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- Date Released: August 3, 1999
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: Hip-Hop
- Label: TVT Records
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Three years in the making, Speech's second album finds the former Arrested Development frontman still working through his roots-centric vision of hip-hop. More Stevie Wonder than Silkk the Shocker, Hoopla incorporates much laid-back session material and even a few live-and-on-stage jam sessions, right in line with hip-hop's growing affection for building songs from the groove up with live musicians. Thankfully, his relaxed rapping style shows little influence from any recent developments in the rap world, and it's always right in line with the material he's performing. It could have been a remarkable comeback record, but Hoopla suffers from several bizarre miscues. Speech remakes the consistently annoying 4 Non Blondes hit "What's Up" for his own track, titled "The Hey Song." To give him credit, Speech rebuilds the song with a female R&B chorus instead of just sampling the original, but that hardly makes it any less grating. The deep grooves and Speech's considerable production skills make for several intriguing tracks ("Movin' On," "Clocks in Sync with Mine," "Our Image"), but Hoopla isn't exactly worthy of celebration.
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Do You Know How 2 Get to Hwy 85? (Skit) |
0:46 |
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| 02. | |
Clocks in Sync With Mine |
5:36 |
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| 03. | |
Hey Song |
4:50 |
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| 04. |
I Think Yin Is Having a Baby, But I Don't Know (Skit) |
0:21 |
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Our Image |
5:55 |
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| 06. | |
Movin' On |
3:52 |
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| 07. |
Which Radio Station Has the Guts (Skit) |
0:15 |
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| 08. | |
Mountain of Lonely |
6:04 |
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Are You Still With Me (Skit) |
0:13 |
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| 10. | |
Slave of It All |
5:52 |
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Leave a Message... Bye Bye (Skit) |
0:13 |
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Sumtimes I Do |
5:11 |
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Yeah Yeah |
5:14 |
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| 14. | |
Real Love |
5:27 |
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| 15. | |
Shut Down Our Mind Machine |
1:03 |
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| 16. | |
Fist Goes On |
4:58 |
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| 17. | |
Redemption Song |
6:14 |
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| 18. | |
If Life Is a River |
4:27 |
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| 19. | |
Hey Song [Remix] |
4:17 |
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19 Total Tracks, 70:48 Total Length
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Credits
- Spencer Brewer - Cello // India - Vocals (Background) // Kerren Berz - Violin // Carl T. Boyd - Saxophone // Bill Cox - Harmonica // Eddie Davis - Trumpet // Deanna Dawn - Vocals (Background) // Mike Mullins - Guitar (Acoustic) // Michael Musmanno - Vocals // Michael Musmanno - Engineer // Michael Musmanno - Tape Editor // Kevin Parker - Vocals // Nadirah Shakoor - Vocals // Nadirah Shakoor - Vocals (Background) // Roderick Smith - Saxophone // Speech - Percussion // Speech - Scratching // Speech - Vocals // Speech - Vocals (Background) // Speech - Producer // Speech - Engineer // Speech - Sampling // Speech - Executive Producer // Speech - Drum Programming // Speech - Cut // Felix Farrar - Violin // Colin Miller - Engineer // Robin Glowski - Drum Programming // Robin Glowski - Art Direction // Robin Glowski - Design // Robin Glowski - Wurlitzer // Blake Eiseman - Piano // Blake Eiseman - Mixing // T Bone - ? // The Brain - Live Sound // Christian Lantry - Photography // Ralph Cacciurri - Engineer // Ralph Cacciurri - Mixing Assistant // Rich Ward - Guitar // Rich Ward - Guitar (Electric) // Richard Ward - Guitar // Deborah Wright - Vocals (Background) // Rick Morris - Drums // Rick Morris - Drum Loop // Taylor Made - Vocals // Taylor Made - ? // Andrew Lane - Wurlitzer // Omar Phillips - Percussion // Omar Phillips - Strings // Albert Burroughs - Engineer // Jimmie Wilson - Mixing Assistant // Jimmie Wilson - Assistant // Jason Stokes - Mixing Assistant // Jason Stokes - Assistant // Speech Hoopla - Percussion // Speech Hoopla - Scratching // Speech Hoopla - Programming // Speech Hoopla - Vocals // Speech Hoopla - Vocals (Background) // Speech Hoopla - Producer // Speech Hoopla - Engineer // Speech Hoopla - Sampling // Speech Hoopla - Performer // Speech Hoopla - ? // Speech Hoopla - Executive Producer // Speech Hoopla - Drum Programming // Speech Hoopla - Assistant Producer // Speech Hoopla - Wurlitzer // Neal Wyms - Guitar (Bass) // The Prophet - Organ (Hammond) // Enrique Coley - Drums // Fletcher Dozier Jr. - Wah Wah Guitar // Kelly Fanning - Trumpet // Larry Flannagan - Viola // Jay Frigoletto - Mastering // Jay Frigoletto - Wurlitzer // Franquil Hilliard - Vocals (Background) // Franquil Hilliard - Engineer // Tommy Jenkins - Vocals // Barry Kimmel - Engineer // Mental Menace - Vocals // Mental Menace - Vocals (Background) // Mental Menace - ? // Nakayo - Percussion // Shaikera Sincere - Vocals // Eddie Stokes - Vocals // Eddie Stokes - Vocals (Background) // Eddie Stokes - Handclapping // Eddie Stokes - Producer // Eddie Stokes - Fender Rhodes // Eddie Stokes - String Arrangements // Eddie Stokes - Beats // T. Bone - Vocals (Background) // Nicha "Wildflower" Thompson - Vocals // Nicha "Wildflower" Thompson - Vocals (Background) // Ike "Za" Williams - Bass // Ike "Za" Williams - Guitar (Bass)
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