Raw Fusion
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JERRY JULIANO
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Raw Fusion
Who remembers this shit? Yeah they were down with digital underground and them... some ill shit if i remember correctly...
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JERRY JULIANO
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found a lil info on the album:
Raw Fusion - "Live from the Styleetron"
(Hollywood Basic 1991)
While the most famous and loved solo member of Digital Underground was 2Pac, the duo of DJ Fuze and Money B, aka Raw Fusion, definitely made some noise during their relatively short and low-key existence in the 90's.
Shock G and the crew stomped into the 90's with their then-next-school brand of neo-P-Funk in the form of the classic 1990 album "Sex Packets". "The Humpty Dance" took the world by storm, and the DU were on top. In the time between Sex Packets and the less-acclaimed follow-up "Sons of the P" Underground sound provider DJ Fuze and the swift-lipped rapper Money B stepped out on their own to bring us this, their fresh debut album. While the concept of the Styleetron and the accompanying liner notes owe a debt to George Clinton and DU, the similarities of Raw Fusion to DU end there. Money and Fuze maintain the whimsical vibe of and Underground record, but they made triply sure that the sound remained hardcore.
While the Underground was pillaging stacks of Parliament-Funkadelic records Fuze, who was known for 'creating' new scratches, (see: No Nose Job) pulled sounds from everywhere to create the beats for Styleetron. We have some jazz, some soul, a large bit of reggae, and of course, big chunks of funk. While this more gritty funk approach might have had more of an east-coast vibe, Fuze made sure that his cuts had plenty of massive basslines for the trunks of west coast low riders on Crenshaw Avenue. The most interesting production choice was the heavy reggae vibes on several of the songs. Check out the heavy dub bassline on "Don't Test," the massive dancehall assault on "Ah Nah Go Drip," (a hilarious dis song directed at Jheri Curls), and even the reggae-influenced hook on the slow-roll funker "Kill Mi Dead."
When not reppin' the rudeboys, Fuze brings the funk in a major way on bangers like "Nappy Headed Ninja" (B tastefully uses "ninja" instead of the N-word), "Do My Thang," and the ruthless "Traffic Jam" which artfully cuts Jimi Hendrix into the funk stew. There are also some more serious moments on this album, like "Wild Francis," a story of a ghetto woman who becomes a Marxist revolutionary and ends up dying in a police shootout, and "Throw Your Hands in the Air," which finds Money B and his guys getting harassed by police, stuck up by some strapped-ass girls, and party to a Kwikee Mart holdup. Instead of lots of dumb skits, Fuze and Money keep things tight with 14 tracks, and pack as much as they can into each. Many of the songs are five or six minutes long, with one just passing the seven-minute mark! Fortunately, Money's charasmatic style and Fuze' layered production tactics allow them to hold your attention throughout their unusually long songs.
Of course, an Digital Underground-affiliated joint wouldn't be complete without guests shots from the rest of the crew. Shock and Humpty represent multiple times, as well as Mac-Mone, the Piano Man and a low-key appearance by a young Saafir. They save the best for last, when 2Pac drops a dope-ass verse on the album-closing "#1 with a Bullet". Supposedly the group broke up after the follow-up album "Hoochified Funk". I guess they just couldn't compete with DU's over the top and more accessible style. Fortunately, we still have this slab of dope west coast funk that takes its rightful place among other late-80's and early-90's rap classics from the likes of A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, and the Jungle Brothers.
Raw Fusion - "Live from the Styleetron"
(Hollywood Basic 1991)
While the most famous and loved solo member of Digital Underground was 2Pac, the duo of DJ Fuze and Money B, aka Raw Fusion, definitely made some noise during their relatively short and low-key existence in the 90's.
Shock G and the crew stomped into the 90's with their then-next-school brand of neo-P-Funk in the form of the classic 1990 album "Sex Packets". "The Humpty Dance" took the world by storm, and the DU were on top. In the time between Sex Packets and the less-acclaimed follow-up "Sons of the P" Underground sound provider DJ Fuze and the swift-lipped rapper Money B stepped out on their own to bring us this, their fresh debut album. While the concept of the Styleetron and the accompanying liner notes owe a debt to George Clinton and DU, the similarities of Raw Fusion to DU end there. Money and Fuze maintain the whimsical vibe of and Underground record, but they made triply sure that the sound remained hardcore.
While the Underground was pillaging stacks of Parliament-Funkadelic records Fuze, who was known for 'creating' new scratches, (see: No Nose Job) pulled sounds from everywhere to create the beats for Styleetron. We have some jazz, some soul, a large bit of reggae, and of course, big chunks of funk. While this more gritty funk approach might have had more of an east-coast vibe, Fuze made sure that his cuts had plenty of massive basslines for the trunks of west coast low riders on Crenshaw Avenue. The most interesting production choice was the heavy reggae vibes on several of the songs. Check out the heavy dub bassline on "Don't Test," the massive dancehall assault on "Ah Nah Go Drip," (a hilarious dis song directed at Jheri Curls), and even the reggae-influenced hook on the slow-roll funker "Kill Mi Dead."
When not reppin' the rudeboys, Fuze brings the funk in a major way on bangers like "Nappy Headed Ninja" (B tastefully uses "ninja" instead of the N-word), "Do My Thang," and the ruthless "Traffic Jam" which artfully cuts Jimi Hendrix into the funk stew. There are also some more serious moments on this album, like "Wild Francis," a story of a ghetto woman who becomes a Marxist revolutionary and ends up dying in a police shootout, and "Throw Your Hands in the Air," which finds Money B and his guys getting harassed by police, stuck up by some strapped-ass girls, and party to a Kwikee Mart holdup. Instead of lots of dumb skits, Fuze and Money keep things tight with 14 tracks, and pack as much as they can into each. Many of the songs are five or six minutes long, with one just passing the seven-minute mark! Fortunately, Money's charasmatic style and Fuze' layered production tactics allow them to hold your attention throughout their unusually long songs.
Of course, an Digital Underground-affiliated joint wouldn't be complete without guests shots from the rest of the crew. Shock and Humpty represent multiple times, as well as Mac-Mone, the Piano Man and a low-key appearance by a young Saafir. They save the best for last, when 2Pac drops a dope-ass verse on the album-closing "#1 with a Bullet". Supposedly the group broke up after the follow-up album "Hoochified Funk". I guess they just couldn't compete with DU's over the top and more accessible style. Fortunately, we still have this slab of dope west coast funk that takes its rightful place among other late-80's and early-90's rap classics from the likes of A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, and the Jungle Brothers.
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I've got their second album Hoochified Funk, but I can't really remember anything from it besides "Freaky Note," which was totally sexed out on a jazzy, smoothed out tip.
I've always been a Money B fan since "Sound of the Underground." On that note, Sex Packets is classic (track down the tape for the extra tracks).
I've always been a Money B fan since "Sound of the Underground." On that note, Sex Packets is classic (track down the tape for the extra tracks).
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