Make the Music 2000

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Make the Music 2000
Rahzel Make The Music 2000 album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 10, 1999
Recorded1998–1999
Studio
  • Green Street (New York City)
  • Maritime Hall (San Francisco)
  • Marley Marl's House of Hits (New York City)
  • Sony Music (New York City)
  • The Cutting
Genre
Length52:34
Label MCA
Producer
Rahzel chronology
Make the Music 2000
(1999)
Rahzel's Greatest Knock Outs
(2004)
Singles from Make the Music 2000
  1. "All I Know"
    Released: May 25, 1999
  2. "Southern Gul"
    Released: July 26, 1999

Make the Music 2000 is the debut studio album by American beatboxer and hip hop artist Rahzel. It was released on August 10, 1999 via MCA Records. Production was handled by several record producers, including Bob Power, Marley Marl, Pete Rock, Scott Storch, L.E.S. and Rahzel himself. The album also features guest appearances from Aaron Hall, Emanon, Erykah Badu, Q-Tip, Scratch, Slick Rick, the Roots, TJ Swan and Vinia Mojica among others.

Contents

The album peaked at number 51 on the US Billboard 200, and spawned two charted singles: "Southern Gul" and "All I Know". "All I Know" was featured in NBA Live 2000 . [1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [3]
RapReviews7/10 [4]
The Source Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

The album was reviewed in the Daily Nebraskan , which summarized that "the record fits together like a collage, with some pieces that certainly seem out of place" giving it a C+ overall. [6] The Village Voice critic Robert Christgau highlighted "Southern Girl" and "Night Riders" while summarizing up the album as "having fun with the human beatbox (and friends) in the studio (and on stage)". [3] Eothen Alapatt, in a review for The Source , called Make the Music 2000 "a refreshing alternative to the conventional rap albums", commending Rahzel for his "uncanny ability to mimic instruments". [5]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."The Human Beatbox" (interlude) Rahzel 0:28
2."Make the Music 2000" (featuring TJ Swan and Scratch) Marley Marl 4:01
3."Super Dee Jay" (interlude)Rahzel1:04
4."All I Know" Pete Rock 4:19
5."Carbon Copy (I Can't Stop)" (featuring Vinia Mojica) Scott Storch 4:39
6."I Know What Your Sayin" (interlude)Rahzel0:32
7."Night Riders" (featuring Slick Rick)Rahzel3:31
8."Just the Beginning" (interlude)Rahzel0:09
9."Bubblin', Bubblin' (Piña Colada)" (featuring Emanon and Shawna Raw)Twilite Tone4:21
10."To the Beat" (featuring Q-Tip and Questlove)
4:11
11."Wu Tang Live Medley" (interlude)Rahzel2:06
12."Steal My Soul" (featuring Me'shell Ndegeocello and Branford Marsalis)
  • Bob Power
  • Rahzel
4:44
13."For the Ladies" (interlude)Rahzel0:08
14."Suga Sista" (featuring Aaron Hall and the Roots)
4:30
15."Southern Gul" (featuring Erykah Badu)Rahzel3:08
16."If Your Mother Only Knew" (interlude)Rahzel10:43
17."All I Know" (video) 4:46
Total length:52:34

Note:

Charts

Chart (1999)Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [7] 93
US Billboard 200 [8] 51
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [9] 20

References

  1. Boulding, Aaron (19 November 1999). "NBA Live 2000". IGN . Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  2. Bush, John. "Make the Music 2000 - Rahzel". AllMusic . Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  3. 1 2 Christgau, Robert (2000). "R". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan. ISBN   0312245602 . Retrieved May 4, 2021 via robertchristgau.com.
  4. Fatboy, DJ (August 16, 1999). "Rahzel :: Make the Music 2000 :: MCA Records". RapReviews. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  5. 1 2 Alapatt, Eothen "Egon" (September 1999). "Rahzel – Make the Music 2000". Record Report. The Source . No. 120. New York. pp. 308, 310.
  6. Miner, Patrick (8 July 1999). "Rahzel record feels more like collage than whole record" . Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  7. "Dutchcharts.nl – Rahzel – Make The Music 2000" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  8. "Rahzel Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  9. "Rahzel Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.