, this entire disc is fairly remarkable in showing how influential War has remained as a source point for rap, both in groove and social consciousness…

Tracklist:

01. War & Lighter Shade Of Brown / Hispanic MC’s / Proper Dos / Kid Frost – Rap Declares War
02. Nice & Smooth – Funky 4 U
03. Poor Righteous Teachers – Rock Dis Funky Joint
04. Wrecks-N-Effect – New Jack Swing
05. Brand Nubian – Feels So Good
06. De La Soul – Potholes In My Lawn
07. Too $hort – Short But Funky
08. Ice-T – Heartbeat
09. 2pac – Young Black Male
10. War Featuring Hispanic MC’s – Don’t Let No One Get You Down
11. Latin Alliance Featuring War – Lowrider (On The Boulevard)
12. Kid Frost – Ya Estuvo (That’s It)
13. Beastie Boys – Slow Ride
14. 7A3 – Drums Of Steel
15. Mellow Man Ace – Rhyme Fighter
16. Brotherhood Creed – Summatymz Ova
17. Lighter Shade Of Brown – Spill The Wine
18. Mantronix – Join Me Please (Home Boys Make Some Noise)

Download:

FLAC – Wayshare

320 kbps – Wayshare