1996 debut full length from Payable On Death. Rescue Records. Album Description
 |  | Hands Down, the BEST Payable On Death (for those of you who actually know what P.O.D. stands for) |  |
It doesn't matter if you are a rap fan or a rock fan (hardcore), you can easily tell that this is P.O.D.'s best album to date. They have the EXTREMELY technical side of their music, and the melodic, then they have the metallic, hard-edged side. This album is so great. I don't even listen to rap-rock, I listen to real hardcore, but anyone who likes Rock can get into this.
May 23, 2008I guess I would have to agree with all the other reviewers who were fans of P.O.D. before they got all famous and started being played on MTV. I have Snuff the Punk and Brown (both original issues, and autographed by all four band members) and Southtown (which was a huge disappointment). The raw energy and underground feel that their first two albums have just hasn't been matched by anything they've recorded since then. If you want to hear real P.O.D., the P.O.D. that used to give the most intense live shows (to a couple hundred people in an old warehouse or something like that), then do yourself a favor and pick up this album. If you're one of their new fans that jumped on the bandwagon when you heard them on MTV, you probably won't like this one. Sometimes I think that it would even be a good idea for the band to listen to this album again; it seems as though they've forgotten where they came from.
March 23, 2008 | | Why The hell did they remix this classic? | |
POD is an awesomeband. The orginal brown had a raw feel to it. A real Feel. This was done by some hacky producers who felt the old one didn't sound as good as the new one. The orginal version of Selah is one the best Hardcore/Rapcore songs ever. The oginal vocal was rough and mixed into the music. The new one sounds like a computer processor. Music should sound organic, not like a big piece of plastic.
Next thing you know they will rerecord the bass and drums just like ozzy.
June 28, 2006The biggest distinction I hear between this and everything they've done since is in production. There's something very raw and real about the sounds you'll find in Brown. It's like you're in a garage listening to this amazing band that you know is going somewhere someday. At the time, that's what I thought: a friend of mine gave me this CD when it first came out, and I'd never heard anything like it. Their music ranges from rap to punk, from funk to metal, from thought-provoking masterpieces to no-limit jam sessions. Brown is unique, diverse, and just plain fun. There are times when they'll venture out and do things you don't hear on studio albums, like talk with each other and laugh. Both as a musician and audio tech junkie, I'll take this album to any other rapcore album I've ever heard. However, if you prefer their newer, slick, polished studio sounds, you'll probably hate this album.
April 21, 2006To start off let me say I was a warrior for many years and I loved POD. However, times I change. I lost faith in christianity a few years ago. Musically, I also grew sick of how rampant nu metal and rap metal where. Coming originally from a hip hop background it sounded great to me in the beginning but came off as a tired and fake gimmick soon after as I began to get into classic rock, metal and hardcore. However, now and then I'll pop this album in and I find it to be POD's best work, with nice guitar work from Marcos and bass work from Traa.
POD has since gone downhill, and it turns out they where not nearly as righteous and god-fearing as everyone thought. But I still like to take a trip down memory lane with this one.
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