World Ultimate
World Ultimate is the first studio album by American hip hop group The Nonce. It was released by American Recordings and Wild West Records on February 28, 1995. "Bus Stops" peaked at number 44 on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart.[4]
| World Ultimate | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 28, 1995 | |||
| Studio | Kitchen Sync Studios, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 51:03 | |||
| Label | American Recordings, Wild West Records | |||
| Producer | The Nonce | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Billboard | mixed[2] |
| CMJ New Music Monthly | favorable[3] |
Critical reception
Glen Sansone of CMJ New Music Monthly gave the album a favorable review, saying, "World Ultimate tips its cap to both L.L. Cool J and MC Shan, while joining loose, outgoing B-Boy posturing with old-school beats jacketed in an ethereal coating, as on 'Mix Tapes.'"[3] Matt Welty of Complex said, "MCs Nouka Basetype (who would later go by Sach) and Yusef Afloat came together with their conscious perspectives to rap over jazzy instrumentation about everything from taking the bus to the issues plaguing hip-hop."[5]
In 2012, Fact listed it as one of the "Most Overlooked Hip-Hop LPs of the 90s".[6]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "On the Air" | 4:00 |
| 2. | "Keep It On" | 4:13 |
| 3. | "Bus Stops" (featuring Aceyalone) | 4:12 |
| 4. | "The West Is..." (featuring Butta B. and Meen Green) | 4:25 |
| 5. | "Mix Tapes" | 3:30 |
| 6. | "Testing" | 0:42 |
| 7. | "World Ultimate" | 5:09 |
| 8. | "Good to Go" | 4:25 |
| 9. | "On the Road Again" (featuring Figures of Speech) | 5:01 |
| 10. | "Hoods Like to Play" | 3:58 |
| 11. | "J to the I" | 4:18 |
| 12. | "Eighty Five" | 2:45 |
| 13. | "Mix Tapes (1926 Sunday Night Remix)" | 4:47 |
References
- Huey, Steve. "The Nonce - World Ultimate". AllMusic. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
- Verna, Paul; Gillen, Marilyn A.; Cronin, Peter (April 8, 1995). "Album Reviews". Billboard: 96.
- Sansone, Glen (March 1995). "Hip-Hop". CMJ New Music Monthly: 49.
- "The Nonce: Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
- Welty, Matt (March 27, 2015). "Listen to These '90s Underground West Coast Rap Releases if You Like Kendrick Lamar's New Album - The Nonce, World Ultimate". Complex. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
- Kutmah (August 24, 2012). "The Most Overlooked Hip-Hop LPs of the 90s: Part 2 (3/11) - The Nonce: World Ultimate". Fact. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
External links
- World Ultimate at Discogs (list of releases)