Question in the Form of an Answer

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On People Under the Stairs' sophomore album, after 1999's The Next Step, debut producer and MC Thes One promises in the liner notes, "We'll keep making that '93-style hip-hop with that '73-style funk till 2033." Trying to fulfill that guarantee, on Question in the Form of an Answer PUTS digs up obscure funk loops and breaks, staying true to an underground tradition that emphasizes neck-breaking beats and high-caliber lyricism. The formula is transparent at times, perhaps a little too obvious, but it's hard not to like their new-school influence, whether in the form of puff-chested braggadocio ("Yehaw Partystyles") or superfunky spy fantasies ("Suite for Creeper"). --Oliver Wang

Product Description
Hip-Hop. A Beat and Horn Laden, Funky Drummin Rhythmic Scratchin, Get Em Movin Party Starter Throwing Back to the Days of Pete Rock and Cl Smooth. Double K and the One Are Keepin Lyrical Time and Blowin Minds with their Rare Groove, Danceable Style of Hip Hop.

Question in the Form of an Answer,People Under the Stairs,Om Records,Club/Dance,Pop,Rap,Rap & Hip-Hop,Underground Rap

Question in the Form of an Answer

Question in the Form of an Answer
Question in the Form of an Answer
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • the reason i still listen to hip-hop
  • p.u.t.s. 'dig up the beats like super mario 2'
  • If u gots mad love for the ol' skool game, buy this, fool.
  • Just good ol' L.A music for bros and hoes!
  • hip hop heads galore
 Question in the Form of an Answer
People Under the Stairs
Manufacturer: Om Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
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Similar Items:
  1. O.S.T.
  2. The Next Step
  3. Or Stay Tuned
  4. Stepfather
  5. Fresh Mode

ASIN: B00004TJ6U
Release Date: 2000-06-19

Tracks:

  1. Intro
  2. Crazy Live
  3. Youth Explosion
  4. Suite For Creeper
  5. Sterns To Western
  6. Code Check
  7. Blowin Wax
  8. Give Love A Chance
  9. Stoned Youth Truth
  10. Yehaw Partystyles
  11. Get Drunk
  12. 43 Labels I Like
  13. King Kuff
  14. E Business
  15. Zignaflyinblow
  16. July 3rd
  17. Stay Home
  18. Earth Travelers
  19. The Cat
  20. Electric Laddy
  21. We'll Be There
  22. Fredly Advice

Amazon.com

On People Under the Stairs' sophomore album, after 1999's The Next Step, debut producer and MC Thes One promises in the liner notes, "We'll keep making that '93-style hip-hop with that '73-style funk till 2033." Trying to fulfill that guarantee, on Question in the Form of an Answer PUTS digs up obscure funk loops and breaks, staying true to an underground tradition that emphasizes neck-breaking beats and high-caliber lyricism. The formula is transparent at times, perhaps a little too obvious, but it's hard not to like their new-school influence, whether in the form of puff-chested braggadocio ("Yehaw Partystyles") or superfunky spy fantasies ("Suite for Creeper"). --Oliver Wang

Album Details

Hip-Hop. A Beat and Horn Laden, Funky Drummin Rhythmic Scratchin, Get Em Movin Party Starter Throwing Back to the Days of Pete Rock and Cl Smooth. Double K and the One Are Keepin Lyrical Time and Blowin Minds with their Rare Groove, Danceable Style of Hip Hop.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars the reason i still listen to hip-hop.......2006-09-28

about a week ago i came across this album and it was the first time that i had heard of these guys. i was amazed by everthing on this album. usually i am preffereably into the new york scene of hip-hop but i have been recently very into hyroglyphics and pharcydeand a few other west cost emcees. P.U.T.S. sound somewhat similar to those groups but i have to say they are by far the best thing out of the west coast that i have ever heard. i havent had this for a week and i have already ordered two of there other albums. IF you love real hip-hop and hate nelly, dipset, puff daddy etc. u will love this album 2
-chris KRS-TWO

5 out of 5 stars p.u.t.s. 'dig up the beats like super mario 2'.......2005-03-31

i have to say, being in my late 20's, it is really hard to find any good hip-hop that gives you the feeling of chillen and being back in high school, or just good beats and flows to listen to and laugh along with (like the 'super mario 2' reference), but 'question in the form of an answer' is the solution to this problem. thes love and dub put together some of the best sounds available in the genre, sampling every single sound on the recording from some obscure records. (no drum machines are used at all.) they seem to be feeling the cats that don't wanna hear about bling-bling and escalades, and they deliver great rhymes that even suburban white dudes (like myself) can relate to and get into. i love both of their styles of flow and the jazz-funk vibe that almost all of the tracks seem to retain. swearing and cussing is not overt and is done in quite the same way that it is used when you are hanging out and talking with your friends. i highly recommend this disc, along with all the other p. sounds, if you liked e.p.m.d. and a tribe called quest, but can't stand nelly or eminem or 50 cent. the peeps are the real deal, just 2 b-boys making good old hip-hop.

5 out of 5 stars If u gots mad love for the ol' skool game, buy this, fool........2004-06-14

Words can't describe how utterly dope this album is. Mad beats, rhymes, funk. All you want to do while listening is put your right arm in the air and wave it like you just don't care. Head bobbing like no body's bizness, lips puckered, neck weaving, knees bouncing. Damn, I haven't felt like this since '86. Why PUTS ain't blown up huge makes no sense. These cats kick some crazy joints, spitting lyrics and keepin' it real. BUY THIS ALBUM. Probably the best pure hip hop album I have bought in 20 years.

5 out of 5 stars Just good ol' L.A music for bros and hoes!.......2003-12-04

Oi, I hafta say, People Under The Stairs abseloutely smacks it again with "Question In the Form Of An Answer." Double K and Thes One from West L.A (yes West, not East for once) give you party bag of full flavoured funk, soul and jazz with a hip-hop twist. Round it, it's Hip-Hop in it's purest, most original form. It's not some gangsta flex, but personally I think that's a good thing. The best tunes on the album are Youth Explosion, Blowin Wax, Yehaw Partystyles, Zignaflyinblow, Earth Travelers, The Cat, We'll Be There and all the other tunes are heavy as well.

Basically, If your not into good hip-hop like Ugly Duckling, Pharcyde, Lewis Parker etc., Than you shouldn't really buy this...Stick to Nelly, 50 Cent and Eminem. But if your like me and you got good taste, BUY THIS CD, WITHOUT HESITATION.

P.S: The Next Step, O.S.T and Or Stay Tuned are all classics as well.

5 out of 5 stars hip hop heads galore.......2003-05-09

PUTS is quality gold ish! everytime i introduce cats to the PUTS sound, they scoop up every album they have. hey its only 3 but dang man, its all instant vintage! they remind me of the old school liks, they talked ish, and had some of the most classic one liners. i mean, thesse dudes dont care, and they put out what they like and on top of that diss everyone doin ish for money and fame. if i ever hear PUTS at a party its on! if i ever hear PUTS downtown in some yuppy bar that plays b2k and calls it hip hop--ITS ON!! if i ever hear PUTS bumpin loud ina NSX--ITS ON!! pull out ur duckets and scoop question in the form, its definately better then next step and OST. but those are all quality too... this whole album is tight, and i gaurantee u'll like it and the rest of PUTS ish. oh yeah, scoop my man MOKA ONLY. hes on the whole contemporary rap vibe. pick up LIME GREEN, and his new joint FLOOD--if u can find it you new wave freak!

detectives on the beat, every mission complete.
Question in the Form of an Answer/Next Step
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Question in the Form of an Answer/Next Step
    People Under the Stairs
    Manufacturer: Crown
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B000051T9D
    Release Date: 2000-07-26

    Album Details

    Japanese Exclusive Version featuring their First and Second Releases on One CD.
    Bartók: Mikrokosmos, Sz.107/44 Duos for 2 Violins, Sz.98
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Bartók: Mikrokosmos, Sz.107/44 Duos for 2 Violins, Sz.98

      Manufacturer: Hungaroton
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      DuetsDuets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
      ImprovisationImprovisation | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B00000308I
      Release Date: 1994-04-18

      Amazon.com

      Complete recordings of Mikrokosmos are relatively common these days, but aside from guiding students I wonder what purpose they serve. This is a series of piano study pieces starting at the most basic level, and the music with genuine listening interest really begins only with Book 3 (of 6). Similarly the duets are mostly teaching pieces, and though they make for good listening in small groups, the entire series becomes tiresome. Bartók wrote magnificent music, and the later books of Mikrokosmos are filled with superb little pieces. But though the performances in this set are all excellent, not much of the music is basic Bartók. --Leslie Gerber
      Bela Bartok: Mikrokosmos
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • The slender difference that makes the great difference!
      		 Bela Bartok: Mikrokosmos
      Bela Bartok , and Gyorgy Sandor
      Manufacturer: Sony
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
      ImprovisationImprovisation | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
      ASIN: B0000028MQ
      Release Date: 1993-02-09

      Tracks:

      1. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 1-6. Six Unison Melodies
      2. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 7. Dotted Notes
      3. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 8. Repetition (1)
      4. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 9. Syncopation (1)
      5. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 10. With Alternate Hands
      6. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 11. Parallel Motion
      7. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 12. Reflection
      8. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 13. Change of Position
      9. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 14. Question and Answer
      10. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 15. Village Song
      11. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 16. Parallel Motion with Change of Position
      12. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 17. Contrary Motion (1)
      13. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 18-21. Four Unison Melodies
      14. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 22. Imitation and Counterpoint
      15. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 23. Imitation and Inversion
      16. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 24. Pastorale
      17. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 25. Imitation and Inversion (2)
      18. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 26. Repetition (2)
      19. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 27. Syncopation (2)
      20. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 28. Canon at the Octave
      21. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 29. Imitation Reflected
      22. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 30. Canon at the Lower Fifth
      23. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 31. Dance in Canon Form
      24. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 32. In Dorian Mode
      25. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 33. Slow Dance
      26. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 34. In Phrygian Mode
      27. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 35. Chorale
      28. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 36. Free Canon
      29. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 37. In Lydian Mode
      30. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 38. Staccato and Legato (1)
      31. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 39. Staccato and Legato (canon)
      32. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 40. In Yugoslav Style
      33. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 41. Melody with Accompaniment
      34. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 42. Accompaniment in Broken Triads
      35. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 43. In Hungarian Style
      36. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 44. Contrary Motion (2)
      37. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 45. Meditation
      38. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 46. Increasing-Diminishing
      39. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 47. Country Fair
      40. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 48. In Mixolydian Mode
      41. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 49. Crescendo-Diminuendo
      42. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 50. Minuetto
      43. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 51. Waves
      44. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 52. Unison Divided
      45. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 53. In Transylvanian Style
      46. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 54. Chromatics
      47. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 55. Triplets in Lydian Mode
      48. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 56. Melody in Tenths
      49. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 57. Accents
      50. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 58. In Oriental Style
      51. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 59. Major and Minor
      52. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 60. Canon with Sustained Notes
      53. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 61. Pentatonic Melody
      54. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 62. Minor Sixths in Parallel Motion
      55. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 63. Buzzing
      56. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 64. Line Against Point (a & b)
      57. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 65. Dialogue
      58. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 66. Melody Divided
      59. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 67. Thirds Against a Single Voice
      60. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 68. Hungarian Dance
      61. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 69. Study in Chords
      62. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 70. Melody against Double Notes
      63. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 71. Thirds
      64. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 72. Dragon's Dance
      65. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 73. Sixths and Triads
      66. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 74. Hungarian Matchmaking Song (a & b)
      67. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 75. Triplets
      68. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 76. In Three Parts
      69. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 77. Little Study
      70. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 78. Five-Tone Scale
      71. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 79. Hommage a J.S.B.
      72. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 80. Hommage a R. Sch.
      73. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 81. Wandering
      74. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 82. Scherzo
      75. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 83. Melody with Interruptions
      76. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 84. Merriment
      77. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 85. Broken Chords
      78. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 86. Two Major Pentachords
      79. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 87. Variations
      80. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 88. Duet for Pipes
      81. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 89. In Four Parts (1)
      82. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 90. In Russian Style
      83. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 91. Chromatic Invention (2)
      84. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 92. Chromatic Invention (2)
      85. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 93. In Four Parts (2)
      86. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 94. Once Upon a Time...
      87. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 95. Fox Song (a & b)
      88. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 96. Jolts

      Tracks:

      1. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 97. Notturno
      2. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 98. Thumbs Under
      3. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 99. Hands Crossing
      4. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 100. In Folk Song Style
      5. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 101. Diminished Fifth
      6. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 102. Harmonics
      7. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 103. Minor and Major
      8. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 104. Wandering through the Keys (a & b)
      9. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 105. Game (with two five-tone scales)
      10. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 106. Children's Song
      11. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 107. Melody in the Mist
      12. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 108. Wrestling
      13. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 109. From the Island of Bali
      14. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 110. And the Sounds Clash and Clang
      15. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 111. Intermezzo
      16. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 112. Variations on a Folk Tune
      17. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 113. Bulgarian Rhythm (1)
      18. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 114. Theme and Inversion
      19. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 115. Bulgarian Rhythm (2)
      20. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 116. Song
      21. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 117. Bouree
      22. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 118. Triplets in 9 8 Time
      23. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 119. Triplets in 3 4 Time
      24. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 120. Triads
      25. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 121. Two-part Study
      26. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 122. Chords Together in Opposition
      27. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 123. Staccato and Legato (2) (a & b)
      28. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 124. Staccato
      29. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 125. Boating
      30. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 126. Change of Time
      31. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 127. New Hungarian Folk Song
      32. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 128. Stamping Dance
      33. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 129. Alternating Thirds
      34. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 130. Village Joke
      35. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 131. Fourths
      36. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 132. Major Seconds Broken and Together
      37. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 133. Syncopation (3)
      38. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 134. Studies in Double Notes (a, b & c)
      39. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 135. Perpetual Motion
      40. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 136. Whole-tone Scales
      41. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 137. Unison
      42. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 138. Bagpipe Music
      43. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 139. Jack-in-the-Box
      44. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 140. Free Variations
      45. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 141. Subject and Reflection
      46. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 142. From the Diary of a Fly
      47. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 143. Divided Arpeggios
      48. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 144. Minor Seconds, Major Sevenths
      49. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 145. Chromatic Invention (3) (a &b)
      50. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 146. Ostinato
      51. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 147. March
      52. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 148. Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (1)
      53. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 149. Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (2)
      54. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 150. Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (3)
      55. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 151. Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (4)
      56. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 152. Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (5)
      57. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 153. Six Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm (6)

      Amazon.com essential recording

      Bartók's Mikrokosmos ("Little World") essentially comprises 153 teaching pieces, divided into six books of progressive difficulty. These works make ideal vehicles for budding piano students who are ready to face the myriad challenges of 20th-century keyboard music. They also reveal the kernels of the Hungarian composer's uncompromising compositional style. György Sándor was a piano pupil of Bartók's, and his fluid, perceptive playing is unfailingly idiomatic, from the simple, canon-like exercises at the start to the demanding Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm that crown the cycle. The mono engineering is thin but acceptable. Suffice it to say that the composer would have been proud of what his pupil achieves here. --Jed Distler

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars The slender difference that makes the great difference!.......2006-09-29

      At the actual moments it's hard to find out that unusual and missed way of play Bartok with these well known dissonant inflections, for all of us who had the immense privilege to watch this legendary pianist twice in Caracas in the seventies and eighties. To this reviewer, it will be absolutely impossible to forget his egregious presence and powering [...], steeled phrasing hovered by that special reverberation and acidic lyricism at the moment to play Out of doors that cold night of December 9, 1982.

      Without another intention in mind, but intending to illustrate and motive the newcomer listener, I would say that in just few counted occasions (Richter and Prokoviev, Ravel and Cortot) there has been such chemical rapport between composer and performer.

      At least in my case, I have not heard about any other pianist able to sound so sarcastic, reverberating and genuinely Hungarian as Gyorgy Sandor did it.

      So I really hope you to keep in mind all these previous considerations at the moment to make this wise choice. Go for this record without any shadow of doubt.

      This album is now part of the mythic legend of the treasures for keyboard.

      No other pianist will sound so astonishingly as Sandor does.

      Soul Music:

      1. R U Still Down? (Remember Me) [Clean]
      2. Ready to Die: The Remaster [Clean] [Enhanced] [Extra tracks] [Original recording remastered]
      3. Reflection Eternal [Explicit Lyrics]
      4. Return of the Boom Bap [Explicit Lyrics]
      5. Rule 3:36 [Explicit Lyrics]
      6. Slam: The Soundtrack [Explicit Lyrics] [Soundtrack]
      7. Soul Survivor [Explicit Lyrics]
      8. Split Personality [Explicit Lyrics]
      9. State Property [Explicit Lyrics] [Soundtrack]
      10. Steal This Double Album [Explicit Lyrics]

      Soul Music

      soul music

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