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A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

  • AMG Review of A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

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    John Bush
    All Music Guide

    Playfully satirical, witty, and incredibly imaginative, A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing introduced one of the freshest talents in early-'90s ap, a self-produced duo who caught the tail end of the Native Tongues family. Though Dres and Mista Lawnge didn't match the brilliant wordplay of A Tribe Called Quest or De La Soul, their topics were well-chosen, they were presented in a hilarious context, and every song was backed up by strong productions and great rapping. A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing wasn't a comedy record, but it was difficult to tell when the duo were half-serious or half-joking, especially since they were often the objects of their jokes. They poked fun at many aspects of black music and culture of the early '90s, everything from the persuasive gangster mentality ("U Mean I'm Not"), obsessions over the Afrocentric viewpoint ("Are You Mad?"), and lewd sex aps ("La Menage"), as well as an amusingly incorrect response to feminism ("L.A.S.M."). They also dropped a few of the best hip-hop club tracks of the era, the insanely catchy items "The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)," "Try Counting Sheep," and "Flavor of the Month." (Another smooth dance tune, "Strobelite Honey," was dreadfully honest about girls who look better under the lights than upon closer inspection.) Polar opposites to the ranks of somber political rappers, and deftly counteracting the indulgence and self-seriousness of many alternative groups, Black Sheep hit a height with their debut that few hip-hop acts would ever reach.

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Engine Engine Number 9...
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I'm not sure if this was late '80s or 1990 itself. Never the less it's still **HHT**.

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By the time the Black Sheep dropped their debut album in 1992 I was drifting away from living and breathing Hip Hop as I had in prior years. It wasn't that I had a problem with the genre,I was just incorporating more music into my listening.I didn't sleep on Dres and Mista Lawnge altogether (I did have the record), but I sure didn't realize the greatness of A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing either. I...

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Disposable Heroes of HipHoprisy, Part 4
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...from the "And-we-liked-it" Dept: ahhh...that old school hip hop's the shizzle-dizzle...I'll admit, it's sometimes difficult to get with a grip of the acts I see/ hear these days but that hasn't stopped me from looking back, yo...I'll begin with The Black Sheep's "The Choice is Yours":Jungle Brothers --"Straight Out the Jungle"Poor Righteous Teachers --"Rock the Funky Joint"...oh yeah, you ca...

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  • Release Date 1991
  • Label Mercury

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