THIS ALBUM "THE COLD VEIN" is EASILY the most UNDERRATED album in the HISTORY of Hip-Hop.....And Im not saying that loosely. This album is fuckin BRILLIANT. Album is so futuristic that it came out in 2000 and it STILL sounds futuristic. Album is TIMELESS. EL-P produced the entire album. This album is GOD-Level......the production & lyricism is RIDICULOUS. I still listen to this album........I'm SHOCKED that it came across your radar. This song is the Intro of the album............
@@ABoomerReacts Yes definitely approve. Its an epic, end of of the album track. It wont make your "play in the car" , list. But its amazing, especially in context with the album.
I was so nervous watching you listen to this lol. This is one of my favorite albums of all time... But it has a lot of elements I thought you would like... Been a long time coming. If you like this you'll probably enjoy the whole album for the most part. It's definitely something you catch more lyrics the more you listen, but I know they use a lot of NY slang that I still don't completely understand. But I love the abstract/ poetic rhymes and futuristic dystopian feel of this album...I mean El p kills it... It was a complete collaboration. I know that Mexican radio simple.... And D.I.C. IS pronounced Dick
I clicked so fast and was like 😬. All other suggestions of songs you got R good too ( whole album can't go wrong). Stress rap - was My intro to can ox. You just never know how someone will react because it sound so different...
great reaction sir!! This whole album is filled with gold from start to finish. Easily one of the best hip hop albums of all time, without a doubt. The lyrics just paint such a cool abstract yet vivid image and it's super creative. Great reaction again sir! And yes, definitely do pidgeon for sure! Subscribed!
the whole album is a tour de force. you should really take a listen to the whole album straight through one time. it did speak to that era, especially after 9/11. other tracks are just as great,. the production is top notch, both have crazy rhyme schemes, with multi coded poetry. you'd have to really listen to it a few times to follow.
I haven’t watched the reaction yet, but I’m scared! Lol this Cannibal Ox - Cold Vein is easily a top 5 hip-hop album of all time for me, and Iron Galaxy is my all time favorite. EL-P is my favorite producer of all time and when this dropped it was special, EL-P is a homie of mine along with a lot of the old DefJux crew. This one is special.
P.s the way EL-P sampled The Cat People - The Leopards Theme still gives me chills today, one of the best flip of a sample I’ve ever heard….kudos on picking up the Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo sample
@ABoomerReacts the sound is so radical people probably thought you'd despise it. Glad you dug it! Also the "I'm feeling a little frosty myself" line at the beginning comes form the movie "The Big Chill" . I think Glen Close says it.
@ABoomerReacts You can't go wrong with any of the songs on that album. "Scream Phoenix" is great, but I'd swap out "A B-Boy's Alpha" with "The F-Word".
i stlll don't know what they're talking about, Vordul definitely comes off as more cryptic in his catalog, and Vast over time of his catalog just comes off as wanting to sound smart or different, but not as believable as Vordul. i definitely go into Cannibal Ox just listening for the overall texture of vocals over beats, and don't think too much about the verses unless there's some serendipitous moment where I finally unearth a reference or some slang that I found out about elsewhere. i first got the "Iron Galaxy / Straight Off the D.I.C" vinyl in a crate of records that were part of a package deal when i bought a pair of turntables from a friend in 2000. i also ended up with a copy of the Company Flow album "Funcrusher Plus" in that deal. My knowledge of underground NY rap was almost non-existant at the time, and the first time I heard Vast Aire rap, I wasn't even sure what race he was.
You're absolutely right. I don't need to know what they're talking about to enjoy the song. I was just throwing that out there in case one of you guys knew and could tell me. But everyone has come back with "I don't know what it's about, either". 😂😂
Pigeon, Straight Off the D.I.C. And A B-Boys Alpha are incredible off the same album. I haven’t listened to The Cold Vein in some time but you’ve inspired me! Hope you’re well and lots of love from Liverpool
My mother said, "You sucked my p*ssy when you came out/ Don't ever talk back/ I handed your life and I'll snatch it back" i one of the craziest kick offs in any hiphop song.
there is something about the beat when it drops the second time, it reminds me of like an early 90s drama/thriller like the score to that movie Grand Canyon or something I don’t know what it is. I remember playing this over and over again when I first heard it because I had never heard anything that sounded like this in my life, and I genuinely still think I may not have.
Yes, I should have mentioned the drop. When I complain about songs that have the same beat from beginning to end, this is what they could have been: awesome beat on the verses, different beat on the chorus, and then the awesome verse beat drops in again.
Hell yeah!! This is what I love to see. Underground royalty from decades past still getting props from all random walks of life. Cold Vein still remains planted firmly in my top 5 LP's of all time. It's still difficult to comprehend the genius of El-P's production during this era. Dusty mechanical/industrial samples blended to somehow create cohesive chaos that teleported you inside a stranded stargate in the middle of nowhere. He's what I always like to describe as the David Lynch of hip hop producers.
El-P got some magic in his production, almost every song gets better with every listen. This is one of my favorite songs. 'Pigeon' & 'Scream Phoenix' from the same album are amazing too!
Yeah you'd prob like the whole album. Another good one from around this time on same label (Def Jux) is Mr Lif's I Phantom. Rarest of things: the hip hop concept album
Ok im two videos deep and forced to comment theres no way yall put this man onto canibal ox whover suggested such a phenomenal underated classic youre the real one salute 🫡
You were a still born baby, mother didn't want you But you were still born Boy meets world, of course his pops is gone, what you figure That chalky outline on the ground is a father figure? This has to be some of the most poignant poetic lyrics i've ever heard in hiphop. The cold vein is one of my favorite albums
Yes it does get better with repeated plays, both sonically and lyrically. Even then there are some very niche references in there that'll probably go over your head. But it's one of the few true underground classics for good reason...and an album that has aged pretty well.
I remember getting that double single in 2000 and playing Iron Galaxy for hours. As a true music nerd, I prefer the single version. The only difference is a shorter intro, and the scratching at the end is different. I would suggest A B-Boy’s Alpha from The Cold Vein. I remember reading that Elvis Costello really liked that album.
I discovered this song off the soundtrack to the video game Tony Hawk’s Underground, and it quickly became one of my favorites in the game. There was something cool about hearing this song playing while doing a McTwist over a helicopter lol
The song really isn't about nothing to anyone who didn't grow up in the hood, specifically New York hoods. This song is about growing up in the hood, particularly in New York with some 5 per center language. Good reaction
Just like you, i loved this entire album because it was 'different'. When it dropped, i was bigggg into anything from Def Jux (El-P's label) and El's production. This was one of those albums that really shaped what i listened to and was very different from anything else at the time. Apple Music has a version with the instrumentals and it is very easy to just vibe out to that. The first time i listened to the whole album i didn't pay attention to the lyrics much but the production kept me coming back and made me want to remember the lyrics.
You should listen to Life and Death by MF Grimm. It’s about battling the two outcomes: a life on the streets, and the most likely outcome, death. He was shot down on his way to sign a record deal - he’s paralyzed from the shooting and his brother died from it. He recorded the album in 24 hours after being bailed out of prison by MF DOOM and flew from NY to Atlanta. He was about to go into a life sentence before the album was recorded. He got himself out of prison on a technicality after learning law in prison. Insane story. The song Scars and Memories is him talking to his brother in the hospital after the shooting thinking he was sitting in the chair next to him not knowing he died.
I like this. Cannibal Ox was a group I remember wanting to check out back in the day but never got around to and forgot about. Not a perfect song but right up my alley, as a fan of all things El P and Rawkus Records. Thanks for this!
@@ABoomerReacts Pigeon is on the same album as scream phoenix. I would consider those two tracks as a two parts of a story. They are also back to back on the playlist. Pigeon is about the underbelly of society and compares it to the life that pigeons live, and scream phoenix is about overcoming the pigeon mentality and arising from the ashes.
23 years later this still gives me goosebumps. “Pigeon” from this album is one of my favorite beats of all time.
Thanks, Brian! This is the second request for Pigeon. Must be good!
"I've got that Eve's Bayou sense of touch
So I fought, to touch every hand of a fan to read their thoughts"
What a bar!
As you saw, it jumped out to me, too.
"cats walk around new York with two fillings / one is in the mouth, the other does the killing" ...
[Fillings/ feelings]
THIS ALBUM "THE COLD VEIN" is EASILY the most UNDERRATED album in the HISTORY of Hip-Hop.....And Im not saying that loosely. This album is fuckin BRILLIANT. Album is so futuristic that it came out in 2000 and it STILL sounds futuristic. Album is TIMELESS. EL-P produced the entire album. This album is GOD-Level......the production & lyricism is RIDICULOUS. I still listen to this album........I'm SHOCKED that it came across your radar. This song is the Intro of the album............
The most requests I've been getting today is for Pigeon. Do you approve?
@@ABoomerReacts Yes definitely approve. Its an epic, end of of the album track. It wont make your "play in the car" , list. But its amazing, especially in context with the album.
@@DCKINGVDAGOATu kiddin? Pidgeon made it on my skate mix lol (skateboarding playlist lol)
Great video! I like Cannibal Ox and Atoms Family! Amazing hip hop music!
Thanks!
I was so nervous watching you listen to this lol. This is one of my favorite albums of all time... But it has a lot of elements I thought you would like... Been a long time coming. If you like this you'll probably enjoy the whole album for the most part. It's definitely something you catch more lyrics the more you listen, but I know they use a lot of NY slang that I still don't completely understand. But I love the abstract/ poetic rhymes and futuristic dystopian feel of this album...I mean El p kills it... It was a complete collaboration. I know that Mexican radio simple.... And D.I.C. IS pronounced Dick
Haha! That's why I try to not give anything away when I'm reacting - so that you're nervous until the song ends. Cruel but fun. 😉😉
I clicked so fast and was like 😬. All other suggestions of songs you got R good too ( whole album can't go wrong). Stress rap - was My intro to can ox. You just never know how someone will react because it sound so different...
@@randomanton "Different" gets an A+ from me.
great reaction sir!! This whole album is filled with gold from start to finish. Easily one of the best hip hop albums of all time, without a doubt. The lyrics just paint such a cool abstract yet vivid image and it's super creative. Great reaction again sir! And yes, definitely do pidgeon for sure! Subscribed!
Thanks for the sub! I think Iron Galaxy will be on my top 5 list on Dec 31.
the whole album is a tour de force. you should really take a listen to the whole album straight through one time. it did speak to that era, especially after 9/11. other tracks are just as great,. the production is top notch, both have crazy rhyme schemes, with multi coded poetry. you'd have to really listen to it a few times to follow.
I want to react to a couple of songs off of it first.
I haven’t watched the reaction yet, but I’m scared! Lol this Cannibal Ox - Cold Vein is easily a top 5 hip-hop album of all time for me, and Iron Galaxy is my all time favorite. EL-P is my favorite producer of all time and when this dropped it was special, EL-P is a homie of mine along with a lot of the old DefJux crew. This one is special.
P.s the way EL-P sampled The Cat People - The Leopards Theme still gives me chills today, one of the best flip of a sample I’ve ever heard….kudos on picking up the Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo sample
I'm replying after you've already watched it. Phew! I'm glad I liked it. Look for it on the Top 5.
@@JEStheUniversual If it's a sample of an 80's New Wave song (that isn't chopped up), there's a 90% chance I'll know it.
The Cold Vein will probably forever be a top 10 all time hip hop album for me. Stone cold classic.🔥🔥🔥
It's funny that I had only that one request on my list (although I'm receiving some today).
@ABoomerReacts the sound is so radical people probably thought you'd despise it.
Glad you dug it!
Also the "I'm feeling a little frosty myself" line at the beginning comes form the movie "The Big Chill" . I think Glen Close says it.
@@K2daMFG Thanks for the fun facts. As far as new requests for them go, Pigeon seems to be leading with A B-Boy's Alpha right behind it. Thoughts?
@ABoomerReacts You can't go wrong with any of the songs on that album. "Scream Phoenix" is great, but I'd swap out "A B-Boy's Alpha" with "The F-Word".
@@K2daMFG Thanks! Scream Phoenix is also a popular request.
i stlll don't know what they're talking about, Vordul definitely comes off as more cryptic in his catalog, and Vast over time of his catalog just comes off as wanting to sound smart or different, but not as believable as Vordul.
i definitely go into Cannibal Ox just listening for the overall texture of vocals over beats, and don't think too much about the verses unless there's some serendipitous moment where I finally unearth a reference or some slang that I found out about elsewhere.
i first got the "Iron Galaxy / Straight Off the D.I.C" vinyl in a crate of records that were part of a package deal when i bought a pair of turntables from a friend in 2000. i also ended up with a copy of the Company Flow album "Funcrusher Plus" in that deal. My knowledge of underground NY rap was almost non-existant at the time, and the first time I heard Vast Aire rap, I wasn't even sure what race he was.
You're absolutely right. I don't need to know what they're talking about to enjoy the song. I was just throwing that out there in case one of you guys knew and could tell me. But everyone has come back with "I don't know what it's about, either". 😂😂
Pigeon, Straight Off the D.I.C. And A B-Boys Alpha are incredible off the same album. I haven’t listened to The Cold Vein in some time but you’ve inspired me! Hope you’re well and lots of love from Liverpool
Thanks, Kieran! I'll add those to my list. Iron Galaxy was their only song that had been suggested. Now I can add more. Lots of love from California!
My mother said, "You sucked my p*ssy when you came out/ Don't ever talk back/ I handed your life and I'll snatch it back" i one of the craziest kick offs in any hiphop song.
there is something about the beat when it drops the second time, it reminds me of like an early 90s drama/thriller like the score to that movie Grand Canyon or something I don’t know what it is. I remember playing this over and over again when I first heard it because I had never heard anything that sounded like this in my life, and I genuinely still think I may not have.
Yes, I should have mentioned the drop. When I complain about songs that have the same beat from beginning to end, this is what they could have been: awesome beat on the verses, different beat on the chorus, and then the awesome verse beat drops in again.
Hell yeah!! This is what I love to see. Underground royalty from decades past still getting props from all random walks of life. Cold Vein still remains planted firmly in my top 5 LP's of all time. It's still difficult to comprehend the genius of El-P's production during this era. Dusty mechanical/industrial samples blended to somehow create cohesive chaos that teleported you inside a stranded stargate in the middle of nowhere. He's what I always like to describe as the David Lynch of hip hop producers.
You have a way with words!
El-P got some magic in his production, almost every song gets better with every listen. This is one of my favorite songs. 'Pigeon' & 'Scream Phoenix' from the same album are amazing too!
Thanks! I'll add Scream Phoenix to my list. Pigeon has been requested several times this morning. 😁😁
@@ABoomerReacts Oh yes. Scream Phoenix is amazing. I'd also recommend: "Ridiculoid" from the same album as well.
@@gregoryashley7963 Thanks! I'll add it to the list.
@@ABoomerReacts both are classics. This whole album gives me that Blade runner dystopian feeling.
No way!!! Can Ox reaction? Instant subscribe.
Thanks for the sub! Check out my playlists and see what else you might like.
Yeah you'd prob like the whole album. Another good one from around this time on same label (Def Jux) is Mr Lif's I Phantom. Rarest of things: the hip hop concept album
Thanks! I'll add it to my list. Iron Galaxy was the only Can Ox song on my request list.
Ok im two videos deep and forced to comment theres no way yall put this man onto canibal ox whover suggested such a phenomenal underated classic youre the real one salute 🫡
And chances are it will be on my Top 5 list at the end of the month.
You were a still born baby, mother didn't want you
But you were still born
Boy meets world, of course his pops is gone, what you figure
That chalky outline on the ground is a father figure?
This has to be some of the most poignant poetic lyrics i've ever heard in hiphop. The cold vein is one of my favorite albums
Yes it does get better with repeated plays, both sonically and lyrically. Even then there are some very niche references in there that'll probably go over your head.
But it's one of the few true underground classics for good reason...and an album that has aged pretty well.
This is dope.
I remember getting that double single in 2000 and playing Iron Galaxy for hours. As a true music nerd, I prefer the single version. The only difference is a shorter intro, and the scratching at the end is different.
I would suggest A B-Boy’s Alpha from The Cold Vein.
I remember reading that Elvis Costello really liked that album.
Thanks, Jay! That song was requested today along with Pigeon.
I discovered this song off the soundtrack to the video game Tony Hawk’s Underground, and it quickly became one of my favorites in the game. There was something cool about hearing this song playing while doing a McTwist over a helicopter lol
I keep forgetting that video games are a huge source of music. I've never played one.
@@ABoomerReacts I discovered a few bands and groups thanks to the Tony Hawk games, and the Grand Theft Auto games
@@JamesJohnson-tr1gu It must be a great honor to have your song featured on popular games.
@@ABoomerReacts absolutely…just the exposure alone can change their careers for the better
The song really isn't about nothing to anyone who didn't grow up in the hood, specifically New York hoods. This song is about growing up in the hood, particularly in New York with some 5 per center language. Good reaction
Thanks, Jermaine! I really liked it.
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Just like you, i loved this entire album because it was 'different'. When it dropped, i was bigggg into anything from Def Jux (El-P's label) and El's production. This was one of those albums that really shaped what i listened to and was very different from anything else at the time. Apple Music has a version with the instrumentals and it is very easy to just vibe out to that. The first time i listened to the whole album i didn't pay attention to the lyrics much but the production kept me coming back and made me want to remember the lyrics.
So this album shaped what you listened to. And what were some of those groups?
Can you please do a few reactions to the artist apathy. First song is Fenwick and the other is Around the Planet. Thank you.
Thank you for the suggestions! I'll add them to my list.
You should listen to Life and Death by MF Grimm. It’s about battling the two outcomes: a life on the streets, and the most likely outcome, death. He was shot down on his way to sign a record deal - he’s paralyzed from the shooting and his brother died from it. He recorded the album in 24 hours after being bailed out of prison by MF DOOM and flew from NY to Atlanta. He was about to go into a life sentence before the album was recorded. He got himself out of prison on a technicality after learning law in prison. Insane story.
The song Scars and Memories is him talking to his brother in the hospital after the shooting thinking he was sitting in the chair next to him not knowing he died.
That is a wild story. I'll add the song to my list. It's my first MF Grimm request. So if MF Grimm was shot down, why'd he go to prison?
you have to love the flows over El-P's beat. Classic album.
"Pigeon" is a similar vibe song off of this album
Pigeon has been suggested several times today. Must be good!
It takes several listens. I'm a Wu Tang head and I still discover clever verses 20 years later. Lol
I like this. Cannibal Ox was a group I remember wanting to check out back in the day but never got around to and forgot about. Not a perfect song but right up my alley, as a fan of all things El P and Rawkus Records. Thanks for this!
It was my pleasure. Literally.
@anonymous . Bro listen to the album!
@@randomantonI'm gonna do at least 2 more reactions first: A B-Boy's Alpha and Scream Phoenix. And also Pigeon from a different album.
@@ABoomerReacts Pigeon is on the same album as scream phoenix. I would consider those two tracks as a two parts of a story. They are also back to back on the playlist. Pigeon is about the underbelly of society and compares it to the life that pigeons live, and scream phoenix is about overcoming the pigeon mentality and arising from the ashes.
@@AgentLemmon Oh, nice. So it's your suggestion that I react to both songs in the same video?