Jeru The Damaja - The Sun Rises in the East Appreciation Thread

Grand_Verbalizer

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Any rare ish from this album I mightโ€™ve missed? Remixes, b-sides, unreleased ish?

There's the Dirty rotten demo which has 3 tracks, "God Of Rhyming", "The Damaja" and "Dirty Rotten Demo"

My favorite Jeru B-side is probably "East New York Stalks" can't find it on youtube

I can put all these up later if anyone needs them
 

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I've been saying it since 1994, this is a better album to me than Illmatic. Unfortunately it didn't have the Columbia backing. The beats are better on Sun Rises, Nas is a better lyricist than Jeru, but the aint THAT MUCH BETTER. On the scale of 1-10, I'd give nas a 10 and Jeru an 8. Can't go wrong with either album, but people say Illmatic is the best hip hop album ever and I swear college hip hop radio in my area during 1994 was playing 2 or 3 singles a week from Sun Rises. Even the B sides.
 

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