Humboldt Beginnings

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Total Tracks: 23   Total Length: 64:09

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No longer fun

mscot

This isn't the Pharcyde of old. What happened to the playfully inventive rhymes? Where are the old school funked up beats? I was really hoping for more on this one.

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alright but not at their best

mtapp

post fat lip. If you want the real full effect flavor of the pharcyde make sure that this isn't first exposure. Check labcabin, cydeways or Bizarre ride

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an insinuating production

BINKHALID50NIC

This album is full of great production - it just sounds dope in every way. The whole thing is artful insinuation through the expressive lyrics. Its sophisticated jazzy stoner rap

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Whittled down to only two original members, Imani Wilcox and Bootie Brown (aka Romye Robinson), the Pharcyde embraced the immensely soothing aspects of weed for fourth album Humboldt Beginnings. This 22-track record, leavened with the contributions of new members Spaceboyboogie X and “Greg” Smooche, begins with a bongo-led jam called “Homegrown” and benefits from a raft of workmanlike productions. In the Pharcyde’s attempt to crawl back into the hip-hop limelight, though, they scatter their efforts working in a variety of styles. The frequent weed songs are interspersed with club thumpers (“The Uh-Huh”), smooth ’80s-influenced lovers tracks (“Knew U,” “Right B4″), and one of the most hilariously overblown gangsta tracks (perhaps humorous?) ever performed (“Bongloads II”). – John Bush

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