Masterpiece (album)
Encyclopedia
Masterpiece is the fourth album by old-school
hardcore
MC
Just-Ice
, it was released in 1990
. Masterpiece was Just-Ice's final album on the Fresh/Sleeping Bag Records
label, and it was produced by Grandmaster Flash
.
Old school hip hop
Old school hip hop describes the earliest commercially recorded hip hop music , and the music in the period preceding it from which it was directly descended . Old school hip hop is said to end around 1983 or 1984 with the emergence of Run–D.M.C., the first new school hip hop group...
hardcore
Hardcore hip hop
Hardcore hip hop, also referred to as hardcore rap, is a sub-genre of hip hop music that developed through the East Coast hip hop scene in the 1980s. Pioneered by such artists as Schoolly D, Spoonie Gee, Boogie Down Productions, and Kool G Rap, it is generally characterized by anger, aggression and...
MC
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
Just-Ice
Just-Ice
Just-Ice A former bouncer at punk clubs, Ice was one of the first of the New York MCs to embrace hardcore rap, and when he burst out of Fort Greene, Brooklyn, as Just-Ice, he gained instant notoriety. Muscle-bound, tattooed, aggressive—he resembled Mike Tyson in more than just looks—and with a...
, it was released in 1990
1990 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990.-Events:*January 21 – MTV's Unplugged premieres on cable television with British band Squeeze...
. Masterpiece was Just-Ice's final album on the Fresh/Sleeping Bag Records
Sleeping Bag Records
Sleeping Bag Records is a defunct New York City-based old school hip hop and dance music independent record label that operated from 1981 to 1992...
label, and it was produced by Grandmaster Flash
Grandmaster Flash
Joseph Saddler better known as King Grandmaster Flash, is an American hip hop musician and DJ; one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing....
.
Track listing
- "Get Into Something" (Grandmaster FlashGrandmaster FlashJoseph Saddler better known as King Grandmaster Flash, is an American hip hop musician and DJ; one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing....
, Just-IceJust-IceJust-Ice A former bouncer at punk clubs, Ice was one of the first of the New York MCs to embrace hardcore rap, and when he burst out of Fort Greene, Brooklyn, as Just-Ice, he gained instant notoriety. Muscle-bound, tattooed, aggressive—he resembled Mike Tyson in more than just looks—and with a...
) – 3:40 - "The Ice Man Commeth" (Grandmaster Flash, Just-Ice) – 3:33
- "Flavor" (Grandmaster Flash, Just-Ice) – 5:02
- "The Music" (Grandmaster Flash, Just-Ice) – 4:27
- "Slow, Low And Dope" (Grandmaster Flash, Just-Ice) – 3:41
- "Keep To Myself" (Grandmaster Flash, Just-Ice) – 4:13
- "Rollin' With The Just" (Grandmaster Flash, Just-Ice) – 3:30
- "Round-N-Round" (Grandmaster Flash, Just-Ice) – 5:09
- "Tell It Like It Is" (Grandmaster Flash, Just-Ice) – 5:08
- "I Write This In The Dark" (Grandmaster Flash, Just-Ice) – 4:47
External links
- [ Masterpiece] at Allmusic
- Masterpiece at Discogs.comDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...