Gang Starr of course was made up of one the best pure rhymers in the game in Guru and DJ Premier who’s gotten extremely popular since Gang Starr broke up. It’s the only time I’ve seen a picture of her like that and the eye doesn’t look lazy at all. However, the weird part that I never really got is that on her second album (self-titled), her hair is draped over her left eye and the right eye exposed. She has a lazy right eye, so she would always wear sunglasses, an eyepatch or style her hair so it draped over her eye.
The biggest thing I remember about her was her look. I wouldn’t have been able to give you the artist of this song or the well recognized ”Dreams” but I certainly heard both of the tunes a ton back in ’94 and ’95. It’s fitting of course that these were the ones pushed as most of the others aren’t exactly driving music but the album is really made by the mesmerizing and often sad tunes like ”Love to be Loved” and ”Washing of the Water.” Radio got the three most upbeat tunes on the album, ”Digging in the Dirt,” ”Steam” and ”Kiss that Frog” as well as the amazing ”Blood of Eden,” one of the seven slow tunes on the record. ”Digging in the Dirt” 1992, #52 (11 weeks) (download)ġ986’s So is the better album without a doubt but 1992’s proper follow up, Us is fantastic as well.
And don’t forget, information on the top 40, airplay and bubbling under charts are on pages 2-4. It’s an A-Z look at songs that charted no higher than #41 in the decade. With Bottom Feeders we take a look at the songs on the Billboard Hot 100 that only got a slight bit of recognition.