Classics Discussion: Spice 1

[DPG]

Spice 1
187 He Wrote
Amerikkka's Nightmare

Top 5 Spice 1 songs anyone?

I gotta think about this one

Too many to choose from

1. Welcome To The Ghetto
2. 187 Proof
3. 187 He Wrote
4. Strap on the Side
5. Jealous Got Me Strapped

 

[mobbinfms]

Voted the first two. Haven't listened to a Spice album in damn near two decades.
Was at the record store earlier this week and they didn't have a single Spice album
They did have these though

 

[shopthatwrecks]

1st 3 classic..next were solid...after that he fell all the way off...once his sound change..sounded like he was tryin to turn young...

 

[mobbinfms]

Ultimately for me in these discussions, the most weight is on one thing: Public reception.

I think 187 He Wrote is much better than the self-titled version, and I think most who have heard both would agree.
However, the self-title album got MUCH burn. First time I ever heard of Spice 1, I was in the barber shop reading a Jet
magazine...always flipped to the back because it had "The Weeks Best Albums" and "The Weeks Best Singles" in there.
Spice 1 - Spice 1 was number 1 this particular week...mind you, this was over Luther Vandross, Death Certificate,
Mariah Carey's first album, 2Pacalypse Now, Luke, and Public Enemy. As we started hearing the songs, the rep got bigger.

Understand: ask most people what they know about Spice 1 in general, and what would they say?
- he's the East Bay Reggae Gangster
- the stutter flow
- "coolin' on the corner with the cellular phone..."
- he kicked off the brand-naming songs

...all that is from the first album.

I like almost all of Spice's albums more than the first one, but it's the one that got the most reach.

I agree with all of this. But I think Trigga Gots No Heart is probably his most well known song

 

[big bun]

Top 5 Spice 1 songs anyone?

I gotta think about this one

First 5 that come to my mind are:

187 Proof
Thug in Me
Mo Mail
Peace To My Nine
Money or Murder

But, it is literally impossible to come up with a definitive top-5 for me. Hell a top-20 is impossible. Way too many hits.

 

[big bun]

I always thought this song was hilarious, but also I thought it was very relevant at the time because a lot of cats in the Bay questioned Spice 1's authenticity. He claimed Oakland, but really was from Hayward and some other shyt, too. He addressed it and added some comedy to it. Never heard it questioned again though. That reggae flow always been top notch, too.

 

[mobbinfms]

a lot of cats in the Bay questioned Spice 1's authenticity. He claimed Oakland, but really was from Hayward and some other shyt, too.

He was the Bay Area :pdahell:

 

[UpAndComing]

Haven't heard one single song he did, except that one song he did with Pac

Any requests for his best 2 or 3 albums?

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

Haven't heard one single song he did, except that one song he did with Pac

Any requests for his best 2 or 3 albums?

The first 2 or 3

Go in order

 

[mobbinfms]

Haven't heard one single song he did, except that one song he did with Pac

You never heard Trigga Gots no Heart?

 

[Taadow]

First 5 that come to my mind are:

187 Proof
Thug in Me
Mo Mail
Peace To My Nine
Money or Murder

But, it is literally impossible to come up with a definitive top-5 for me. Hell a top-20 is impossible. Way too many hits.

I didn't even try to do 5, because I knew I couldn't...but the bolded ones would definitely be on a short list for myself.

 

[Taadow]

I agree with all of this. But I think Trigga Gots No Heart is probably his most well known song

You might be right...but that's moreso because it was on a major soundtrack.

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

You might be right...but that's moreso because it was on a major soundtrack.

Menace II Society, right?

 

[Taadow]

Menace II Society, right?

Yep.

For all the classic chit MC Eiht did...his biggest song is from that, too.


Soundtracks used to be a big thing in rap. Damn shame...

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

Yep.

For all the classic chit MC Eiht did...his biggest song is from that, too.


Soundtracks used to be a big thing in rap. Damn shame...

My favourite to this day is still Murder was the Case

if anyone got a suggestion for a better soundtrack, I'm all ears