AZ - Pieces Of A Man Appreciation

[JMD]

Pieces Of A Man (Parental Advisory) - YouTube

IMO the most underrated album of ‘98 by one of the GOAT underrated MC’s

this didn’t even make the album

 

[$cam-U-Well_Jack$on]

"Pieces of a black man, my thoughts travel, stuck on savage land, it's like Tabu..."

 

[No Homo]

"Laid up with this skinny chick, Baileys with the Henny mix"

Always loved the way he started that off

 

[Iceson Beckford]

"Laid up with this skinny chick, Baileys with the Henny mix"

Always loved the way he started that off

Breh I been in a zone the past few weeks.

Nothing but AZ, Meek and them Detroit nikkas

 

[Jimmy Two-Times™]

 

[Figaro]

Good album...3.75/5 for me....

 

[JMD]

Good album...3.75/5 for me....

I think you’re underrating it tho

 

[Mike Wins]

Just listened for the first time in a while. Still a borderline classic to me

 

[Prolific_1011]

My favorite AZ album.

 

[Piff Perkins]

 

[Jimmy Two-Times™]

I remember when my big bro bought the CD. Amazing album.

 

[Jimmy ValenTime]

Why did hey az get scrapped that was a big song in nyc

 

[surv2syn]

Why did hey az get scrapped that was a big song in nyc

dont remember exactly but that song was released in the summer of 97 and The Firm was released in the fall so they delayed the release of Pieces until the following spring. this was a critical period and probably why AZ didnt have a bigger career. he signed with Noo Trybe/Virgin as opposed to Def Jam that year. after his album was released, they dropped him. the shockwaves from the Firm flop was a crazy ripple effect. if you watch the new Chronicles series featuring Ruff Ryders it details how the rise of X saved Def Jam from extinction in 98, starting just ONE month after Pieces of a Man was released.

 

[brianwuzhere]

Why did hey az get scrapped that was a big song in nyc

Mariah Carey's Honey used the same sample:

 

[Mike Wins]

Mariah Carey's Honey used the same sample:

Here's where you can tell AZ was on the right path but didn't have the right management or label to push his tracks

Hey AZ used same sample as Mariah Carey's Honey and came out a few weeks earlier but got buried by the Mariah-Bad Boy track for obvious reasons. The Mariah version hit #1

Just Because, another easy hit in the shiny suit era, was not released or pushed as a single by the label, but same sample was used 3 years later for Janet Jackson's #1 hit All For You

How Ya Livin sample was used 3 years later by Ice Cube and Bone for a moderate hit. Again, track not released or pushed as a single.

AZ knew literally zeroed in and selected two samples that were Billboard #1 hits shortly after but his label gave him zero push.

If his management or label had a clue he'd have been on the Mariah track dropping one of the Hey AZ verses and been a household name