All the critics seem to agree that there's only ever been one good Rap album and that this is it. It has a title that no one could possibly remember but it still went gold on all three sides of the Atlantic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOmWqjssUFs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of_the_Heart,_of_the_Soul_and_of_the_Cross:_The_Utopian_Experience

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Track listing
All songs written by Attrell Cordes, except where noted.

1. "Intro"
Cordes/Chick Corea
0:57

2. "Reality Used to Be a Friend of Mine"
Cordes
4:40

3. "Paper Doll"
Cordes/Gil Scott-Heron
4:51

4. "To Serenade a Rainbow"
Cordes/Hugh Masekela
3:48

5. "Comatose"
Cordes/Sylvester Stewart
4:53

6. "A Watcher's Point of View (Don't 'Cha Think)"
Cordes/Tom Johnston
4:13

7. "Even After I Die"
Cordes/Dennis Coffey
3:57

8. "In the Presence of Mirrors"
Cordes
4:02

9. "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"
Cordes/Gary Kemp
4:10

10. "Shake"
Cordes/Todd Terry
3:18

11. "If I Wuz U"
Cordes
4:43

12. "On a Clear Day"
Cordes
5:22

13. "The Beautiful"
Cordes
5:21

54 minutes.

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:

It has a title that no one could possibly remember

It's no 'The Covenant, The Sword And The Arm Of The Lord'.






Actually that does look a bit anaemic compared to that PM Dawn essay.

Oh, God, no.

But it's the only good Rap album ever made.

It'll be Arrested Development next.

I have a weird relationship with this album. On first listen I disliked it and was going to charity shop it straight away, but on second listen found it acceptable and picked out a handful of highlights. Still, it got relegated to my box of mediocre CDs rather than being put with my best of the best.

I like some of the production and the main bloke's singing but there's a bit too much rapping on it - I seem to remember some of the tracks are just rapping.

Nightjar wrote:

It'll be Arrested Development next.

Now there IS an album I sent to the charity shop straight away. A bit too earthy and political for my liking. And neither of the two main singles on it - which I really like - were the actual single versions.

I've always had a soft spot for this:

Nightjar wrote:

It'll be Arrested Development next.

Sounds pretty fly to me.

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:

But it's the only good Rap album ever made.

And this.



Never forget.

It's started!

track 1 - Intro.

I'm in!


Comedy skit to start?

Track 2 - Reality Used to Be a Friend of Mine.

Was that a thanks track?