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Digital Underground - Sittin on the Hitz
Artist: Digital Underground
Producer: InershA [for Track Bastards Productions]
Album: The Greenlight EP
Label: Jake Records
Last week my computer monitor and I had a staring contest after an Email from the legendary funk-rap group Digital Underground popped-up in our Bible-sized inbox. New music from Digital Underground in 2010? Couldn’t be. After all, the pioneering Oakland-based ensemble released their final album, ...Cuz A D.U. Party Don’t Stop!!, in spring 2008, shortly after officially disbanding. Well, after a little research and a few Emails to their label, Jake Records, it turns out that Sittin on the Hitz is the first release off the group’s forthcoming (and final) EP, The Greenlight. Featuring the weirdly comical rhymes of D.U. leader Shock G (you know, the guy with the Groucho Marx nose) and production from InershA, Sittin on the Hitz is far from a “hit record” by today’s standards, but nonetheless it’s an offering that longtime fans should be able to appreciate. The Greenlight, a collection of never-before-heard material, unreleased remixes, and a live recording of Same Song with Tupac Shakur, will be available for purchase on May 18.
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11866 |
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I kept my feature write-up more factual than opinion-based, but I have a few thoughts I'll share...
1) Atlanta is the new Oakland. Let that thought stew. 2) I was never a huge D.U. fan, but this song has motivated me to check out their earlier work. 3) How can you not love the nose? It never gets old. 
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| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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i did a double take just to make sure i was really seeing shock g on djbooth. Still sounds like shock g that beat is something else though but it hooked me. Overall it sounded like that D.U. sound that has people doin the humpty hump! 3.75
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| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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When that violin shows up, I can hear this track being featured in a horror-comedy (Scary Movie 5, perhaps)...how many Scary Movies are there?
Anyway, this is a little too disorganized for me to truly enjoy, but it's definitely interesting. "Interesting" may be too weak a word, though. |
| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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lol way too funny this is real intresting the beat is non convential with the folk instrument mix up.
i like the lyricism but everything else is too corny or me i enjoyed the song overall though. idk why though lol maybe its the originality of this 3 spins |
| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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Whaaaattt?!?!? DU in 2010 on the Booth?? Ehh... they definitely still got it but it's not very apparent here
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| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 178 |
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Digital Underground! Hell yea this day is getting better. "Same Old Song" is one of jams still to this day.
They sounds exactly the same but this is not a D.U. classic. Still has that goofy feel to it but I could do with out the violin sample. Still, its just nice to see them putting it down on wax still. |
| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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OK. Now my day is interesting. It was bomb except for the violin stuff in there its annoying. The track is cool... kinda crazy. I still don't see how the songs so good in my ears. They're original.
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| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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The violins on the track don't do the production any favors. I feel like this track takes me back in time, but I don't think thats a good thing.
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| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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WTF am I listening to. I try to be pretty respectable with my ratings, but this is just horrible. The production is just all over the place. Too many things going on at once, and the lyrics to this are so forgettable. Don't have any reason to say that this even lives up to the standards of being called "Ok."
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| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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Ummm I don't know how to evaluate this song. Just his picture took a few minutes to evaluate. A very interesting song, sounds like they had a lot of fun making this song. But I didn't have that much fun listening to it. Probably a song to play round my friends for a few jokes. Can't do much with this song just because it's so out there, but its D.U. what else did I expect?
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| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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At first I wondered if this was even gunna be a hip-hop song...and well I'm still not sure after listening.
They are rapping that's for sure but it really is different and unique. The hook is HORRIBLE in my opinion but maybe that is their singnature style...either way I'm not a fan. Production is kinda lacking too except when the violion is playing! Not digging thier style or type of "hip-hop" if thats what you want to call it |
| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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i think i must be too young for digital underground. who are they? sorry this definitely isnt my kind of track. that violin was extremely annoying!!!
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| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 37 |
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Somebody cut that violins strings...
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| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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A sloppy and annoying production. The rapping on it was enjoyable at some parts when the violin was absent.
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| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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Don't know why y'all rating low...this is a PARTY JAM and should be rated as such!
P.S. Surprised nobody got the "Puttin' On the Ritz" reference... |
| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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The beat sounded all over the place. The violin doesn't help the song either. The hook was wack, I didn't understand it. The rapping was ok at best.
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| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 127 |
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This track just seems like a closet where everything was just shoved in to make everything look more clean to me. Too crowded production.
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| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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Wow! not sure where to go with this one.. I liked D.U. they can do alot better.. drop the next one...
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| Posted on Apr 27, 2010 |
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Definitely not gonna be for everybody. Quirky raps, whimsical in construction, this song is mos def a change of pace and appeals to my alternative side... but not much. Can get down with this once in a while.
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| Posted on Apr 27, 2010 |
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I like the rapping, but the production is too crazy, the violin didn't work for me, and the hook is really annoying though it sounded like they had fun with it.
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| Posted on May 02, 2010 |
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I genuinely thought another window popped up in the beginning of the song and another sound came across, so I stopped the song to go check where that noise was coming from, but it happens that noise was... this "song"! -_-
I love strings, but that violin was awful and it seems the whole production was purposely set to create a completely out of tune mess. (it just got to 2:48 mark on the song, WTF!!! another noise bursts out of nowhere). The GOAT couldn't save this crap, whoever that is. |
| Posted on May 02, 2010 |
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Sometimes i think you can try to squeeze and force something that just not gonna fit and i think this is one of those tracks. I love DU but they should have went on to the next one on this track.
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| Posted on May 04, 2010 |
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