Description
Now ShippingOriginally released in 1994 on Wild PitchInclude listening notes, double orange galaxy vinylThe Coup’s second album, 1994’sGenocide & Juice, was an emboldened level-up from their first full length. While early Coup material had moments that blossomed on later efforts,Genocide & Juicewas where those ideas deepened, becoming more pronounced as their catalog grew. Production wise, it’s replete with colorful samples, thorough skits and big bass, a perfect intersection of ’90s sample-based ingenuity and West Coast funk.Genocide & Juiceis mainly two things: neighborhood tales and unapologetic worldviews bound with fisted activism – made by the group’s core members at the time – Riley, Pam the Funkstress and E-Roc. But there are voices and sound effects woven throughout that give it more texture. Killer production that was able to sound both clearly professional while retaining its edge. At a concise 14 tracks, this album is one of the best sophomore efforts by any group, in any genre.
