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| 4.0 excellent | Alabaster Jones | September 23rd 17 |
This is where DJ Rashad truly began coming into his own. While his work on 4 The Ghetto and Itz Not Rite was a definite precursor to Just A Taste, the material on this album are more fleshed out than ever. The juxtaposition of the driving footwork beats with the gorgeous soul/r&b samples was now stronger and more complete than ever, including the famous Gil Scott Heron sample in the closer "I'm Gone", a song which takes on a tragic meaning since Rashad's untimely death. The only drawback to the record is the notion that there isn't a whole lot of variety to it, but when the songs are this well-made, it doesn't detract from the overall experience that much. If anything, it gives things a nice continuity and atmosphere. With this record, Rashad's prime was now fully underway, and it wouldn't end until the man himself passed on in a tragic loss for ghettotech and Chicago music as a whole.
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| 3.9 excellent | Erwann S. EMERITUS | December 2nd 21 |
Ghetto tekz runnin shit - you knoooooow - what a fucking magnificent track. Overall more intense, raw, and basically crazy than Double Cup, Just a Taste incorporates enough soul elements to be more than a symphony of snare triplets and clattering drums. It can become a tad too frantic for its own sake when not focusing on soulful samples, but, otherwise, this is hypnotic, frantic shit not to dance to.
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| 4.5 superb | hortanz | December 27th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | synk | August 17th 21 |
| 3.5 great | p4p | November 14th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | lou1000 | January 4th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | ethos | April 27th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | cuki92 | September 24th 13 |
| 3.5 great | gosk8n | August 24th 13 |
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