From: erc@plitvice.berkeley.edu (Eric Ng)
Subject: Re: A Tribe Called Quest Remixes
Organization: University of California at Berkeley
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 04:34:24 GMT

In article <1992Nov18.084055.10797@ultb.isc.rit.edu> klm3298@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:
>In article <1992Nov16.033140.9994@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>, erc@whitesands.berkeley.edu (Eric Ng) writes:
>>...deleted
>>I just got the remix album, and while I don't have it right here with me,
>>it contains, among others:
>>
>>+ what it says is a remix of "If the Papes Come": after hearing more than
>>  a few people rant and rave about this, I have to say it was sort of a
>>  letdown when I finally heard it
>
>I don't know about no remix, but the version on the US 12" for "Can I Kick It?"
>was dope.  I don't see how you could be talking about the same versions if this
>one was a letdown for you.

Well, I'm not saying that I *hate* listening to it or nothing, but it
just not as all that as everyone made it out to be...

>>+ "Mr. Muhammad's Mix" of "Check the Rhime"... the lazy one with the flute;
>>  I didn't like this when I first heard it, but now I think it's nice
>>
>
>Never cared for this mix much.  In the words of Q-Tip, why remix it?  It sounds
>dope the way it is.

The first time I heard it I was the say way: but after a year and a half,
it's nice to hear something different.

>>+ a couple so-so (nothing special) mixes of various songs, including
>>  "Pubic Enemy", "Bonita Applebum" (2 of these, in fact), "Luck of Lucien",
>>  "Butter," and "Description of a Fool"
>
>What were the times on the "Bonita Applebum" remixes?  I have a supposed U.K.
>remix 12" with the radio edit(3:18), the remix(3:15), the LP version(3:35), the
>UK 12" mix(9:35), and the UK radio edit(4:11).  The UK versions include when
>the full lyrics "I used to be on you like a fly to shit" without "shit" being
>silenced out, and the remix is the one with the Isley Brothers sample.  I'm
>curious to see if there were yet more versions.

The mixes of "Bonita Applebum" are the 12" Why? Edit by C. J. Mackintosh
(5:30) and the "Hootie Mix" 3:15.

>>All in all, a definite disappointment, as I was looking primarily for
>>the "7 MC's" mix of "Scenario", the "Spirit Mix" of "Can I Kick It?", and
>>was curious about "If the Papes Come?". Having a new version of "Jazz"
>>and an okay remix of "Check the Rhime" on were nice surprises, but not
>>anything to write home about.
>>
>>It seems that Jive has recently started releasing CD singles (with the
>>"Hot Sex" track)... *why* *why* *why* couldn't they have begun with
>>"Scenario" (the previous single) so I could easily get "7 MC's" on CD?
>
>Didn't someone post earlier about having the "Scenario" CD single with the "7
>MC's" mix on it?

Yeah, that would be Roop from Cal... but it's an import... hard to find,
and mucho ducketts.

>>
>>-eric
>>--
>>eric ng  erc@zabriskie.berkeley.edu  ...!ucbvax!zabriskie!erc
>
>K-Mello
>SHYGUY Productions '92

The track listing is as follows:

	 1. Bonita Applebum (12" Why? Edit) 5:30
	 2. I Left My Wallet in El Segundo (Vampire Mix) 5:54
	 3. Description of a Fool (Talkie) 3:04
	 4. Pubic Enemy (Saturday Night Discomix) 4:16
	 5. Check the Rhime (Mr. Muhammad's Mix) 3:37
	 6. Luck of Lucien (Main Mix) 7:08
	 7. Can I Kick It? (Extended Boilerhouse Mix) 6:40
	 8. Scenario (Young Nation Mix) 5:10
	 9. If the Papes Come (Remix) 4:14
	10. Jazz (We've Got) (Re-recording) 4:19
	11. Butter (Hip Hop Mix) 3:56
	12. Bonita Applebum (Hootie Mix) 3:15

-eric

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