Ahmad, Raashan / Push, The
Album: | Push, The | Collection: | Hip-hop | |
Artist: | Ahmad, Raashan | Added: | May 2008 | |
Label: | Om Records |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2008-06-01 | Pull Date: | 2008-08-03 | Charts: | Hip-Hop |
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Week Ending: | Aug 3 | Jul 27 | Jul 20 | Jul 13 | Jul 6 | Jun 29 | Jun 22 | Jun 15 |
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Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Apr 18, 2016: | Everything A to Z week 39
Fight |
4. | Mar 29, 2009: | Music to Make Babies To
Yusef |
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2. | Oct 25, 2014: | Music Casserole
Weight |
5. | Jan 03, 2009: | New World Disorder
Fight |
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3. | Sep 28, 2013: | Music Casserole
City Feel Proud |
6. | Dec 26, 2008: | the perennial philosophy
City Feel Proud |
Album Review
Sadie O.
Reviewed 2008-06-02
Reviewed 2008-06-02
Raashan Ahmad – The Push
Reviewed by Sadie O., 5/20/08
Conscious (and extremely personal) funky hip hop from the Bay Area. I was sucked in by the funky riddims, but some of the lyrics are so intense I can’t listen to the songs. Clearly Ahmad has a lot of stuff he had to work through with the lyrics, including a lot of deaths around him. The more general sociopolitical numbers are easier listening!
Single FCCs on tracks 5 and 12. I like 2 and 4 and esp. 9 best.
1. *upbeat funky groove with vocal samples, and self-introduction. Some pretty amusing lyrics.
2. ***bit of spoken intro, then midtempo but rather relaxed cool percussion (w/ theremin?) and chanted chorus, two voices rapping. Guest Chali 2na has a great rhythmic style.
3. **jazzy funk with sung love song chorus, rap about promising Allah to do his best.
4. ***downbeat chant and cry intro, then slow 70’s style funk, some singing and some rhythmic rap, hard times lyrics. Great stuff!
5. FCC: “Fuck tha police” *uptempo jazzy syncopation, monotonal organ chord for verses, hyperspeed rap. Great keyboards near end.
6. Downbeat “R&B” with a strong scent of Hennessey. Sweet lyrics, though.
7. *downtempo beat with 30 seconds of serious righteous preaching, religious rap with sociopolitical slant.
8. **crazy uptempo electronic riddim, upspeed rhythmic rap, disturbing story. I love the beat, but I can’t listen to the words!
9. ****funky drums, hard stuff – sort of a continuation of “Fight the Power”. Lots of diatribe and great sound. I love this!
10. **rather quiet and subdued, in a latent power sorta way, Jamaican-style dancehall vocals.
11. *bits of childbirthing intro, downbeat riddim, dedication to his son. Long recording of toddler singing at end.
12. FCC: “fuck cancer” (quite clear, alas) **sound collage intro, midtempo syncopated riddim, about his mother’s fatal illness, another very difficult song to listen to.
13. *simple midtempo beat, jazzy instrumentation, shoutouts to pretty much everyone around him.
Reviewed by Sadie O., 5/20/08
Conscious (and extremely personal) funky hip hop from the Bay Area. I was sucked in by the funky riddims, but some of the lyrics are so intense I can’t listen to the songs. Clearly Ahmad has a lot of stuff he had to work through with the lyrics, including a lot of deaths around him. The more general sociopolitical numbers are easier listening!
Single FCCs on tracks 5 and 12. I like 2 and 4 and esp. 9 best.
1. *upbeat funky groove with vocal samples, and self-introduction. Some pretty amusing lyrics.
2. ***bit of spoken intro, then midtempo but rather relaxed cool percussion (w/ theremin?) and chanted chorus, two voices rapping. Guest Chali 2na has a great rhythmic style.
3. **jazzy funk with sung love song chorus, rap about promising Allah to do his best.
4. ***downbeat chant and cry intro, then slow 70’s style funk, some singing and some rhythmic rap, hard times lyrics. Great stuff!
5. FCC: “Fuck tha police” *uptempo jazzy syncopation, monotonal organ chord for verses, hyperspeed rap. Great keyboards near end.
6. Downbeat “R&B” with a strong scent of Hennessey. Sweet lyrics, though.
7. *downtempo beat with 30 seconds of serious righteous preaching, religious rap with sociopolitical slant.
8. **crazy uptempo electronic riddim, upspeed rhythmic rap, disturbing story. I love the beat, but I can’t listen to the words!
9. ****funky drums, hard stuff – sort of a continuation of “Fight the Power”. Lots of diatribe and great sound. I love this!
10. **rather quiet and subdued, in a latent power sorta way, Jamaican-style dancehall vocals.
11. *bits of childbirthing intro, downbeat riddim, dedication to his son. Long recording of toddler singing at end.
12. FCC: “fuck cancer” (quite clear, alas) **sound collage intro, midtempo syncopated riddim, about his mother’s fatal illness, another very difficult song to listen to.
13. *simple midtempo beat, jazzy instrumentation, shoutouts to pretty much everyone around him.
Track Listing
1. | Hello | 7. | Give Thanks | |||
2. | City Feel Proud | 8. | Heavenbound | |||
3. | If I | 9. | Fight | |||
4. | Weight | 10. | Ready | |||
5. | The Crush | 11. | Yusef | |||
6. | Close | 12. | Cancer | |||
13. | Peace |