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

[Art Barr]

nah. album cool aand all but its a notch/league below illmatic

It is actually way better than illmatic sir.


Art Barr

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Any rare ish from this album I might’ve missed? Remixes, b-sides, unreleased ish?

 

[904]

D'Original

 

[Grand_Verbalizer]

Any rare ish from this album I might’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

 

[Grand_Verbalizer]

Threw East New York Stalks in the .rar (not from the same time period)

https://www57.zippyshare.com/v/Xotk8f0F/file.html

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

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.

 

[REAL6]

 

[TrifeGod]

Someone needs to find Miz Marvel she was dope

 

[OGBobbyJohnson]

Preemo was on roids for this one

 

[KingsOfKings]

 

[HARLEM AL]

I cant believe I was 11 listening to shyt like this. fukking ILL

 

[FreshAIG]

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Stuff like this is one of the reasons I haven't allowed myself to get deep into vinyl b/c I know I'll have to cop everything like this for all the classic albums

 

[TEH]

Jeru posted on the Coli a few times


For those who don’t know Come Clean changed hip hop and songs like Grindin etc wouldn’t exist without it …

 

[beenz]

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.

I agree with 90% of this honestly

I give it to illmatic simply cuz is just a better lyricist.

the first 2 jeru albums have better production than illmatic