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The Desolate One
Just Ice
The Desolate One
Genres: Pop, Rap & Hip-Hop
 
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A former bouncer at punk clubs, Joseph Williams, Jr. was the first of the New York rappers to embrace gangsta rap, and when he burst out of Ft. Greene, Brooklyn as Just-Ice, he gained instant notoriety. Muscle-bound, tatt...  more »

     
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All Artists: Just Ice
Title: The Desolate One
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Traffic Entertainment
Original Release Date: 7/25/2006
Release Date: 7/25/2006
Album Type: Explicit Lyrics
Genres: Pop, Rap & Hip-Hop
Styles: Gangsta & Hardcore, Pop Rap
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 829357651822

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A former bouncer at punk clubs, Joseph Williams, Jr. was the first of the New York rappers to embrace gangsta rap, and when he burst out of Ft. 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 mouthful of gold teeth, he certainly stood out. His debut album ?Back to the Old School? proved he was more than just a pretty face. It came out on the independent New York label Sleeping Bag, and certainly sounded like no other Hip Hop album, thanks to his fast, forceful rhymes, DMX's human beatbox as well as the distinctive production of Mantronix's Kurtis Mantronik. When he was held by Washington, D.C., police regarding the murder of a drug dealer in 1987 ("Murder, Drugs, and the Rap Star" read a Washington Post headline), it gave him an even greater notoriety (he was never charged with the murder). Declaring war on D.C.'s go-go scene and loudly criticizing Run D.M.C. (then the ruling New York rap outfit), Just-Ice set a pattern for many a future Hip Hop feud. Little could halt Just-Ice's ascension to hip-hop stardom, though the departure of Mantronik from Sleeping Bag was the start of a new era. KRS-One stepped in to produce 1987's ?Kool & Deadly? and 1989's ?The Desolate One?, swapping out Mantronik's hi-tech skills for raw, elemental beats and rhymes, reminicent of the original Boogie Down Productions set and sound. A must have CD for Hip Hop heads and Old School afficionados alike... Includes the incredible "Na Touch Da Just" and reggae influenced "Ram Dance Hall Session" featuring an up and coming Heavy D.

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CD Reviews

Just-Ice Continues his Hardcore Style on 3rd LP
Hype Currie | Detroit, Michigan United States | 06/05/2007
(3 out of 5 stars)

"On this, Just-Ice's 3rd LP (1989), produced by KRS-One of Boogie Down Productions (abetted by D-Nice & DJ Doc Rodriguez), the Bronx-based MC continues his streak of sparsely-adorned rhythm tracks with forceful battle-ready rhetoric (e.g., "Hardhead", "...And Justice for All").



The title track which opens the album, "The Desolate One" samples Earth Wind & Fire's "Can't Hide Love" (perhaps the only obvious sample on the album), and finds Just taking rivals to task lyrically.



Just-Ice's baritone fits KRS-One's beat selection quite well, and the artist flexes his reggae influence on several songs, like "Na Touch Da Just", "Hijack" and "Ram Dance Hall Sessions" (featuring Heavy D). "Welfare Recipients" criticizes welfare culture, but it's not clear if the artist is being satirical or condemning.



This re-release by Traffic Entertainment includes one bonus track, "It's Time I Release".



1. The Desolate One

2. ...And Justice For All

3. Hardhead

4. Welfare Recipients

5. Na Touch Da Just

6. In the Jungle

7. Hijack

8. Ram Dance Hall Session w/ Heavy D

9. It's Time I Release"