Real Gone Music/Atlantic (2023, Reissue)
Every Wednesday, in honor of Ed Lover Dance Day from Yo MTV Raps, I take a break from rock and roll to write a little bit about hip hop. In the late 80s and early 90s hip hop ruled my musical life. During this often called 'Golden Era' I discovered so much incredible music. As I am slowly replacing the CDs I've had for twenty-five plus years with vinyl copies, I'm going to talk about some albums that had a really important impact on me during some very formative years.
Calling anything Record Store Day related a 'haul' this year is a pretty misleading. I only added two new records to my collection this year and only got one of them in a store. The one I'll post about on Friday had to be mail ordered the day after. But this K-Solo record is the one I wanted the most and was the one I was able to pick up at Factory Records in Dover on the big day.
When I was younger, I only had K-Solo's second record, Time's Up. It wasn't until many years later that I was able to backtrack and pick up a copy of his debut. And I'll be honest, the copy that I picked up wasn't in the best condition in the world, so it was nice to see that it would finally be reissued. It's definitely a fun record to listen to, especially as the bulk of the production was handled by Parrish from EPMD, aside from a song handled by Erick, so it was an all Hit Squad affair. For 1990, the beats are great and doesn't sound old the way some other records of that era do.
K-Solo can also handle his own on the microphone. If anything, I think the main issue is he's in a crew with some pretty incredible MCs. EPMD are great, Das EFX are completely insane and few can hold their own with Redman, so K-Solo probably was going top be a little overshadowed being surrounded by talent like that. So maybe this isn't a must hear classic in comparison, but it's still a great listen that can hang with all but the most elite hip hop albums that came out in 1990.
K-Solo - Tell The World My Name:
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