Lord Finesse-Return Of The Funky Man

An argument can certainly be made that Finesse's finest opus is The Awakening. The production is far more complex and the rhymes have far more substance than Finesse's sophomore effort Return Of The Funky Man. At the same time, sample driven boom-bap production was nothing new for the mid-90's, and battle rapps were getting tired with the quickness. Instead of cashing in on the mafioso styles that were dominating hip-hop at the time, Lord Finesse adhered to his boom-bap, punchline-laden rapps, and probably missed out on props and profit.
With all that in mind, Return Of The Funky Man was a very innovative album for it's time. In early 92, very few people were familiar with Show & AG, Diamond D, L and the rest of the DITC crew that made rare breaks and posse cuts fashionable in the underground. Far from just being innovative, Return Of The Funky Man is one of those records that sounds 10x gullier and more raw just because of the simplistic production and lighthearted rapps.
In the above review, Matty C provides a fairly succinct synopsis of Return Of The Funky Man with: "Finesse never steers too far away from how funky he is, and how people that used to dis him are catching the vapors these days".

Choice Cuts:

Fat For The 90's


Show 'Em How We Do Things


Praise The Lord


Isn't He Something


Hey, Look At Shorty


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