Soul Strut 100: # 1 - Stark Reality - Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop

[RAJ]

I will slowly be unveiling the Top 100 Soul Strut Related Records as Voted by the Strutters Themselves.

# 1 - Stark Reality - Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop

Please discuss your reactions to this record. The thread will be archived later here.

About

Stark Reality was an American jazz/rock fusion band most famous for their 1970 album The Stark Reality Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop, a heavily-improvised reinvention of a 1958 children's album by songwriter Hoagy Carmichael, to be used for the show Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop which aired on PBS and has been sampled by many hip-hop artists like Large Professor or J-Live. The album was re-released in 2003 by the Stones Throw label with the addition of previously unreleased songs under the name Now. 6 previously unreleased songs have been released by Stones Throw as a compilation called 1969. Formed in Boston, Massachusetts, most of the band's members attended the Berklee College of Music..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stark_Reality_(band)

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[Duderonomy]

BEAN DIP!

 

[kala]

still need an og


as in never gonna find one in the wilds


edit


i can't believe whats going on didn't make the list-it should be #1


wtf people?

 

[Hollafame]

What, no link to the original bean dip thread? probably have to use the waybackmachine for that one.





This is the ultimate SS record and is rightfully #1. Monty appearing on the board will be the greatest salma hayek until Salma herself signs in.

 

[HarveyCanal]

kala said:


i can't believe whats going on didn't make the list-it should be #1


wtf people?




Agreed. Substance over novelty.

 

[Chuck_Huss]

As the list was taking shape, it was clear that this would be #1, and rightly so.





This thread will probably devolve into griping about what was left off the list, but wow- Black Moon and Quasimoto make it but no 36 Chambers, Midnight Marauders, Straight Outta Compton, or any Ice Cube? Also, no love for the South.





Really surprised about What's Going On as well as Let's Get It On - I recall lots of threads debating those two.

 

[LaserWolf]

"I am shocked! Shocked! To see Stark Reality at #1!"


"Here is your bean dip sir."

 

[Hollafame]

The real question now is who has 100/100?

 

[batmon]

What's Goin' On has been mentioned plenty of times here, but its so ubiquitous.





But something like My People........ Hold On has more "digger" value since cats discovered it outside their family's Cat Stevens stack.





Its been established that these picks are SS mystique records and not the freshest 100 records we all agree on.

 

[Chuck_Huss]

batmon said:What's Goin' On has been mentioned plenty of times here, but its so ubiquitous.





But something like My People........ Hold On has more "digger" value since cats discovered it outside their family's Cat Stevens stack.





Its been established that these picks are SS mystique records and not the freshest 100 records we all agree on.




Thriller and Off the Wall are the most ubiquitous of LPs, but they're both on here because of all the endless debates. I feel like What's Going On vs Lets Get It On as well as the Low End Theory vs Midnight Marauders debates had similar Soul Strut cache.





But come on, Black Moon, really? 36 Chambers should've been in the mix - that gets mentioned anytime there's a "List your top 10 all time rap LPs" thread.

 

[HarveyCanal]

Don't be talking down on Black Moon.

 

[Chuck_Huss]

Haha, I will admit to being stoked to find the original LP back in the day, but still...

 

[BallzDeep]

DO OVER

 

[Beatsoup]

Cool, I'm happy to see this list was made whether it's accurate or not I checked out some great albums I've been sleeping on.

 

[batmon]

Chuck_Huss said:batmon said:What's Goin' On has been mentioned plenty of times here, but its so ubiquitous.





But something like My People........ Hold On has more "digger" value since cats discovered it outside their family's Cat Stevens stack.





Its been established that these picks are SS mystique records and not the freshest 100 records we all agree on.




Thriller and Off the Wall are the most ubiquitous of LPs, but they're both on here because of all the endless debates. I feel like What's Going On vs Lets Get It On as well as the Low End Theory vs Midnight Marauders debates had similar Soul Strut cache.





But come on, Black Moon, really? 36 Chambers should've been in the mix - that gets mentioned anytime there's a "List your top 10 all time rap LPs" thread.




I created the WGO vs LGO thread. That comparison is far from the multi-layered versus that OTW vs Thriller is.





Most digger dudes here are WGO fans, with Here My Dear coming in second.





And Black Moon is WACK.

 

[parallax]

...Black Moon, really? 36 Chambers should've been in the mix - that gets mentioned anytime there's a "List your top 10 all time rap LPs" thread.




+1





It's not even close. 36 Chambers by a mile.





That said, there are several other odd choices in the 100.





b/w





I fully endorse the #1 pick

 

[HarveyCanal]

batmon said:





And Black Moon is WACK.




Going for troll of the year, are we?

 

[white_tea]

The Soul Strut 100, incidentally, is No. 1 in my countdown for Slowest Rollout of Lists Ever.





Teh Hoagy Bean Dip seems as apropos a winner as there ever could have been even if the list totally lacked Salsa, the most popular dip in this great nation.

 

[bassie]

batmon said:





And Black Moon is WACK.




:NO:





:lush:








Perhaps a Rap 100 is in order.

 

[HarveyCanal]

bassie said:





Perhaps a Rap 100 is in order.




YES!