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Recently made this comp of old MC twelve inches that i've been picking up. I've tried to keep it obscure (, no G.A.R.A.G.E etc) Everything is pretty much before 2002, certainly early 2002 at the latest. It's interesting to hear the differences between the older form of MC-ing and todays. They're still (even on the So Solid track) essentially pushing the rhythm along in the way someone like GQ might, as a result quite a few of the tunes have a low-slung funkiness which is quite Mantronk-like. Also the voices have that "rrrich rrrolling" quite male baritone feel to them, shades of luxury. Even God's Gift (who now always seems to chat ragga style) sounds like this. Lyrics per se are pretty thin on the ground. Big holes in the tracks whereas nowadays there's always someone popping in with a rhyme to drop.
Quite funny to see who and how survived this era. Luck Neat became part of Special Delivery with Major Ace and were pretty much laughed out the place (i liked them...). There's the aforementioned Gods Gift. Recent news that Megaman was in court on murder charges (seemed to go uncommented on). It seems like an absolute age ago. The two labels which caught my imagination back then were Kronik and Red Rose, what happened to them. Practically everything on those labels is both excellent and prescient.
I sent this comp to Reynolds, Stelfox and Luke and both of the former's copies went missing in the post. Weird or what. As for Luka, well he's kept schtum. Granted it is all a bit creaky. But charming nonetheless.
Recently made this comp of old MC twelve inches that i've been picking up. I've tried to keep it obscure (, no G.A.R.A.G.E etc) Everything is pretty much before 2002, certainly early 2002 at the latest. It's interesting to hear the differences between the older form of MC-ing and todays. They're still (even on the So Solid track) essentially pushing the rhythm along in the way someone like GQ might, as a result quite a few of the tunes have a low-slung funkiness which is quite Mantronk-like. Also the voices have that "rrrich rrrolling" quite male baritone feel to them, shades of luxury. Even God's Gift (who now always seems to chat ragga style) sounds like this. Lyrics per se are pretty thin on the ground. Big holes in the tracks whereas nowadays there's always someone popping in with a rhyme to drop.
Quite funny to see who and how survived this era. Luck Neat became part of Special Delivery with Major Ace and were pretty much laughed out the place (i liked them...). There's the aforementioned Gods Gift. Recent news that Megaman was in court on murder charges (seemed to go uncommented on). It seems like an absolute age ago. The two labels which caught my imagination back then were Kronik and Red Rose, what happened to them. Practically everything on those labels is both excellent and prescient.
I sent this comp to Reynolds, Stelfox and Luke and both of the former's copies went missing in the post. Weird or what. As for Luka, well he's kept schtum. Granted it is all a bit creaky. But charming nonetheless.