And Now the Legacy Begins by The Dream Warriors

And Now the Legacy Begins, the debut album from Canadian hip-hop duo Dream Warriors, came out on April 23, 1991, on 4th & B'way Records, with Island taking it to the rest of the world. King Lou (Louis Robinson) and Capital Q (Frank Allert) made it as a two-man outfit, and it helped make them pioneers of jazz rap on both the Canadian and British hip-hop scenes.

The sound is loose-limbed and playful: jazzy loops, a bohemian swing and two nimble, clever rappers who sound like they're having more fun than anybody else in the room. "My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style" says it right there in the title, bouncing along with a cheeky grin, and "Wash Your Face in My Sink" is just as off-kilter and just as catchy.

AllMusic's John Bush later ranked it with the very best alternative hip-hop albums of the genre's golden age, the stretch from 1985 to 1995. The duo grew into a bigger group with rapper Spek and DJ Luv before the follow-up, Subliminal Simulation, arrived in 1994, but nothing they did afterwards matched the commercial success of this debut.

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