Artiste: DJ Premier
Album: Kings Of Hip Hop
Spotlight Track: Love Ballad by L.T.D
Label: BBE
Format: CD
Mixed at Headcourterz Studios, New York City
Hey folks, it’s now June and we are half way through 08. Time does fly, and so does this top notch double CD mix by both Hip Hop honchos DJ Premier and Mr. Thing. This CD is definitely available if you want to search for it online or at retail shops like HMV. All I can say about this double disc package is pureeeeeeeeeeee dope!
If you want your music swanky and groove oriented and at the same time jazzy, this is the album to get! Disc 1 contains selected rare groove tracks mixed by DJ Premier (of Gangstarr fame) and Disc 2 contains more of the old skool Hip Hop flavas of the past by Mr. Thing (of Scratch Pervert and UK DMC winner). Overall, both discs definitely will rock your boat 101%!!
Seeing that there are so many tracks to review within the various tracks featured in Disc 1, I decided to go with my all time comfort zone groove, FUNK! DJ Premier really delivers the goods here with no compromise, featuring cut up stylized guitar riffs from the defunct band Heatwave on “aint no half stepping” and continues with a clever build up. Premier assassinates us with his set as he moves all over from disco grooves, funky numbers and then breaks it down to a jazzy ballad (L.T.D’s ‘love ballad’) which the Hot-4-U camp are all too crazy about and will endorse their chop of approval. What’s all the fuss you wonder, but here you have a song that is guaranteed to bring you back to the heydays of black disco vibes and super melodies. Production is of course done by the infamous Mizell brothers with the lyrics written by Skip Scarborough. ; )
If you wanna be HEADZ supreme, then I do suggest getting the original album where this track came from.
The melodies have been sampled by DE LA SOUL in their track “Much More” found in their LP titled “The Grind Date” also produced by another honcho Mr J Dilla. Don’t look no further folks, this is one song that will guarantee much more in life and good vibes the coming months ahead!
Tangkap This!!!
-Marcel
