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#96: O.C., Jewelz (1997) Three cheers for Buckwild! As I’ve previously indicated, this whole 100 reviews project is in part a little self-assigned survey course in hip-hop history, and just like any other history, hip-hop is full of entertaining characters who seem to keep popping up every once in a while. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1997 CD release of Jewelz on Discogs. Label: Payday - 314-524 399-2,FFRR - 314-524 399-2. Format: CD Album. Country: US. Genre: Hip Hop. O.C. Jewelz (1997, CD) Discogs. Discover all of this album's music connections, watch videos, listen to music, discuss and download.
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Uhh, uhh, yeah, yeah, ha
Come on, come on, come on
Ha, what yeah
Diggin in the crates ya'
Come on, come on, come on
Ha, what yeah
Diggin in the crates ya'
Come on, come on, come on
Uhh, yeah, Lord Finesse ya'
Check it yeah, uhh, check it out
Check it out
Uhh, yeah, Lord Finesse ya'
Check it yeah, uhh, check it out
Check it out
Yo, my movement motion
Smooth or rough as the ocean
Sometimes, it slip away and I lose devotion
Smooth or rough as the ocean
Sometimes, it slip away and I lose devotion
My judgement get cloudy
Then I wanna get rowdy
Like Arabia
Terrorize like Saudi Arabia
Then I wanna get rowdy
Like Arabia
Terrorize like Saudi Arabia
Related
My avons reflects my mood swing
Switch colors like a mood ring
Wifey telling me good things
Switch colors like a mood ring
Wifey telling me good things
So, I won't strain
Got grey hairs and only been here 25 years
Shed tears for niggaz, I knew for life, now lifeless
When you died to us, was like the Iranian crisis
Got grey hairs and only been here 25 years
Shed tears for niggaz, I knew for life, now lifeless
When you died to us, was like the Iranian crisis
I took it hard, like a flick slow mo' breathing
Prophetize dot of a book, summer night's dreaming
Semi-wet as I write this, dragging the cancer sticks
Smoke thick, Hennessey shots to my wig
Prophetize dot of a book, summer night's dreaming
Semi-wet as I write this, dragging the cancer sticks
Smoke thick, Hennessey shots to my wig
Half naked while I jot this
Lounging in my boxers
Dreaming Tahiti, even settle for the Bahamas
I get a boner
Lounging in my boxers
Dreaming Tahiti, even settle for the Bahamas
I get a boner
Check Out
When I'm asleep dreaming that I'm louging on a yaucht
(Chillin' in the sun)
Bom bout the leave the docks, reality I wake up to
Feels like I woked up to a cloud filled room with angel dust
It's just the
(Chillin' in the sun)
Bom bout the leave the docks, reality I wake up to
Feels like I woked up to a cloud filled room with angel dust
It's just the
Stress, frust, make me wanna bust
Make me wanna cuss
I lust for living a life, a righteousness
With invisible forces stand in my way
Keeping my mind off course
Make me wanna cuss
I lust for living a life, a righteousness
With invisible forces stand in my way
Keeping my mind off course
I'm searching for the light like Noah
The flame combust
Upon the bush, forseeing my future like the Nova
Pushing for the brighter side of living a life
A better time, pouring rhymes like wine
The flame combust
Upon the bush, forseeing my future like the Nova
Pushing for the brighter side of living a life
A better time, pouring rhymes like wine
Till my cup run it over
Temptation on my shoulder
I'm growing colder than a polar bear
Thinking about a bank hold up
Temptation on my shoulder
I'm growing colder than a polar bear
Thinking about a bank hold up
I fall upon my lap and rest my head, upon my knee caps
Is it a crime that I be dreaming about the G's black?
Freeze for a minute, gotta take control of my life
Gotta hold it like a knife
Is it a crime that I be dreaming about the G's black?
Freeze for a minute, gotta take control of my life
Gotta hold it like a knife
Must have more then a slice you know
Frustration, mental masturbation
(Confusion)
Life is love living till I'm right be in a illusion
Seclusion, seeing me is rare
Frustration, mental masturbation
(Confusion)
Life is love living till I'm right be in a illusion
Seclusion, seeing me is rare
I rather attain stacks mack the islands on a plane ready for lift off
And spend grands, sipping exotic juice
Laying in the shade and shores
At a fly resort, on my cell contact the D I T C cohorts
Talking to the God Finesse
We tight like Indians with a Mohawk and so on
And spend grands, sipping exotic juice
Laying in the shade and shores
At a fly resort, on my cell contact the D I T C cohorts
Talking to the God Finesse
We tight like Indians with a Mohawk and so on
Conversation going on, do the math
Dreaming I leave the, champagne bubble bath
Reality I wake up to
Feels like I woked up to a cloud filled room with angel dust
It's just the
Dreaming I leave the, champagne bubble bath
Reality I wake up to
Feels like I woked up to a cloud filled room with angel dust
It's just the
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Stress, frust, make me wanna bust
Make me wanna cuss
I lust for living a life, a righteousness
With invisible forces stand in my way
Keeping my mind off course
Make me wanna cuss
I lust for living a life, a righteousness
With invisible forces stand in my way
Keeping my mind off course
Stress, frust, make me wanna bust
Make me wanna cuss
I lust for living a life, a righteousness
With invisible forces stand in my way
Keeping my mind off course
Make me wanna cuss
I lust for living a life, a righteousness
With invisible forces stand in my way
Keeping my mind off course
(Your working hard for the dough)
But time seem to go slow
Busting your ass to go from a amatuer to a pro
Low budget feeling inside no more can you score
But time seem to go slow
Busting your ass to go from a amatuer to a pro
Low budget feeling inside no more can you score
Bad and good fight inside just like a war
(Slavery later foundation for my nation
Centuries before Final Call be the New World Order)
(Slavery later foundation for my nation
Centuries before Final Call be the New World Order)
2 K's on it's way, no time for play
So, I pray to God, got me on a path of righteuos ways
Even though I get stressed, and frustrated
So, I pray to God, got me on a path of righteuos ways
Even though I get stressed, and frustrated
The best time for me to bless a rhyme
Is to put the pen through a test
(Yeah, I want the riches, the misses on my side on a pool
With the night, when blitzed and magic like a grand wizard)
Is to put the pen through a test
(Yeah, I want the riches, the misses on my side on a pool
With the night, when blitzed and magic like a grand wizard)
Official O C, a two syllable sound
Three six incomplete like the earth was round
And on that note keep hope alive, striving to rise
From the inner soul
Three six incomplete like the earth was round
And on that note keep hope alive, striving to rise
From the inner soul
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Seeing through the eyes of a crow you know
Slow pacing walk forth is only right
Seperating the cause
From another man far from yours
Slow pacing walk forth is only right
Seperating the cause
From another man far from yours
(Going for mine, still coming off a two year hiatus)
And in that time nigga's bit my shit like alligators
It's alright though this rap shit is stress for us
It makes you feel like your in a hallway robust with angel dust
Reality I wake up to, my old dad once told me
'How you live your life is all on you, son'
And in that time nigga's bit my shit like alligators
It's alright though this rap shit is stress for us
It makes you feel like your in a hallway robust with angel dust
Reality I wake up to, my old dad once told me
'How you live your life is all on you, son'
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Stress, frust, make me wanna bust
Make me wanna cuss
I lust for living a life, a righteousness
With invisible forces stand in my way
Keeping my mind off course
Make me wanna cuss
I lust for living a life, a righteousness
With invisible forces stand in my way
Keeping my mind off course
Stress, frust, make me wanna bust
Make me wanna cuss
I lust for living a life, a righteousness
With invisible forces stand in my way
Keeping my mind off course
Make me wanna cuss
I lust for living a life, a righteousness
With invisible forces stand in my way
Keeping my mind off course
Jewelz | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | August 19, 1997 | |||
Recorded | 1996–1997 | |||
Studio | Unique Studios D&D Studios New York City, New York | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 61:18 | |||
Label | PayDay, FFRR 524 399 | |||
Producer | DJ Premier, DJ Ogee, Buckwild, Da Beatminerz, Showbiz, Lord Finesse | |||
O.C. chronology | ||||
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Jewelz is the second album by the rapper O.C.. Unlike his debut, 1994's Word...Life, Jewelz features a wider number of guest producers and rappers. Producer DJ Premier (who also oversaw and mixed other parts of the album) lends his hand on four songs, while Buckwild, Da Beatminerz and O.Gee all drop three songs each. D.I.T.C. members Showbiz and Lord Finesse each contribute one number and as the album was released the production was highly praised for its clean, crispy but at the same time dark and menacing sound.
O.C. plays with a wide array of styles on the album, from the war-metaphor battle song 'War Games' to abstract stories on the haunting 'The Crow' and a very special history on a mystique woman that enters Credle's life in 'Stronjay'. Though the differences between O.C.'s two first efforts are very noticeable many fans are constantly, and still, arguing which was the better album out of them.
This album, like his first, received strong reviews, but lacked in sales. He made his first appearance on the Billboard 200 album chart with the album, and also made his first appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, with the single 'Far From Yours'. The album is now out of print.
As part of the concept for Jewelz, the CD was sold with different colored disc art inspired by the color palette of various jewels.
Critical reception[edit]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
HipHopPlus | |
Sputnikmusic | 3.5/5[2] |
Vibe | positive[3] |
Matt Conaway from AllMusic praised O.C. for maintaining his 'street-based' musicianship by having top-notch New York producers and rappers contribute quality work throughout the record and delivering strong lyricism of his own, highlighting 'My World' and 'Dangerous' as examples.[1]Vibe contributor Noah Callahan-Bever also gave praise to the album's production team for emitting an aura of 'melodic contentment' for O.C.'s more naturalistic flow to deliver solid rhymes on 'Dangerous' and the title track, despite 'Far From Yours' being the only dud, concluding that '[T]hankfully, O.C. is still concerned with the decline of rap music, only now he's stopped criticizing and has started to lead by example, unveiling one of his most finely polished Jewelz this year has seen.'[3]
Track listing[edit]
# | Title | Songwriters | Producer(s) | Performer (s) |
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1 | 'Intro' | *Interlude* | ||
2 | 'My World' | O. Credle, C. Martin | DJ Premier | O.C. |
3 | 'War Games' | O. Credle, C. Martin | DJ Premier | O.C., Organized Konfusion |
4 | 'Can't Go Wrong' | O. Credle, G. Scott | DJ Ogee | O.C. |
5 | 'The Chosen One' | O. Credle, A. Best | Buckwild | O.C. |
6 | 'Dangerous' | O. Credle, W. Dewgarde, L. Coleman, R. Lapread | Mr. Walt of Da Beatminerz | O.C., Big L |
7 | 'Win the G' | O. Credle, C. Martin, J. Campbell | DJ Premier | O.C., Freddie Foxxx |
8 | 'Far from Yours' | O. Credle, A. Best, M. Bryant, G. Johnson, L. Johnson, E. Barrier, W. Griffin | Buckwild; intro interlude by DJ Premier | O.C., Yvette Michele, Roc Raida |
9 | 'Stronjay' | O. Credle, W. Dewgarde | Mr. Walt of Da Beatminerz | O.C. |
10 | 'M.U.G.' | O. Credle, C. Martin, J. Campbell | DJ Premier | O.C., Freddie Foxxx |
11 | 'The Crow' | O. Credle, R. Lemay | Showbiz | O.C. |
12 | 'You & Yours' | O. Credle, G. Scott | DJ Ogee | O.C. |
13 | 'Hypocrite' | O. Credle, A. Best, W. Garfield, C. Clay | Buckwild | O.C. |
14 | 'It's Only Right' | O. Credle, W. Dewgarde, C. Ward | Mr. Walt of Da Beatminerz | O.C. |
15 | 'Jewelz' | O. Credle, R. Hall | Lord Finesse; intro interlude by DJ Premier[4] | O.C. |
- Samples credits [5]
- 'My World' samples 'Killer's Lullaby' by Barry White.
- 'War Games' samples 'It's My Thing' by Marva Whitney.
- 'Can't Go Wrong' samples 'American Tango' by Weather Report.
- 'The Chosen One' samples 'White Clouds' by Hiroshi Fukumura and Sadao Watanabe.
- 'Dangerous' samples 'Daisy Lady' by 7th Wonder.
- 'Far From Yours' samples 'Tomorrow' by The Brothers Johnson.
- 'M.U.G.' samples 'The Saddest Thing of All' by Michel Legrand.
- 'The Crow' samples 'Zen-Gun' by Ryuichi Sakamoto. [6]
- 'You & Yours' samples 'A Garden of Peace' by Lonnie Liston Smith.
- 'Hypocrite' samples 'Sensitize' by Roy Ayers.
- 'It's Only Right' samples 'Do You Like It' by B.T. Express.
- 'Jewelz' samples 'Changing Faces' by J.J. Band and 'I'll Take Time' by John Kasandra. [7]
Album singles[edit]
Single information |
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'Far From Yours'
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'Can't Go Wrong'
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Personnel[edit]
Adapted credits from the liner notes of Jewelz.[8]
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Album chart positions[edit]
Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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US Billboard 200[9] | 90 |
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[10] | 16 |
Singles chart positions[edit]
Year | Song | Chart positions | |||
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Billboard Hot 100 | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | Hot Rap Singles | Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | ||
1997 | 'Far From Yours' | 81 | 43 | 12 | 23 |
'My World' | – | – | – | 15 | |
1998 | 'Can't Go Wrong' | – | 90 | – | – |
References[edit]
- ^ abConaway, Matt. 'Jewelz - O.C.'AllMusic. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
- ^Robertson, Alex (February 24, 2013). 'Album Review - O.C.: Jewelz'. Sputnikmusic. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
- ^ abCallahan-Bever, Noah (September 1997). 'Revolutions: O.C. 'Jewelz''. Vibe. New York: Vibe Media. 7 (5): 232. ISSN1070-4701. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
- ^Mr. Walt [@Beatminerz] (8 November 2013). '@stuntmanflip Preemo did that beat' (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhKeVBmBDHM
- ^https://www.whosampled.com/O.C./The-Crow/
- ^https://www.whosampled.com/O.C./Jewelz/
- ^Jewelz (liner notes). O.C. Payday. FFRR. 1997. 314-524 399-2.CS1 maint: others (link)
- ^'O.C. Chart History (Billboard 200)'. Billboard. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
- ^'O.C. Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)'. Billboard. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
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