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Grand Puba - Reel to Reel

The album Reel to Reel was released by the freshly solo Grand Puba (born Maxwell Dixon March 4, 1966) in 1992, following group projects with the likes of the short lived duo Masters of Ceremony and Brand Nubian (Grand Puba, Lord Jamar, Sadat X, DJ Alamo, DJ Sincere (1992-1995)). Both of the group’s albums were critically acclaimed but failed to duplicate that success in terms of album sales; it was in the later part of 1992 that the Brand Nubian decided to disband and pursue personal interests.
Puba’s previous works did nothing if to help to establish himself as one of Hip-Hop’s (still fairly new) strongest lyricist. Grand Puba’s Reel to Reel spawned a style lyricism and word play that was unprecedented in the world of Hip-Hop music. Puba’s wordplay was reminiscent of Slick Rick’s fairy tale rhymes (e.g. The Great Adventures of Slick Rick) yet, they had a more socially conscious undertone (e.g. “Proper Education”) but also still keeping a playful attitude about them (e.g. “Honey Don't Front”).
Grand Puba’s style on and off the microphone would later play a major roll in the development of rapper/producer Kanye West. Everything from West’s polo, yacht club fashion sense, to his rhymes boasting of spending four-hundred dollars on Gucci loafers and being the “freshest” rapper alive was from major influences by Puba among others. Out of three solo albums Grand Puba has released Reel to Reel remains the most critically acclaimed and is considered to be an instrumental and classic Hip-Hop album.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Adventures_of_Slick_Rick

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Puba

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_Nubian

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