The Grandest of Them All
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| Studio album by Grandmaster Caz | ||||
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Publication |
1992 |
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| Label (s) | Tuff City | |||
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Title (number) |
10 |
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running time |
42:29 |
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The Mighty Maestro |
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Studio (s) |
Airwave Sound, New York |
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The Grandest of Them All is the first studio album by the American rapper Grandmaster Caz . It was released in 1992 on the Tuff City label and contains 10 songs and was produced by The Mighty Maestro.
Cover
The cover is very reminiscent of Michelangelo's painting The Creation of Adam . However, Grandmaster Caz can be seen in Adam's place. He wears a black cap, black sunglasses and has two chains around his neck, one of which depicts the continent of Africa in the colors of the UNIA , a pan-African organization. The picture shows, in terracotta colors, "GRANDMASTER CAZ" at the top and the album title in yellow at the bottom, both in a font that is reminiscent of the Schwabacher font .
Track list
| # | title | length |
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| 1. | The Grandest of Them All | 2:09 |
| 2. | I'm a legend | 3:21 |
| 3. | The Hitman | 3:41 |
| 4th | Star Search | 4:05 |
| 5. | Ain't Nothin 'Changed (But the Weather) | 4:30 |
| 6th | Duck sauce | 2:48 |
| 7th | I do work | 3:51 |
| 8th. | The old school | 5:30 |
| 9. | Need to know the flavor | 5:18 |
| 10. | To All the Party People (feat.Prince Whipper Whip) | 7:16 |
criticism
| Professional reviews | |
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| Allmusic |
 
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Allmusic's Alex Henderson wrote that as a rapper you have to have a big ego to call his album The Grandest of Them All and a song from it I'm a Legend , but in Grandmaster Caz's case, that is actually true - he is a legend. The album sounds "not quite as old" as some might assume. Caz makes no secret of his " old-school legacy", the album is full of references to the early days of hip-hop. Even if Caz tries to adapt his “rap style” to the zeitgeist, he still sounds like a product of the “old school era”, but this is not meant negatively. The Grandest of Them All is not Grandmaster Caz's best work, but Henderson finally described the album as "decent" and "respectable". Caz proves that he still has a few “tricks up his sleeve”.
Web links
- The Grandest of Them All at Discogs
- Album profile on rateyourmusic.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Alex Henderson: AllMusic Review by Alex Henderson . Allmusic . Retrieved January 8, 2016.