Ah, I forgot Black Star. That's definitely A/A+ album.


>internal affairs
>hi-teknology 1
>lyricist lounge 1
>soundbombing 1

For me, Internal Affairs is A-/B+ range, Hi-Teknology are Lyricist Lounge are B+/B. Soundbombing 1 is weird because I had all the 12"s first, so it was a basic mixtape to me. Soundbombing 2 is an A-.

>and theres not much from that early era that i wouldn't put in
>the A-/B range
>brace 4 impak, big picture, home field adv,

Forgot about Brace 4 Impak, and I agree with you. I also agree about Home Field Advantage. Truthfully, I've never heard Big Picture all the way through.

But even with all those albums in the A-/B+ range, Mello Music still has more that fall in the same range. Their hit/miss ratio is pretty insane.

>maybe I'm being too generous with some of these, looking back
>on my backpack days with rose-colored glasses - i wouldn't
>dispute that without going back and giving a lot of this stuff
>a hard listen

I'd say you're pretty much correct. And the 12"s that pretty much built the label still hold up. But I do think it matters that we never got full albums by guys like L-Fudge, Shabaam Sadeeq, Rose Family, RA the Rugged Man, Black Attack, etc., during that era. That's never been an issue with Mello Music.