- Audio CD (May 7 2002)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Universal Music Group
- ASIN: B000065DJ4
- Other Editions: Audio CD | LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (95 customer reviews)
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#1,292 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #3 in Music > Rap & Hip-Hop > West Coast
- #5 in Music > Alternative Rock > Alternative Styles > Alternative Rap
- #5 in Music > Rap & Hip-Hop > Experimental
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Track Listings
| 1. Intro: Bow & Fire |
| 2. Blazing Arrow |
| 3. Sky Is Falling |
| 4. First In Flight |
| 5. Green Light: Now Begin |
| 6. 4000 Miles |
| 7. Nowhere Fast |
| 8. Paragraph President |
| 9. It's Going Down |
| 10. Make You Feel That Way |
| 11. Brain Washers |
| 12. Chemical Calisthentics |
| 13. Aural Pleasure |
| 14. Passion |
| 15. Purest Love |
| 16. Release Part 1,2 & 3 |
| 17. Day One |
Product Description
From Amazon.com
Blackalicious's debut, Nia, was grossly underrated despite emcees Gift of Gab and Chief Xcel's witty, Afro-centered conceptual leanings. Blazing Arrow picks up where Nia left off, but features a more mature-sounding duo utilizing even tighter beats and more cerebral rhymes. When they're teaming up with fellow West Coasters like Dilated Peoples' Rakka Iriscience ("Passion") or Jurassic 5's Chali 2NA ("4,000 Miles"), the results are off the meter. The sheer number of well-utilized guest spots from non-rap genres (Ben Harper, Rage Against the Machine's Zach de la Rocha) and downright catchy choruses ("Sky Is Falling," "Make You Feel That Way") expand mainstream rap's limited new-school paradigms in ways that are desperately needed. Although the duo still aren't anywhere near the most-skilled emcee's in the Bay Area's burgeoning underground movement, "Paragraph Preside" is a must-hear track, featuring wildly schizophrenic rhyme chemistry and wily wordplay. At a time when dullards like Fabolous get props for being a skilled emcee, any rhyme duo that is more interested in pushing envelopes than licking 'em deserves your ducats. --Dalton Higgins
Chronique amazon.fr
Après dix ans d'entraînement intensif dans le milieu hip-hop, le duo ensorceleur Blackalicious, formé de Gift Of Gab, aka Tim J. Parker, et de Xavier "Chief Xcel" Mosley, a accouché d'une pure merveille groovy baptisée Blazing Arrow. Quand l'un tchache, l'autre mixe, et la formule, testée avec succès sur trois précédents albums, porte ses fruits gonflés de soul psychédélique et de pop bigarrée. Héritiers sur le versant West Coast des positivistes Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest ou De La Soul, le tandem suinte la spiritualité plutôt que le racisme, la misogynie ou l'homophobie. Et le message fait des émules : Zach de La Rocha (Rage Against The Machine), Ben Harper, Saul Williams, Gil Scott-Heron ou Sean Lennon partagent les rythmes exaltés du duo californien avec des membres de Jurassic 5, de Dilated People et du collectif Quannum (DJ Shadow), etc. Featurings de luxe pour hip-hop extra-large à classer entre Sly Stone et Pharcyde. --Sabrina Silamo
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Give the Gift of Gab!,
By Jimbo Jones (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Blazing Arrow (Audio CD)
Gift of Gab is easily one of the best MCs out there right now, and this is perhaps his best work. I would love to give this album 5 stars, but Blazing Arrow does have a few sleepers that could have easily been left out (the album is 75 mins long). Nonetheless, this is the product of pure talent and boasts such great tracks as "Make You Feel That Way", "First in Flight", and "Release".
4.0 out of 5 stars
A lyricist with fire,
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This review is from: Blazing Arrow (Audio CD)
When I first got introduced to Gift of Gabs vocabulary on his solo joint by a good friend of mine, I didn't think it was any special. But later on I listened to Blackalicious second venture, Blazing arrow, and I was stunned by Gifts and X-Cels chemistry on this album. This album represents the soul of hip-hop and brings positivity and spirituality back.Gift is amazing on the mic and he proves it with brillliant songs like "Sky is falling and pharagraph president. It was a long time ago I heard such a gret album like this. Now I will be checking out their earlier albums and buy Gift of Gabs solo album. And to The Quannum crew out there: best believe you have got a new fan from Sweden, Stockholm Mikael Aulin
5.0 out of 5 stars
Blackalicious' Best,
By Dan (Oakland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Blazing Arrow (Audio CD)
In my opinion, this CD is a must buy. The beats are eclectic and original, they feel like someone spent a lot of time on them. Gift of Gab never dissapoints, he poses many ideas that are worth thinking about. Such as: "you can say 'good morning, God', or 'Good God! morning!' ". I enjoy this CD, i have owned it for two years and I still listen to it about once a week. You can pop it in and just listen to a few tracks, or listen to the whole thing through with out getting tired of it. In fact, the more I listen to this CD, the better it gets. It is the epitome of Blackalicious. Just buy it.
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