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Beyond Flavor

Studio album by Original Flavor

Released

February 22, 1994

Recorded

May 1992 - March 1993

Studio

Power Play Studios
(Long Island City, New York)

Genre

East Coast hip hop, Underground hip hop, Hardcore hip hop

Length

46:05

Label

Atlantic Records

Producer

Ski, Dame Dash (exec.), Richard Nash (exec.), Timmy Regisford (exec.)

Beyond Flavor is the second and final studio album by American hip hop group Original Flavor. It was released in February 22, 1994 under Atlantic Records. It is the follow up to their debut This Is How It Is. Recording sessions took place at Power Play Studios in Long Island City, New York from May 1992 to March 1993. Production was handled solely by Ski, with Damon Dash, Richard Nash and Timmy Regisford serving as executive producers. It includes guest appearances from Jay-Z, Sauce Money, Freshco and Michelle Mitchell.

Beyond Flavor spawned the two singles "Can I Get Open", "All That" and "Here We Go (Fuck It Up)". After the release of the album the group disbanded.

Track listing[]

All songs produced by Ski.

No. Title Performer(s) Writer(s) Time
1. "Intro" - - 0:55
2. "Can I Get Open" Ski, T-Strong, Jay-Z Carter, Hooker, Willis 3:30
3. "Beyond Flavor" Ski, T-Strong Hooker, Willis 3:11
4. "Old School Skit" - - 0:17
5. "Whatchawant" Ski, T-Strong Hooker, Willis 4:37
6. "Stick It Where the Sun Don't Shine" Ski, T-Strong Hooker, Willis 4:35
7. "Blowin' Up da Spot" Ski, T-Strong Don Alias, Hooker, Willis 2:49
8. "Hit" Ski, T-Strong, Sauce Money Hooker, Willis 3:24
9. "N*gga Code" - - 3:40
10. "Many Styles" Ski, T-Strong, Jay-Z, Freshco Carter, Conrad, Hooker, Willis 3:40
11. "All That" Ski, T-Strong, Michelle Mitchell Hooker, Willis 4:14
12. "Shut Up and Manage" - - 1:02
13. "Here We Go (Fuck It Up)" Ski, T-Strong Hooker, Willis 3:39
14. "Keep On (Searching)" Ski, T-Strong Hooker, Willis 3:59
15. "Outro" - - 2:33

Notes:

  • Track 3 features scratches performed by Chubby Chub
  • Track 11 features scratches performed by Chubby Chub

Samples[]

Can I Get Open

  • "Black Mystery Has Been Revealed" by Roland Kirk
  • "Pistol Range, Military" by Audio Fidelity Records
  • "Wah Wah Man" by Young-Holt Unlimited

Blowin' Up the Spot

  • "Sweetie Pie" by Stone Alliance

Many Styles

All That

  • "Cymbaline" by Hubert Laws
  • "Spinning Wheel" by Lonnie Smith

Keep On (Searching)

  • "Searching" by Roy Ayers Ubiquity
  • "It's a New Day" by Skull Snaps
  • "Long Red" by Mountain

Shoutouts

  • "Pot Belly" by Lou Donaldson