From Aran M. Parillo Sent Wed, Feb 25th 1998, 17:03
howdy ... check those headers, mail IDM mail to xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx mail sent to idm-digest-owner or idm-owner only goes to me. tks amp ---------- Forwarded message ---------- 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