Das Efx Legends?

redhandedbandit

I was bumping the real hip hop album and str8 up sewacide and them cats were nice on some str8 spitting shit.

Tree Fiddy

Even if you don't listen to Das EFX regularly, you have to know the name if you know anything about rap.

Legends.

grumpy_new_yorker

hold it down was my favorite album from them. they were one of the first groups that paved the way for hardcore hip hop in the very early 90's. hi-tech boots, skully hats, dreads. that whole era.

Tree Fiddy

BIGRuss wrote: »

hold it down was my favorite album from them. they were one of the first groups that paved the way for hardcore hip hop in the very early 90's. hi-tech boots, skully hats, dreads. that whole era.

No homo at you basing your opinion on a rapper's uniform.

Judge rap by lyrics, not outfits.

Shootin At A Cop Car

No legends, real hiphop is a classic though

grumpy_new_yorker

Tree Fiddy wrote: »

No homo at you basing your opinion on a rapper's uniform.

Judge rap by lyrics, not outfits.

i was giving them daps. nobody was judging shit by looks.

enomujacku

they legends for real. them niggas had everybody and they grandmother rappin like them back in the day.

nujerz84

Yes well Im biased being that I worked with their Dad (Alvin Weston) at my last job for about 2 yrs.

runningwolf1980

nah not at all...dope group for the time though

satyrone

yea, they want efx and hold it down were my fav albums. to me they are ledgends. are they gonna make a comeback at all??

dookeyface

Legends?? Nah. Perfect example of what I mean when I say words like "classic", "legend", "GOAT", etc, get thrown around in hip hop too much. If you look at it, they came with a different style (iggity), and had moderate success. Came back out with 2nd album, totally ignoring said (iggity) style that was bitten, and run into the ground by every other rapper, and did no numbers. Came out a 3rd time, trying to use (iggity) style which by now was a novelty like The Rappin' Duke ( da har, da har) and did even worse. It's a wrap, these boys is done. Decent rappers. No more, no less.

raw_dawg

dookeyface wrote: »

Legends?? Nah. Perfect example of what I mean when I say words like "classic", "legend", "GOAT", etc, get thrown around in hip hop too much. If you look at it, they came with a different style (iggity), and had moderate success. Came back out with 2nd album, totally ignoring said (iggity) style that was bitten, and run into the ground by every other rapper, and did no numbers. Came out a 3rd time, trying to use (iggity) style which by now was a novelty like The Rappin' Duke ( da har, da har) and did even worse. It's a wrap, these boys is done. Decent rappers. No more, no less.

Obviously you don't know their history. They started with the iggity on They Want Efx which is a classic album. Then people bit them hard. They stayed with the iggity on their second CD Str8 Up Sewaside & it flopped compared to the first. Then on Hold It Down, they dumped the iggity & were relevant again with a gritty hardcore CD. Then they dropped Generation Efx & used the iggity again & failed. They alos dropped How We Do which had one minor hit but was wiggity wack. But they have a place in hip hop history because they came in with a style that changed hip hop for a time. But legends, nope because they didn't last too long.

FrozenMind

I always hated them.

enomujacku

dookeyface wrote: »

Legends?? Nah. Perfect example of what I mean when I say words like "classic", "legend", "GOAT", etc, get thrown around in hip hop too much. If you look at it, they came with a different style (iggity), and had moderate success. Came back out with 2nd album, totally ignoring said (iggity) style that was bitten, and run into the ground by every other rapper, and did no numbers. Came out a 3rd time, trying to use (iggity) style which by now was a novelty like The Rappin' Duke ( da har, da har) and did even worse. It's a wrap, these boys is done. Decent rappers. No more, no less.

yeah they done now. so wat would you call a group that rappas based they whole style off?? they played a certain part in hip-hop that led to it's growth, no matter how small it was.

dookeyface

enomujacku wrote: »

yeah they done now. so wat would you call a group that rappas based they whole style off?? they played a certain part in hip-hop that led to it's growth, no matter how small it was.

Using this logic, T-Pain is a legend. He used auto-tune pretty much first, or at least popularized it, and how many artist have since bit his "style"?

raw_dawg wrote: »

Obviously you don't know their history. They started with the iggity on They Want Efx which is a classic album. Then people bit them hard. They stayed with the iggity on their second CD Str8 Up Sewaside & it flopped compared to the first. Then on Hold It Down, they dumped the iggity & were relevant again with a gritty hardcore CD. Then they dropped Generation Efx & used the iggity again & failed. They alos dropped How We Do which had one minor hit but was wiggity wack. But they have a place in hip hop history because they came in with a style that changed hip hop for a time. But legends, nope because they didn't last too long.

How you gonna say I don't know their history, and then re-type what I said. (here's a pic of my Das collection)??



Don't get me wrong, I liked them, but I won't "make shit bigger than it is". They had some cool songs but we can save the legendary status for LLs, Ice Cubes, and Rakims.

blackgotty

legends ...yeah ,they had everybody and their mama saying diggidi das all day
Trendsetter with some classic cuts = hip hop legends

dookeyface

If these niggas is "legends" why is it they've never appeared on anybody's top (5, 10, etc) list? You gotta be real and take a step back, and accept what they did as just that. Nothing ground breaking. They had a style that was kinda cartoonish (yet different), and people dug it for 1 album. They couldn't use it for the 2nd album (cause it was played out, and they knew it). They thought they could use that shit again for album 3 & 4, and by then the shit seemed gimmicky, and that's it. In between it all, they had some bangers (They Want Efx, Real Hip Hop), some hardcore shit (Hard Like A Criminal, Straight From Da Sewer) and some aiite shit (Set It Off). I place them alongside a groups like UMCs, Fu-Schnickens, LOTUG, Smif N Wessun, etc. Definitely ill in they're time, but legendary is reachin'. Legends, imo have a history that's consistent & undeniable (LL Cool J for example).

dj expanium

dookeyface wrote: »

If these niggas is "legends" why is it they've never appeared on anybody's top (5, 10, etc) list? You gotta be real and take a step back, and accept what they did as just that. Nothing ground breaking. They had a style that was kinda cartoonish (yet different), and people dug it for 1 album. They couldn't use it for the 2nd album (cause it was played out, and they knew it). They thought they could use that shit again for album 3 & 4, and by then the shit seemed gimmicky, and that's it. In between it all, they had some bangers (They Want Efx, Real Hip Hop), some hardcore shit (Hard Like A Criminal, Straight From Da Sewer) and some aiite shit (Set It Off). I place them alongside a groups like UMCs, Fu-Schnickens, LOTUG, Smif N Wessun, etc. Definitely ill in they're time, but legendary is reachin'. Legends, imo have a history that's consistent & undeniable (LL Cool J for example).

I agree with you, they did have a classic album infusing pop culture with a ragga flow. But if that's the case, we shouldn't call L-Boogie a hip-hop legend after one solo. Or does she get a pass? But to each and everyone their own opinion.

Kwan Dai

No they aren't but they certainly were part of a legendary Squad. The Hit Squad!!!

curtis75black

If they had the longevity and re-invented themselves throughout the years after their debut I would've called them legends but they were just good for that time period.

Yamoley

Are they legends?


N-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n No!

lamontbdc

naw they were alright but not legends by any means

redhandedbandit

curtis75black wrote: »

If they had the longevity and re-invented themselves throughout the years after their debut I would've called them legends but they were just good for that time period.

longevity the were in the game from 92-96 4 years is a good run...if you listen to the real hip hop album it still goes hard...props to the cat above hit squad was serious

redhandedbandit

they went platinum in 1992 on their first album...fu shnickens bit their style