Who Got the Gravy?

• Artist: Digital Underground
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• Release Date: September 08, 1998
• Genre: Rap

Review

When Digital Underground recorded Who Got the Gravy? in 1998, its challenge was to acknowledge late-1990s rap tastes without being unfaithful to its history. And the Bay Area group pulls it off nicely on this album. Though not quite in a class with Sex Packets, Gravy was among the strongest rap releases of 1998. Underground was still greatly influenced by George Clinton's P-Funk, and the quirky rapping of Shock G and Humpty Hump leaves no doubt that this is a Digital Underground release. But this time, the group brings a strong East Coast element to the mix. Blastmaster KRS-One has lively cameos on "Cyber Teeth Tigers" and the opener "I Shall Return," while Humpty and Brooklyn's equally goofy Biz Markie prove quite compatible on "The Odd Couple." Given how senselessly violent the East Coast/West Coast rap rivalries had became in the 1990s, one can't help but see the CD's New-York-meets-Oakland flavor as a call for East/West unity. Of course, there were numerous rappers who refused to get caught up in that type of silly regionalism, and the Oaktown and New York MCs heard on Gravy are a prime example. Gravy demonstrated that in 1998, the Underground still had some highly entertaining tricks up its sleeve. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
I Shall Return (Intro)	J.J. Jackson, L. Parker	Digital Underground	(1:37)
Holla-Holliday	J. Smith, J.J. Jackson	Digital Underground	(5:27)
Wind Me Up (Lyrics)	Bootsy Collins, Genji Siraisi, George Clinton	Digital Underground	(6:56)
The Mission	B. White, S. Williams	Digital Underground	(5:07)
Odd Couple	Biz Markie, J.J. Jackson	Digital Underground	(3:26)
Blind Mice	J. Smith	Digital Underground	(5:09)
The Gravy		Digital Underground	(4:54)
Peanut Hakeem		Digital Underground	(2:56)
Man's Girl (Lyrics)	Ron Brooks, B. White	Digital Underground	(8:17)
April Showers	J.J. Jackson, Money-B, Shock-G	Digital Underground	(5:09)
Cyber Teeth Tigers	L. Parker	Digital Underground	(3:46)

Credits

Shock-G (Associate Producer), Daniel Boom (Engineer), Money-B (Vocals), Ryan Kallas (Engineer), Genji Siraisi (Keyboards), The Piano-Man (Keyboards), Gary Katz (Associate Producer), KRS-One (Keyboards), Jay Alexander (Digital Programming), Tanya Spurlock (Vocals (Background)), Too Fly Eli (Turntables), Sienna Nervo (Engineer), Charles Stella (Engineer), Styles P (Vocals), KRS-One (Vocals), KRS-One (Digital Programming), Luchia "Paris" Sykes (Vocals (Background)), Shock-G (Digital Programming), Jim Herity (Photography), Truck Turner (Associate Producer), David Michael Dill (Digital Editing Assistant), Michael Denten (Engineer), Kim Morgan (Vocals), Whateva (Vocals), Gary Stromberg (Executive Producer), Daniel Boom (Digital Editing Assistant), Michael Denten (Digital Editing Assistant), Jay Alexander (Keyboards), Ryan Kallas (Digital Editing Assistant), The Piano-Man (Digital Programming), Dina Wright (Vocals), KRS-One (Associate Producer), Larry Jones (Vocals (Background)), Digital Underground (Engineer), Charles Stella (Digital Editing Assistant), Quinton Washington (Vocals (Background)), Genji Siraisi (Digital Programming), Greg Jacobs (Animation), Sienna Nervo (Digital Editing Assistant), Mystik (Vocals), Greg Wilson (Vocals (Background)), David Michael Dill (Engineer), John Doe (Vocals)

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