Apr 5, 2020
# 3,347
Tha Alkoholiks: “DAAAM!” (1994)
Second ‘go’ for me with Tha Alkaholiks; the first being 1993′s “Make Room” which New York’s Hot 97 put on the map. Too bad hardly anyone talks about E-Swift, J-Ro, and Tash these days. As in their west-coast contemporaries like Hieroglyphics, Souls Of Mischief, The Pharcyde, and Dilated Peoples, these California representatives were less about violence and more about technique and complimentary flow. As a bonus: Bob James’ “Nautilus” (’74) and Le Pamplemousse’s “Gimmie What You Got” (’76) make up the single’s essence. Double bonus: J-Ro’s ridiculous line on verse two: “he tried to shoot me with his gun / I caught the bullet with my teeth”. On the cover, it’s a tab instead. Priorities, priorities.
