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Track Listing
1. Intro
2. Wordplay
3. Spontaneity
4. Rugged Ruff
5. Interlude
6. I Confess
7. Uknowhowwedu
8. Interlude
9. Total Wreck
10. Innovation
11. Da Jawn
12. Interlude
13. True Honey Buns (Dat Freak Sh*T)
14. 3 Tha Hard Way
15. Biggest Part of Me
| Details | | Contributing artists: | The Roots | | Distributor: | EMI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Bahamadia, Lil' Cess, P.A.N., Redhanded, Ski, Nou, K. Williams, K. Akins (vocals); Corey "Funky Fingers" Stoot (guitar, bass); N.O. Joe, JoJo (keyboards); Preston "P-Funk" Middleton (bass); X-Cetra, Karen Bernod (background vocals); The Roots.
Producers: DJ Premier (tracks 1, 4-5, 13-14); Guru (tracks 2, 9); Da Beatminerz (tracks 3, 8, 10, 12); N.O. Joe (track 6, 15); SKI, Redhanded (track 7); The Roots (track 11).
Engineers: Carlos Bess (tracks 2, 9); Karyn Walsh (tracks 3, 10); Eddie Sancho (tracks 4, 13-14); Joe Quinde (track 7); Tim Latham (track 11).
Principally recorded at Firehouse Studio, D&D Studio and Battery Studio, New York, New York.
Samples include "Uzuri" (as performed by Cataylst). Interpolations include "Let's Get It On" (Marvin Gaye) and "Lay Me Down Easy" (The Isley Brothers/Chris Jasper).
With her Gang Starr connections and a truly unique monotone delivery, Philly MC Bahamadia made an instant impression with her 1996 debut, KOLLAGE. While the album's many different producers make for an at-times uneven ride, Bahamadia's off-center voice and off-kilter rhymes tie the whole affair together. And when DJ Premier is at the helm, it is a meeting of true hip-hop minds, each one elevating the other's game. On the sensual "True Honey Buns," Premier delivers a practically narcotic beat as Bahamadia intoxicatingly illustrates a winding night on the town (complete with flirtatious passes at the Wu Tang Clan). With "Rugged Ruff," the pair veer in the other direction with a sick, swirling, chaotic, ultimately hypnotizing concoction.
Industry Reviews
3.5 Mics - Dope - It's easy to see why Guru plucked Bahamadia from the underground Philly scene and enlisted her in the venerable Gang Starr Foundation....a strong intelligent Black woman, something that is much needed in hip-hop today.
The Source (04/01/1996)
8 (out of 10) - ...To mention the fact that she's a female is unnecessary....Pay attention to the fact that she can chuck 'em with the best MCs known to man--after all she's one of 'em...
Rap Pages (06/01/1996)
6 - Reasonably Good - ...The main romance on this album is between Bahamadia and words, the pleasures of hip-hop lyricism--alliteration and internal rhymes...
Spin (05/01/1996)
...half-produced by Premier and that's pretty much how it breaks up, the Premo tracks overshadowing everything else, the lyrical flow best served when running up against his anti-linear beats and loops. Worth checking for these but beware of filla...
Melody Maker (06/01/1996)
...she comes off flirty but intelligent, lovely but serious. Her rhymes are tricky circles of metaphor and illusion, a mesmerizing mix of unbelievably consistent articulation and snappy whispers....she's breaking ground with mad skills and style...
Option (09/01/1996)
...she comes off flirty but intelligent, lovely but serious. Her rhymes are tricky circles of metaphor and illusion, a mesmerizing mix of unbelievably consistent articulation and snappy whispers....she's breaking ground with mad skills and style...
Option (09/01/1996)
...half-produced by Premier and that's pretty much how it breaks up, the Premo tracks overshadowing everything else, the lyrical flow best served when running up against his anti-linear beats and loops. Worth checking for these but beware of filla...
Melody Maker (06/01/1996)
...Her restrained, low-key confidence makes some of rap's ranters and ravers seem uncool by comparison.
Entertainment Weekly (04/05/1996)
The album's soulful soundscape -- etched with funk-filled valleys and jazzy peaks -- was constructed by SkiBeats and fellow Illadeph crew The Roots....Simply scintillating.
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