Percee P [2007] Perseverance
First of all, a small intro on Percee P:
PERCEE P came up in the Patterson Houses Projects of the Bronx, NY. He started hearing the precursors of hip-hop out of his windows before he was in kindergarten, around 1973. By ten, Percee had a mic in his hand.
"Percee P is one of the most important rappers to never get his due. His style has been cited as a major influence on the likes of Pharoahe Monch (that's him on the 'Lung Collapsing Lyrics' intro) and basically all of DITC (via Lord Finesse, who he battled in '89). He's cut records with everyone from Kane & Kool Keith to Aesop Rock & Jurassic 5 and outshined just about all of them. That's his voice on DJ Shadow's 'Napalm Brain, Scatter Brain'. I could go on... In short, aside from Big Daddy Kane, he's the illest quote unquote fast rapper to ever touch the mic. But because he's only recorded about 18 verses in as many years, not a lot of heads know what's up."
– www.cocaineblunts.com
– www.cocaineblunts.com
After all these years in the background, Percee FINALLY releases his debut, and what label would be better for that than Stones Throw Records?
This is also another personal favourite album of mine that dropped in these last weeks, Percee P's flow is legendary (even thought I've heard some complains about he doesn't adjust it to the beats throught the album), his lyrics put a lot of good rappers in shame, and the Madlib production is great as always. A must.
1. Intro
2. The Hand That Leads You
3. The Man To Praise
4. Legendary Lyricist feat. Madlib
5. Watch Your Step feat. Vinnie Paz and Guilty Simpson
6. Who With Me?
7. 2 Brothers From The Gutter feat. Diamond D
8. Ghetto Rhyme Stories
9. Throwback Rap Attack
10. No Time For Jokes feat. Chali 2na
11. Last Of The Greats feat. Prince Po
12. BX (Interlude)
13. Put It On The Line
14. The Dirt And Filth feat. Aesop Rock
15. LA (Interlude)
16. Mastered Craftsman
17. Raw Heat (45 Version)
18. The Lady Behind Me
19. Outro
Produced by Madlib
And here's something that I was looking for a while, this is true Hip Hop history, thank god for youtube:
Percee P vs. Lord Finesse Live @ The Patterson Projects, 1989 Pt. 1
Percee P vs. Lord Finesse Live @ The Patterson Projects, 1989 Pt. 2
If you listen to these old battles you'll notice many of the lines were later re-used in a lot of Percee P songs, including songs from Perseverance. But the best part must be the ice cream truck comming over Ahaha.
And here's another video you might be interested in:
Percee P, Eminem and Fat Joe trading verses (old getto-ass video):
