AZ 'Doe or Die' 25th Anniversary Celebration Thread

[Figaro]

25 years today for this classic.....put up your favourite joints, remixes etc & pour yourself a Henny tonight while listening to this joint...



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Some classic remixes that involved songs from the album...




How can AZ be weak....he's rather unique...

 

[OGBIGBOY187]

Pistol whip a priest for a cross piece still one of the coldest lines i ever heard

 

[JMD]

AZ the GOAT underrated rapper

 

[No Homo]

Copped it first week...I still have the original cassette.. Cant believe its been 25 years since


When I first heard the album "uncut raw" was my favorite

"Ill Pistol whip a priest for a cross piece, im lost G"

 

[Soymuscle Mike]

Why won't you gimme the woooorld

Classic.

 

[ISO]

@djfilthyrich we need something family

 

[re'up]

Probably in my top 10 of all time, I didn't hear it it's entirety for awhile though. I probably bought it around 2000 or so. Defines 1995 sound in rap, that east coast feel.

I'm trying to think of the first AZ song I heard. I was too young for his 1995 run, but somewhere around 1998 or 1999 I has at least heard a verse or a song, I am sure from Nas tracks. Born in 1985, I really had to run down the classics in my early teens.

 

[shawntitan]

@djfilthyrich we need something family

Absolutely!!!!

 

[Goat poster]

GREAT album

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

I may get negged for this statement but fukk it:

Doe or Die>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Illmatic

shyt was a musical version of a food cart offering Mexican and Chinese food . You got the street hustling rhymes, the lyrical spiritual miracles jawns, and a radio track for the ladies.

 

[re'up]

I probably listen to Doe or Die more, the production just edged slightly towards the defining Bad Boy/glossy style production. The same way I prefer It Was Written also, to Illmatic. Tracks like "Mo Money Mo Murder Mo Homicide" are just perfect production wise, and Sugar Hill is clearly a "Big Poppa" influenced track. It fits me better than many of the beats on Illmatic, the mafioso touch is so necessary.

 

[Rakim Allah]

 

[NYK Loyalist]

I remember when this came out some of my boys were disappointed with it but I’ve always felt Doe or Die was borderline classic. The only song I don’t really like is We Can’t Win. Rather Unique is probably a top 10 all time song for me and AZ is in my personal top 5

 

[chiefdogg]

Rather Unique stayed getting rewound.

 

[shawntitan]

I remember when this came out some of my boys were disappointed with it but I’ve always felt Doe or Die was borderline classic....5

My people felt the same way... Guess it’s impossible to live up to the hype from that Illmatic verse... always thought this album needed like three more tracks tho.