The first release to really approximate a live DJ Rap set, Touching Bass is a double disc, separated into one disc of drum'n'bass and one of breaks. After the pop crossover of her first production album, it's clear Rap's in no danger of hitting the charts with this mix, a set of furious hardstep tracks that starts out with a tech edge (Danny C, Dillinja) and rapidly reaches the sort of tempos not heard outside of specialty rooms since the brief reign of hardcore and gabba duri...   [ read more ]

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#90 Seller of 2005! The Boston rapper Edan Portnoy made his debut in 2002 with the superb Primitive Plus album. Showcasing his production and writing skills alongside a lyrical preoccupation with the stars and styles of hip-hop's "golden age", it cast Edan as the missing link between DJ Shadow and Eminem -- an obsessive rap fan with a wicked streak of humour and lyrical gifts aplenty. Now, with Beauty and the Beat, he has made a complex and refreshing record that ought to win him a vast audience. - The Tim...   [ read more ]

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The Madlib/Strong Arm Steady collaboration album Stoney Jackson came together in a flurry of creative energy over the past six months. Prompted by Madlib's stalwart DJ J. Rocc, who supplied SAS's Krondon and Phil Da Agony with fourteen new Madlib beats, this album's conception and delivery bear resemblance to the trajectory took by 2003's Jaylib (with J. Dilla) and 2004's Madvillian (with DOOM). Strong Arm Steady had previously rapped over Madlib's music on their mixtape/album Deep Hearted and on the Talib...   [ read more ]

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