| Ahmad, Raashan / Push, The |
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| Album: | Push, The | Collection: | Hip-hop | |
| Artist: | Ahmad, Raashan | Added: | May 2008 | |
| Label: | Om Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-06-01 | Pull Date: | 2008-08-03 | Charts: | Hip-Hop |
| Week Ending: | Aug 3 | Jul 27 | Jul 20 | Jul 13 | Jul 6 | Jun 29 | Jun 22 | Jun 15 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 18, 2016: | Everything A to Z week 39 Fight | 4. | Mar 29, 2009: | Music to Make Babies To Yusef | |
| 2. | Oct 25, 2014: | Music Casserole Weight | 5. | Jan 03, 2009: | New World Disorder Fight | |
| 3. | Sep 28, 2013: | Music Casserole City Feel Proud | 6. | Dec 26, 2008: | the perennial philosophy City Feel Proud |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2008-06-02 | ||
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Raashan Ahmad – The Push Reviewed by Sadie O., 5/20/08 Conscious (and extremely personal) funky hip hop from the Bay Area. I was sucked in by the funky riddims, but some of the lyrics are so intense I can’t listen to the songs. Clearly Ahmad has a lot of stuff he had to work through with the lyrics, including a lot of deaths around him. The more general sociopolitical numbers are easier listening! Single FCCs on tracks 5 and 12. I like 2 and 4 and esp. 9 best. 1. *upbeat funky groove with vocal samples, and self-introduction. Some pretty amusing lyrics. 2. ***bit of spoken intro, then midtempo but rather relaxed cool percussion (w/ theremin?) and chanted chorus, two voices rapping. Guest Chali 2na has a great rhythmic style. 3. **jazzy funk with sung love song chorus, rap about promising Allah to do his best. 4. ***downbeat chant and cry intro, then slow 70’s style funk, some singing and some rhythmic rap, hard times lyrics. Great stuff! 5. FCC: “Fuck tha police” *uptempo jazzy syncopation, monotonal organ chord for verses, hyperspeed rap. Great keyboards near end. 6. Downbeat “R&B” with a strong scent of Hennessey. Sweet lyrics, though. 7. *downtempo beat with 30 seconds of serious righteous preaching, religious rap with sociopolitical slant. 8. **crazy uptempo electronic riddim, upspeed rhythmic rap, disturbing story. I love the beat, but I can’t listen to the words! 9. ****funky drums, hard stuff – sort of a continuation of “Fight the Power”. Lots of diatribe and great sound. I love this! 10. **rather quiet and subdued, in a latent power sorta way, Jamaican-style dancehall vocals. 11. *bits of childbirthing intro, downbeat riddim, dedication to his son. Long recording of toddler singing at end. 12. FCC: “fuck cancer” (quite clear, alas) **sound collage intro, midtempo syncopated riddim, about his mother’s fatal illness, another very difficult song to listen to. 13. *simple midtempo beat, jazzy instrumentation, shoutouts to pretty much everyone around him. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Hello | 7. | Give Thanks | |||
| 2. | City Feel Proud | 8. | Heavenbound | |||
| 3. | If I | 9. | Fight | |||
| 4. | Weight | 10. | Ready | |||
| 5. | The Crush | 11. | Yusef | |||
| 6. | Close | 12. | Cancer | |||
| 13. | Peace | |||||