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| 0.0 | blackmilk | June 23rd 07 |
On The Sun Rises in the East, Jeru the Damaja combines the rawness of the Brooklyn streets and the somewhat positive outlook that many of his peers lacked. Throughout the thirteen songs here, he takes on the Devil, the supposed decline of hip-hop, and bitches. However, Jeru does not use the term as a derogatory generalization; more so, he juxtaposes back-stabbing and greedy women with ones which he respects.
DJ Premier, who also produced Illmatic that same year, fleshes out Jeru's rhymes with his characteristically dark samples and booming, thick beats. The Sun Rises in the East possesses the same New York grittiness as other albums of the time, but yet seems relaxed and confident. A classic debut album.
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| 4.5 superb | Surtur | December 22nd 20 |
"it's awesome... but I have issues rating a rap/hip hop album anything above great.
relative to genre, it's a classic. but relative to music as a whole - that's a whole
different story."
Embarrassing as hell lmao
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| 3.5 great | normchomsky | April 9th 15 |
it's awesome... but I have issues rating a rap/hip hop album anything above great. relative to genre, it's a classic. but relative to music as a whole - that's a whole different story.
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| 5.0 classic | tn819 | August 6th 08 |
Jeru's flow has a lazy but menacing confidence about it. He gets at the industry and posers in the hood over the course of this highly creative debut. It helps that he has some of the hottest beats that DJ Premier ever put down with the standouts being the pipe-banging (listen and you'll understand) Come Clean, D. Original, Brooklyn Took It, Ain't the Devil Happy and Da Bichez. Absolutely one of the best hip-hop albums of the 90s.
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| 4.0 excellent | Ryan P STAFF | November 17th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | kkarron | July 17th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | KrillBoi | September 26th 22 |
| 4.2 excellent | Atari EMERITUS | January 12th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Kuna | December 22nd 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Em1994 | December 6th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Risodo | August 12th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Source | July 23rd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | foxblood | September 6th 19 |
| 3.5 great | blou52 | March 17th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | KOZAKY | February 18th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Jips | November 15th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sonorous | September 5th 18 |
| 3.5 great | doofy | July 29th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | SinNanna | November 25th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Rambles | September 11th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | ratfecal | September 2nd 17 |
| 5.0 classic | Simron | July 24th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nights | October 30th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | p4p | August 4th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | timmy36 | February 13th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | teeawgo | January 19th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | DazSkunk | September 17th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Yurq | September 1st 15 |
| 5.0 classic | random | July 31st 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | jmh886 | April 2nd 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Kiran EMERITUS | February 2nd 13 |
| 3.5 great | urzadek | December 17th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | JBott | October 13th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dummit | August 2nd 12 |
| 5.0 classic | leycec | July 10th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | amp112 | April 7th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Brayden | March 27th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Jekub | November 11th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Riano | August 11th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | ACY | December 9th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Vano | November 11th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | qwe3 | October 5th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | IAJP | August 15th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | IRAI | March 14th 10 |
| 3.5 great | WooHa | February 28th 10 |
| 3.0 good | pettri | February 17th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | NoiseIP | December 10th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Skyler | November 18th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Iai EMERITUS | September 25th 09 |
| 3.5 great | fenny4 | July 28th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | kracked | June 21st 09 |
| 3.5 great | niobium | February 21st 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sleepy | November 10th 07 |
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