24-7 Spyz - Temporarily Disconnected

Artist: 24-7 Spyz
Title: Temporarily Disconnected
Release Date: February 21, 1995
Label: Enemy

Temporarily Disconnected is the fourth album from rap/metal/funk pioneers 24-7 Spyz. It features the reunion of the band's classic lineup, including mainstays Jimi Hazel and Rick Skatore along with the return of vocalist P. Fluid (now using his proper last name, Forrest) and drummer Anthony Johnson. The reunion and subsequent album were based on the lingering popularity of this particular lineup in Europe (where it was released exclusively) following the demise of the Spyz Strength in Numbers period.

Musically, the album was seen by many critics, fans, and some band members as a step backwards after the focused effort of Strength in Numbers. Once again, problems between P. Fluid and the rest of the band came to a head following a 1995 European tour, with Fluid and Johnson exiting the band shortly thereafter.

Like many 24-7 Spyz albums, this recording is out of print.

Tracklist:

01. Dogs Come Out
02. Outta Mind, Outta Time
03. Fire & Water
04. Why?
05. Body Thief
06. Choose Me
07. Heart Of Fire
08. Stoner
09. Boots
10. Agroovendee!
11. Choose Me (For Those Who Like It Rough In The Middle Remix)

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24-7 Spyz - Harder Than You

Artist: 24-7 Spyz
Title: Harder Than You
Release Date: December 1989
Label: Relativity

Harder Than You is the debut album from rap, metal, and funk pioneers 24-7 Spyz. The album contains elements of several genres and is the band's heaviest album. The group flirts with polka on "Tango Skin Polka," introspective political reggae on "Ballots Not Bullets," and speed metal with "Spill My Guts."

The band made a video for MTV with their cover of Kool & the Gang's "Jungle Boogie." The song was also remixed into a dance version with extended electronic instrumental passages and was popular on the club circuit.

The album is widely regarded as a pioneering effort in the fusion of hip hop and heavy metal that would take place in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Like many 24-7 Spyz albums, the recording is out of print.

Tracklist:

01. Grandma Dynamite
02. Jimi'z Jam
03. Spyz Dope
04. Social Plague
05. I Must Go On
06. Ballots Not Bullets
07. Jungle Boogie
08. Spill My Guts
09. Sponji Reggae
10. Tango Skin Polka
11. Pillage
12. New Drug

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24-7 Spyz - Gumbo Millennium

Artist: 24-7 Spyz
Title: Gumbo Millennium
Release Date: 1990
Label: Relativity

Gumbo Millennium is the second album from 24-7 Spyz. Like the band's previous effort Harder Than You, the album contains elements of several genres but focuses heavily on groove-based R&B and soul music. The band tackles the Exxon Valdez scandal and environmental neglect on the soulful "Valdez 27 Million?" and explores jazz improvisation with "Dude U Knew." Jimi Hazel raps on the Anthony Johnson-penned hip hop track "Don't Push Me," one of two songs on the album about racism. The other, simply titled "Racism," is an aggressive death metal rocker whose thought provoking lyrics are unintelligible due to the speed of the lyrics

Tracklist:

01. "John Connelly's Theory"
02. "New Super Hero Worship"
03. "Deathstyle"
04. "Dude U Knew"
05. "Culo Posse"
06. "Don't Push Me"
07. "Spyz On Piano"
08. "Valdez 27 Million?"
09. "Don't Break My Heart!"
10. "We'll Have Power"
11. "Racism"
12. "Heaven and Hell"
13. "We Got a Date"
14. "Some Defenders' Memories"

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24-7 Spyz - 6

Artist: 24-7 Spyz
Title: 6
Release Date: 1996
Label: Enemy Records

24-7 Spyz (pronounced "twenty-four-seven spies") are a band from the South Bronx, New York City, formed in 1986, originally consisting of Jimi Hazel (guitar), Rick Skatore (bass), Kindu Phibes (drums), and P. Fluid (real name, Peter Forrest) (vocals). The band is best known for mixing soul, funk, reggae, and R&B with heavy metal and punk music. The fact that they are African Americans playing variations of heavy metal led critics to compare them to bands such as Living Colour and Bad Brains. Though they were pioneers in the fusion of these particular music styles, influencing many bands, they have never achieved substantial commercial success. After several lineup changes, the band broke up in 1998, but reformed in 2003 before releasing their first new album of original material in over a decade in 2006.

Tracklist:

01. Spyz In Da House
02. Love And Peace
03. Yeah x 3
04. If I Could
05. Burned
06. Simple Minded Simon
07. Eyes Don't Lie
08. Interlude
09. El Lame
10. Free To Be
11. Let Your Fancy Flow
12. Crushonya
13. No Hope For Niggaz
14. Love For Sale
15. Clique
16. 7 and 7 Is
17. Along Comes Mary

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