(idm) sir menelik, etc.--for the headz (fwd)

From Aran M. Parillo
Sent Wed, Feb 25th 1998, 17:03

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Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 11:58:44 -0500
From: philip sherburne <xxxxxx_xxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>
To: idm-digest <xxx-xxxxxx-xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: sir menelik, etc.--for the headz

For what it's worth, my top hip-hop picks of the last 6 months (or more, in
some cases), in no particular order, and annotated only as time/immediate
recall allows.

*Company Flow, Funcrusher Plus lp (Rawkus)
sparse, lo-fi, gritty, and long.

*Organized Konfusion
similar feel, maybe?  much more produced; great fucking flow.  i run to
this tape all the time (not that that means anything, musically)

*Sir Menelik, "Space Cadillac" (Rawkus)
w/ kool keith aka dr. octagon helping out.  weird-ass sampling; not at all
typical hip hop feel.  muy interesante, and i'm sure you could do cool shit
w/ the instrumental versions.  in general, i stick by most any of rawkus's
hip hop.  (speaking of which, who can tell me anything about stretch
armstrong?  anything of his i ought to hear/have?)

*Cut Chemist vs. Shortkut, Live @ Future Primitive cd
look for a review @ www.urbansounds.com soon.  infuckingtense dj battle,
tight & charged.

*MixMasterMike--i forget the name of the 12"--grr--
just got this out in SF.  a 2-sided scratch-fest, ISP-stylee.  only given a
few listens, but i like muchly.  tight & complex.  not sure how useful
it'll be for mixing, but we'll see.

*Q-bert vs. A-trak cd
again, look for a review @ urbansounds soon.  heavier on the scratching;
tracks tend to be looped breaks, rather than complex mixes & cuts.  but
pretty damn invigorating.

*Jurassic 5, forget the ep name again
Cut Chemist's crew.  another of my SF finds.  old-school feel; funky
breaks; mellow flow.  with a couple vocal tracks and a couple different
instrumental bits & pieces, a nice change from the standard
clean/dirty/instro hip-hop ep format.

*Latyrx, "muzappers" ep
Lateef & Lyrics Born, DJ Shadow's cohorts.  heavy on the electro feel; much
better than the lp, in my opinion.  several versions of several tracks;
well worth the cash.

if i think of more, i'll post'em..

phil