Top layers were bright: effervescent pattern-print polo tops and long sleeve tees with multicoloured panels, tucked-in at the waist. Jeans were washed out to varying degrees, tucked into larger than life basketball trainers with bold, chubby silhouettes. A branch of the Native Tounges family tree, which included like-minded artists like A Tribe Called Quest and the Jungle Brothers, each act was known for their eclectic, hippie-like dress sense and jazz-influenced beats.ĭe La were decked in oversized pieces, the overarching style trend for the hip-hop community during that era. LL was so amped, he managed to blow out his mic during the performance.ĭe La Soul were part of hip-hop's hippie movement - more peace and flowers, than the aggressive posturing of their peers.
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His set ended with a chant of 'leave that crack alone', co-signing the drug epidemic that was prevalent at the time.
LL proved that hip-hop and live instruments could co-exist without the boom and the bap normally provided by heavy speakers and a DJ. He’s still teased about it to this day - his retort: ‘It was raw! It was nasty! At least you know I wasn’t stinking.” The shirtless LL famously had the remains of his white roll-on deodorant visible on his underarms. Headlined by the hood heartthrob who never left home without a hat, the muscular Queens rapper LL COOL J sweated through his performance, climaxing with a pounding, high energy rendition of 'Mama Said Knock You Out'. The art form known for rocking two turntables and a microphone had gone against the norm. Yo! Unplugged Rap was 60 minutes of rap laid over a sound bed of live instruments, relayed by Pop Cool Love, an LA funk-metal band. 2 years in, while the show was still in its infancy, their next move was to dedicate an entire episode to hip-hop. Despite being ridiculously popular, the band were unable to tour for most of the '90s due to a protracted lawsuit against Ticketmaster.Įddie hit the Unplugged stage with a contemporary classic meets hip- hop look: a back to front cap, a pair of black and red Jordans, skinny black trousers and a fitted button-up jacket.
They also had one of the highest selling rock albums ever, their 1991 debut Ten. Jumping through various sounds, Pearl jam's aural aesthetic experimented with classic rock, punk and grunge - a possible reason for their wide fanbase. His enunciated vocals were imitated by many, with varying degrees of success. Their major selling point was lead vocalist Eddie Vedder.
David Grohl was quoted as saying: ‘I’ve always hated that band’ when asked about Pearl Jam. They caused a seismic shift in the sound of modern Top-40 rock - a warm and comfortable audio-cardigan, clothing the wounded aggression of their moodier Grunge contemporaries. ‘Black’ still is, somehow, as poignant a song as there ever was.Pearl Jam: the mainstream accessible ying to Nirvana's yang. Very simply put: One of the masterpieces that came out in 1991, one of the three most important records to come out of Seattle, one of the ten most important ones for the entire 90s decade, one of the best rock albums of all time.
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Recorded in March of 1992, we had to reach the god-forsaken year that is 2020 to get to the first official, wide cd and vinyl release of Pearl Jam’s unplugged session, so that it can comfortably sit next to the equivalent Nirvana and Alice in Chains albums.ĭuring the band’s 35-minute set, there are no surprises, just some back to basics reminders that should be repeated every now and then: A good song is a good song, in any shape or form, no matter how stripped down it is and, for a truly gifted performed like lone survivor Eddie Vedder is, a microphone and a high enough place in the mix is really all it takes.Īs far as compositions go, what do we have here? Well, other than ‘State of Love and Trust’ off the ‘Singles’ movie soundtrack, half of the ‘Ten’ debut album is featured.
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