Dream Warriors – The Movie is a unique Canadian rap and Canadian hip hop album with a boombastic jazz style that cannot be replicated by anyone. You can’t duplicate their greatness! The quartet from Toronto, Canada managed to break down all barriers and boundaries musically with this album by incorporating many styles of jazz such as acid jazz and post-bop. The album is sample crazy as all 90s rap and hip hop albums are.
“The Movie” album was issued as a cassette single album that was packaged as a full length album by Island Records in 1994 to be sent to radio stations in Canada, Europe, and the United States. “The Movie” was only issued on cassette and was also given free with a copy of Select magazine for a limited time. Now there are unreleased songs such as I Might Freestyle But My Style Ain’t For Free, The Elements Of Broken Communication, Visions Of The Dream, Handle The Dangle, and Wouldn’t Wanna Be Ya. No, their album “The Movie” is not a collection of hit singles and songs from their 1990s albums as some would believe.
Now “The Movie” album was the precursor to the Subliminal Stimulation album. The original title of “Subliminal Stimulation” was called “The Movie”. However Dream Warriors decided to change of their album to “Subliminal Stimulation” to avoid any confusion(s) that may or would have occurred and to avoid disambiguation. The quartet decided to change the album title to be relevant and become more successful in the music industry as the “Subliminal Stimulation” which obviously worked because that album was a moderate success with some singles that hit the Billboard Charts.
Very Easy To Assemble was inspired by the saying “very easy to assemble but hard to take apart”. There many staccato notes used throughout the song over an upbeat tempo. Very Easy To Assemble can be found on the B-side of the single Ludi and “The Movie” album was issued as a cassette single album that was packaged as a full length album.
Very Easy To Assemble was a minor hit which featured jazz legend known the late Mr. Slim Gaillard scatting over the top. Slim Gaillard died the year after making this. This song was the last recording he made.
I’ve Lost My Ignorance is actually a remix version of I’ve Lost my Ignorance (and don’t know where to find it) that was culled from the album, The Rebirth Of Cool Volume 1, which was released in 1992. “Exclusive to this compilation this meeting of raps brave new souls was recorded in London, and later given this smooth-tough remix by Tim Bran. Guru and King Lou take the abstract track.”
These lyrics are quite advanced for a jazz rap song from 1992.
I venture through darkness with power eclipse
Soul for my guidance my conscience equipped
Opens my thought my neighborhood compels me
The contract swells the head
I feed on my own so here we go into a cool down
The fool found a sound but there’s not enough to go around
So we searchers and searchers we searches in ignorance
The outcome of distortion is the evidence
Pre-dominant pre-dominance is how I stand
Phenomenon one phenomenon two (come come)
I seek and I prosper my journey is endless
Keen is my eye sight analyze
Reality fantasy fantasize
I’ve lost my ignorance and don’t know where to find it
So I search (search) furiously
I’ve lost my ignorance and don’t know where to find it
Yet I search (search) furiously
The quartet from Toronto, Canada managed to break down all barriers and boundaries culturally, socially, and politically on Break The Stereo. Their goal and intention of the song is breakdown all stereotypes. They also manage to break all stereo barriers. In a land of stereo, there are many type of audio. Dream Warriors were pioneers in Canadian rap and Canadian hip hop with this song.
It’s A Project Thing uses a cool little touch of jazz. The song is a goodie and a hidden gem from the Golden Age of hip hop/rap. DJ Premier and DJ Luv (LA Luv) kill the song with their versatile drum production. You can’t go wrong with DJ Premier.
One More Cassette In The Jazz Room is a beautiful prestigious example of pristine jazz rap from the Golden Age of hip hop/rap. The production is clear as there is hardly any static or pops in the production. That piano is absolutely infectious and catchy. Now that sublime French horn ensemble makes the song even more beautiful. One More Cassette In The Jazz Room relies heavily on the interpolation of “Take Five” by The Dave Brubeck Quartet.
I rate this album 5/5*****!
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