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...so I can't comment on cd vs. cassette. BTW, Mega was an extremely corny euro-dance label that would later unleash the mighty (sarcasm) Ace of Base upon the world. It might seem strange that De La was signed to a label like that but in europe, early de la was viewed as part of the "dance" explosion unlike a lot of other Hip-Hop. Needless to say, this explains the wack dance remixes of their songs that often appeared on the euro 12"s (BTW, did the US 12"s have those shit remixes as well?).
Anyway, I only picked up the cd versions of the first two De La records a couple of years ago cheap as fuck and it was a revelation because the amount of skits and joke-tracks (not to mention low quality due to pressing too much music on a single LP) prevented me from fully enjoying their albums over the years since the replay value of *initially* amusing skits etc. is minimal to me. Now I could just program the songs and rip them and play them on my mp3 while leaving all the "Take it off"-shit behind. Of course, I could have just downloaded it but I kind of like owning good records, I'm a bit old-fashioned that way I guess...
Anyway, the songs missing from *my* vinyl that's on the cd is probably the same as every other version:My brothers a basehead, Afro Connections..., Who do U worship, Kicked out the House and Not over til the fat lady...
Regarding those songs:
Not too fond of mY brothers a basehead even if I like the serious subject combined with the upbeat music; it has a certain early 90's groove I don't think has aged as well as others from that era (BTW, both Swingalokate and Let, let me in suffers from this as well even if I don't think they sound the same. Still, it's a "light", upbeat, dancey groove I'm not too fond of from that time). BTW, was this song released outside of this album, like on a soundtrack or b-side or something because I could have swore I recognized it from before...
Afro-connections... is a jam, one of my favorites...
Who do U worship sounds like it was meant as a parody of "evil" metal or something but instead ends up sounding like Butthole Surfers circa "Locust abortion technician". As such, it is amusing but just like most BHS-stuff from that era, it's not really a substantial piece of music. Amusing filler, not more. Better than many other skits7joke-songs on the record though...
Kicked out the house was obviously meant as a parody of the wack Hip-house trend and as such is amusing and fun to hear... once.
It's not over... Ok, this one is just a waste of time.
Overall, I like Afro-connections so much and My brother is a basehead is nice too even if it, like I said, not really my cup of tea. None of the additional skits are too annoying so I don't really think the album gets worse, I prefer the cd overall...
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