Nice deep bass. SIDE B of this album is great. Reply Notify me Helpful. VinylandKicks86 April 30, Report. I would say the vinyl is 2 tone brown rather than orange and gold. Side b does have some pops and surface noise in the first few tracks on my copy.

If your a fan of the Das Efx style you will likely enjoy it but for me the beats are average All releases i know are censored.

Dr1ve87By April 17, Report. Hands down. Even the interlude and interview were on point. If you want to find some dark areas on this album, you'll have trouble, but there are a few things.

For the most part, there are no bad songs. Think about it, what other rap artists or group do you know of that changed their style and their production team on their second album and still manage to make an album just as good if not better than their first banger? I'd highly reccomend this album to anyone. See all reviews. Top reviews from other countries. Report abuse. Obviously a cheap copy so returned. I expected better from amazon.

However the albums great. Hip hop the way it should be.. No parental advisory. Real beats and rhymes. Customers who viewed this item also viewed. Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1. The Untouchable [Explicit]. Virgin Books. London: Guinness World Records Limited. Das EFX. Discography Hit Squad. Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history.

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It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Top reviews Most recent Top reviews. Top reviews from the United States. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Well-received upon its release, Dead Serious has since been regarded by music writers as a significant and influential album in hip hop. The name stemmed from an acronym of the two's nicknames, Skoob and Dray, and EFX from their constantly wanting their producers to add reverb to their vocals when in the studio.

Hines recalled much of the group's early material as being "primitive," stating that "the production on our early stuff didn't come up to par until "Klap Ya Handz. Meet me in the back of the club in five minutes.

Due to being removed from an active music scene, the two MC's were free to develop their most idiosyncratic tendencies musically. Weston stated that "except for Brand Nubian , we weren't influenced by what was going on in New York. Basically we wanted to be different and we wanted to be dope like Brand Nubian So instead of saying, 'I got a lot of balls,' we'd say, 'I got more nuts than a Baby Ruth.

Though many have assumed that EPMD produced the music on the album because of their executive production credit, Weston stated "in the studio back then it was just me, Skoob, Chris, and Derek, and that was it.