From Philip Sent Wed, Nov 5th 1997, 14:32
From Philip Sent Wed, Nov 5th 1997, 14:32
>On the hiphop tip... Buy Dr. Octagon if you haven't--Q-Bert and the >Automater lay down the phattest scratching/beats/samples combo in quite a >while, and Kool Keith has skills to pay the bills. Company Flow is also >really good, but ultra-hardcore (not gangsta or violent, just really sparse, >brutal beats and rap). for another recommendation in that vein, check out the new Organized Konfusion, "The Equinox." really sparse, hard beats, tight production, good rhymes. no overproduced bullshit. and from "this" side of the hip-hop/trip-hop divide (i don't mean that very seriously), check out the new Andre Gurov (dj vadim) on Jazz Fudge, "the sound of a new rap language." really really dark. something like some of Req's tracks, maybe, but much sharper-sounding. snaredrums that hurt. and a couple of effective raps, too. as for the return of the dj comps...they're both good. i like #2 better, i think, but no particular reason (and #1 has bigger names, i believe). i recommend. phil