O.C. on People Saying “Jewelz” Was A Sellout Record & Half of “Word…Life” is From Demos (Full Interview)

[Danie84]

No HYPERBOLE, just finish listening to Jewelz; it's 97 Summery vibe still sounds fresh

 

[FunkDoc1112]

Jewelz is a classic, I definitely prefer it to Word...Life

 

[FunkDoc1112]

I’m shocked OC went awol for awhile after that

I thought he was gonna be around for awhile on the mainstream after Jewelz because as you said he found that balance between keeping it true to yourself and core audience at the same time making big records for mass appeal to sell some records

And he was doing some stuff with Jay-Z too

 

[FunkDoc1112]

Also this is about Word Life and not Jewelz but it never gets brought up how O-Zone was the first rap song to sample Prodigy's voice on a hook...and it was BEFORE Shook Ones Pt 2 dropped. Buckwild sampled a line from Shook Ones Pt. 1. He recognized that greatness before anybody else

 

[Animal House]

Sellout record?

That album is a near classic

 

[Majestyx]

god damn RnB hooks, beginning of the end

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

I never heard a OC album in my life and I feel ashamed to be in this thread.

 

[Heavy_Handz]

Only record on jewelry was the first single. Which is a classic twelve.. The rest of jewelz is forgettable.


Art Barr

Couldn’t disagree more. So many fire deep cuts on Jewelz. In the era when Lord Finesse was producing some ridiculous final cuts on some classic albums he blessed O.C. with this classic at the end of Jewelz

 

[boskey]

The 90's were tough. They were looking for any excuse to shyt on you and say you fell off. Never heard that Jewelz was a sell out record but I believe it...

 

[FunkDoc1112]

The 90's were tough. They were looking for any excuse to shyt on you and say you fell off. Never heard that Jewelz was a sell out record but I believe it...

It's funny that underground fans were just as caught up in image and perception as any other fanbase

 

[thelonious21]

Only record on jewelry was the first single. Which is a classic twelve.. The rest of jewelz is forgettable.


Art Barr

I think he had 1 more fire joint on there tho

 

[boogers]

 

[Yehuda]

Also this is about Word Life and not Jewelz but it never gets brought up how O-Zone was the first rap song to sample Prodigy's voice on a hook...and it was BEFORE Shook Ones Pt 2 dropped. Buckwild sampled a line from Shook Ones Pt. 1. He recognized that greatness before anybody else

That's interesting.

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

Only record on jewelry was the first single. Which is a classic twelve.. The rest of jewelz is forgettable.


Art Barr

the lead single wasn't even the best song on the album.

Couldn’t disagree more. So many fire deep cuts on Jewelz. In the era when Lord Finesse was producing some ridiculous final cuts on some classic albums he blessed O.C. with this classic at the end of Jewelz

I agree. War Games was dope. Dangerous and Stranjay.. How the hell are those forgettable???

 

[Heavy_Handz]

the lead single wasn't even the best song on the album.

I agree. War Games was dope. Dangerous and Stranjay.. How the hell are those forgettable???

My World & War Games = FIRE. Dangerous W/Big L = FIRE. Big L murdered that shyt. Can’t Go Wrong & The Chosen One = Smooth. M.U.G. W/Freddie Foxxx another Preemo banger. The Crow is such a great record. Wildly underrated.