up 111: one big trip [2002]

''the soundtrack to a road movie, 'one big trip' is an impressive collection of some of the finest underground hip-hop acts of the moment. the hieroglyphics, the all-star crew that includes del tha funkee homosapien, produced and compiled the album, and appear on four tracks, as well as a solo cut by del. all are superb, showing much improvement over the sometimes uneven quality of the first hieroglyphics album.

similarly, jurassic 5's opener, ''verbal gunfight,'' is first-rate. what's more, the album is impeccably sequenced, so dan the automator's instrumental dance cut flows seamlessly with the dilated peoples and swollen members contributions, which are much darker and use chilling piano loops and vocals. even the more party-flavored cuts -- such as lootpack's ''movies 2 groupies'' -- have first-rate production that allows them to fit in seamlessly with the more underground tracks. 'one big trip' will please anyone looking for smart, well-crafted hip-hop.'' - victor w. valdivia

tracklist:

beer man intro (ft. beer man) 01

verbal gunfight (ft. jurassic 5) 02

soweto (ft. hieroglyphics & goapele) 03

downtown (ft. dilated peoples) 04

hydra (ft. hieroglyphics) 05

make the people sway (ft. dta & the magic disco machine) 06

what u lookin' at? (ft. j-ro of the liks) 07

g.u.o.m.d. (ft. hieroglyphics) 08

runnin' (ft. royce da 5'9") 09

movies 2 groupies (ft. lootpack) 10

one big trip (ft. del tha funkee homosapien) 11

think again (ft. hieroglyphics) 12

the high road (ft. swollen members) 13

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