{"product_id":"cydeways-the-best-of-the-pharcyde","title":"Cydeways: The Best of the Pharcyde","description":"The Pharcyde: Derrick \"Fat Lip\" Stewart (rap vocals, vinyl scratches); Tre \"Slim Kid\" Hardson, Romye \"Booty Brown\" Robinson, Imani Wilcox (rap vocals).\u003cbr\u003eAdditional personnel includes: J-Swift (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, bass, vinyl scratches, background vocals); JMD (drums); M-Walk, J-Swift, Fat Lip (scratches); Rahsaan, Greg Padilla, Brandon Padilla, Cedra Walton, Leslie Cooney (background vocals).\u003cbr\u003eProducers include: J-Swift, L.A. Jay, Slim Kid 3, Jay Dee, The Brand New Heavies.\u003cbr\u003eCompilation producer: Barry Benson.\u003cbr\u003eEngineers include: Eric Sarafin, Gary Wallace, Tim Latham.\u003cbr\u003eRecorded between 1992 \u0026amp; 2000. Includes liner notes by Soren Baker \u0026amp; Barry \"Rockbarry\" Benson.\u003cbr\u003eDigitally remastered by Dan Hersch (Digiprep).\u003cbr\u003ePhotographers: Annalisa Pessin; Bart Everly.\u003cbr\u003eIf rap music has taught people anything, it's that even the annoying shimmer of a Mercedes Benz and a pool of high-price hookers can't overshadow true talent. Surprisingly enough, it became clear that the Pharcyde is one of hip-hop's few modern ensembles that stares down modern-day rap and challenges it to a fight. Crafty and cool, Cydeways isn't necessarily genius. Its off-beat and stylistic rhythms and rhymes are an acquired taste at best. But the album still carries innovation that hasn't been touched in years: rap music thriving on a genuine mix of fact, fiction, humor, and memory. \"Runnin,\" \"Ya Mama,\" and \"Oh Shit\" are creative excerpts from a diary that these boys have carefully crafted. It becomes a kind of coming-of-age story, from making jokes about each other's mother to getting their ass kicked in school. Its undeniable soul is what makes the Pharcyde an underappreciated addition to hip-hop's overplayed and overrated existence in the coming century. So if you still believe in hip-hop, but have become intimidated by its current barrage of smut, simplicity and stupidity, fear not friends -- the Pharcyde's got your back. ~ Darren Ratner","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47878314852639,"sku":"081227999124","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/7065de62bad213d08a4e10526c0ac052.jpg?v=1777917858","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/cydeways-the-best-of-the-pharcyde","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}