Souls of Mischief - 93 Til Infinity
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Artist: Souls of MischiefBrand: SOULS OF MISCHIEF
Edition: Music CD
Format: Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 1993-09-28
Music Label: Jive
Soundtracks:
- Let 'Em Know
- Live And Let Live
- That's When Ya Lost
- A Name I Call Myself
- Disseshowedo
- What A Way To Go Out
- Never No More
- 93 'Til Infinity
- Limitations
- Anything Can Happen
- Make Your Mind Up
- Batting Practice
- Tell Me Who Profits
- Outro
Music reviews of 93 Til Infinity
Music Review: 1993 hip hop gem
Rating: 5 Stars
Souls of Mischief's "93 Til Infinity" is a very consistent and overall excellent hip hop album. Throughout its 54 great minutes, the excellent production and rapping remain constant. SOM's four MCs (A-Plus, Phesto, Tajai, and Opio) are very compelling because there are so many sides to their characters. They are intelligent, literate lyricists, yet have experienced the streets of East Oakland and know how to have fun. Throughout the 14 tracks, they philosophize, tell stories, and explore many ideas. The beats are excellent, using funky basslines and jazz horns for a great jazz-rap record. "93 Til' Infinity" is probably so overlooked because it was conceptually similar to more popular alternative groups like A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, and Black Moon, but "93 'Til" stacks up as a near flawless album worthy of any hip hop collection.
"Let 'Em Know" begins the album excellently, with great lyrics and a beat with driving bass and a sax loop. "Live and Let Live" is among the best tracks, with lyrics discussing varying philosophies on life and one of the best beats on the record, with nice bass, piano, and trumpet. On "That's When Ya Lost", Tajai and the crew bash sucker MCs over more head bobbing bass. "A Name I Call Myself" has a beat reminiscent of ATCQ and lyrics that explore the Souls of Mischief's characters. After the fun "Disseshowedo" is the great "What A Way to Go Out", which tells stories about violence and failure in a funny and positive light. "Never No More" is based around a jazz trumpet loop and on-point verses. The title track "93 Til Infinity" is one of the greatest hip hop songs of all time and would make the album worth it alone. The vibesy, deep beat with horns and great instrumental is perfect, and the lyrics go everywhere, it's a very peaceful and beautiful song. It's followed by "Limitations", which warns MCs to know them, and "Anything Can Happen", a pretty gritty song for SOM. "Make Your Mind Up" is expertly produced, as is the top-notch "Batting Practice", a Hieroglyphics anthem. "Tell Me Who Profits" warns potential criminals against shady business, and the classic outro finishes the album.
"93 Til Infinity" is a great album that fuses west coast hip hop with the east coast mentality of 1993. The Souls of Mischief had a masterpiece in this album and I recommend it to all fans of early 90s jazzy hip hop, because it is among the best of the genre.
Description of 93 Til Infinity
There are very few albums across any genre that stand the test of time better than 93 'Til Infinity, the classic debut record from Hieroglyphics crew's very own Souls of Mischief. In an era where Gangsta Rap and G-Funk dominated the West Coast Rap scene, Souls broke ground on a completely unique and thoroughly west coast sound. While the Dr. Dre's and Snoop Doggs were garnering much of the mainstream attention, Souls were quietly forging a charismatic, critically acclaimed, and cohesively shaped record that when categorized, sounded much closer to A Tribe Called Quest than N.W.A. The sound of their debut is characteristic of the distinct style explored by the collective, including a rhyme scheme based on internal rhyme and beats centered around a live bass and obscure jazz and funk samples.93 'Til Infinity was propelled into success by its title track and lead single, which reached #32 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also featured singles 'That's When Ya Lost' and 'Never No More' which also reached the Hot Rap Singles. In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Albums of All Time.
Considered by many to be a text book 'slept-on' classic Rap record, 93 'Til Infinity has only grown better with age. The album simply defines the Hiero golden age with a sound that would leter be fine tuned with strong releases from MCs Del The Funkee Homosapien, Casual and Pep Love.
It takes some serious bravado to name your album 93 'Til Infinity, but certainly the goal of creating a Hip Hop 'classic' must have been on the collective minds of the group members A-Plus, Tajai, Opio, and Phesto when recording this landmark moment in Hip Hop history. It's true, even seventeen years after the albums release many people are still discovering it, and with this re-mastered reissue on double vinyl, fans all over the world will once again discover the brilliance that 93 'Til Infinity delivers and will continue to deliver beyond infinity.
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