The Taste of Rain... Why Kneel?
The Taste of Rain...Why Kneel is the debut album by Deep Puddle Dynamics, a collaboration between underground hip hop artists Sole, Doseone, Alias and Slug. It was released on Anticon in 1999.
The album was reissued in 2002 with a bonus track "Rainmen (Controller 7 remix)".
Background
Tracks 1 through 8 are the product of one week of recording sessions in June 1998. Tracks 9 through 12 were recorded exactly one year later. The album title comes from a "western haiku" by Jack Kerouac.[4]
Reception
It is part of Cokemachineglow's Top 60 Albums of the 2000s, appearing in the "Honorable Mentions" section.[5]
Track listing
| 1. |
"Deep Puddle Theme Song" | DJ Abilities |
6:54 |
| 2. |
"The Candle" | Moodswing9 |
5:53 |
| 3. |
"Thought vs. Action" | DJ Abilities |
3:50 |
| 4. |
"Where the Wild Things Are" | DJ Abilities |
5:23 |
| 5. |
"June 26th, 1998" | Jel |
6:19 |
| 6. |
"The Scarecrow Speaks" | Ant |
5:56 |
| 7. |
"I Am Hip Hop (Move the Crowd)" | Jel |
5:59 |
| 8. |
"Heavy Ceiling" | Jel |
5:29 |
| 9. |
"June 26th, 1999: A. Slight" | DJ Mayonnaise |
5:53 |
| 10. |
"June 26th, 1999: B. Exist" | DJ Mayonnaise |
3:04 |
| 11. |
"June 26th, 1999: C. Purpose" | Alias |
3:26 |
| 12. |
"June 26th, 1999: D. Mothers of Invention" | Jel |
3:04 |
References
External links
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| | Albums | |
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| | EPs |
- Music Without a Face
- We Ain't Fessin' (Double Quotes)
- Exhile
- Battlefields
- Man's Best Friend Vol. 6: Radioactive Rain
- The Challenger EP
- Yung Planetz EP
- Songs That Went Void
- Warfare
- Pattern of Life
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| | Mixtapes |
- Nuclear Winter Volume 1
- Nuclear Winter Volume 2: Death Panel
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| | Remix albums |
- The Secret History of Underground Rap
- Sole and the Skyrider Band Remix LP
- Spring Offensive Vol. 1: Nuclear Winter Remixes
- First as Tragedy, Then as Remix
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