![]() ![]() ![]() Perhaps realizing they’ve gone too far afield and lost touch with what made them popular, “Soundbombing 3” tries to go back to the roots. ![]() More in common anyway, except that suddenly a Rawkus album was filled with well known thug rappers like Beanie Sigel and Trick Daddy.įor all intents and purposes, the once mighty vanguard of rap music that was “independent as fuck” now seemed to be responding to competition by commercializing their content. Observers were only further confused when Rawkus released “Lyricist Lounge 2” – a compilation that had more in common with Soundbombing than the rhyming cypher or the TV show the cypher inspired. With the very public departure of El-Producto and the dissolution of his group Company Flow, indie cred at Rawkus seemed to be going down the toilet. Either way Rawkus seemed less relevant to most people, and their sales have flagged as a result. Hundreds of upstarts looked to cash in, flooding the market with a lot of material – some good, most mediocre. Too many cooks spoil the soup, and in some ways too many wannabe Rawkus Records labels spoiled the flavor of the underground. Unfortunately the tide came in after the year 2000, and a waning gravitational pull made a rising tsunami suddenly feel like splashing in the kiddie pool. Easily it was one of 1999’s most important and most influential hip-hop CD’s, and spearheaded a new wave of popularity for indie rap that seemed poised to take over hip-hop. The first edition was a veritable “greatest hits” album of Rawkus Records best 12″s to date, and “Soundbombing II” upped the ante by having the Beat Junkies mix a selection of brand new songs from the likes of Eminem, The High & Mighty, Mos Def and Common. The Rawkus compilation “Soundbombing” has in a very short time become synonymous with the highest caliber quality underground hip-hop. ![]()
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