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| Pitchfork |
 Seven-inch records and hip hop have never gone together well. There's a number of reasons it's been a 12" genre from the get-go, even as running times shrank from the 14-plus-minute marathon of the original "Rapper's Delight" to the three-and-change of "Sucker MC's"-- the most prominent being that 45s are an absolute bastard to cut and mix. When DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist did it during their Hard Sell tour a couple years back, they preceded the show with a goofy little introductory faux-industrial short that highlighted all the pitfalls of DJing with 7" records: less surface space to work with, the looseness of center-hole adapters, and a faster speed to try and keep up with.Now take into account the fact that Peanut Butter Wolf actually went and made 7" edits of 18 different tracks ranging from the dawn of hip-hop to the peak of its late-1980s golden age. PBW's messed around with hip-hop on 45 before, most prominently on 2007's Yo! 45 Raps mix, but to deliberately hack down old-school hop-hop classics to bite-sized individual servings seems like kind of a weird redundancy. The vinyl version did at least result in an interesting collector's item-- a stack of newly-pressed 45s of these edits, stacked inside a PiL-style circular metal box and sold through Stones Throw's site-- yet is there really any benefit to hearing your favorite hip-hop classics, but shorter? As it turns out, there damn well is-- at least if they're mixed. The vinyl box set's an interesting curio, but the CD version's where the real goldmine is. By now it should go without saying that PBW's one of those heads who talks cratedigging but walks DJing, and his skills make 45 Live a perfectly sequenced, smartly-paced and sharply-cut love letter to hip hop across the 80s. Its 49-ish minutes are bookended with a couple of canonical favorites: Fearless Four's Kraftwerk-appropriating 1982 electro-rap classic "Rockin' It" begins the mix, and it's closed out by BDP's deathless "The Bridge Is Over", with its intro chopped and spun back so it sounds as if he's playing that breakbeat/piano loop like a yo-yo. And between those two tracks is a familiar but momentum-filled rundown of hip-hop's first decade of evolution....full text |
| Bluesandsoul |
| Track list Disc 11 Fearless Four: "Rockin' It" 2 Spoonie Gee: "Love Rap" 3 Tricky Tee: "Tricky Tee Rap" 4 Universal Two: "Dancin Heart" 5 Sweety G: "At the Place to Be" 6 Busy Bee: "Old School" 7 Dimples D: "Sucka DJ" 8 T La Rock: "It's Yours" 9 Just Ice: "Cold Getting Dumb" 10 Biz Markie: "Make the Music" 11 MC Shan: "Marley Marl Scratch" 12 Mantronix: "Hardcore Hip Hop" 13 JVC Force: "Strong Island" 14 Jungle Brothers: "Jimbrowski" 15 Cash Money & Marvelous: "Mighty Hard Rocker" 16 Stezo: "It's My Turn" 17 Big Daddy Kane: "Just Rhymin With Biz" 18 Boogie Down Productions: "The Bridge Is Over" 19 MTS: "Eastside Prep Boys" 20 One MC: "Eastside Prep Boys"...full text |
| Bluesandsoul |
| Why do we love the 80's? - Because it made undeniably dope music. In perfect timing in light of the current 80's revival, supreme collector of vinyl and 7inches Mr Wolf mixes a list of some influential wonders from the lost golden era. '45 Love' is 19 tracks of prime pioneering tom-foolery, reminiscing a space in time that so many, from the following decade till today have attempted to recreate and imitate. It's true it's not the first time a DJ as delved back to the decade in search of nostalgia, but Peanut Butter Wolf has more authority then most. Known for his Hip-Hop education, the knowledgeable San Jose, California home-boy grow up listening to the birth of Hip-Hop and spent his adult life dedicated to achieving the phenomenon. He has deejayed all around the world and also founded and runs one of the world's longest independents - Stone's Throw Records. A label of cult following that can boast nurturing such legendary figures as Charisma, Madlib and the late J-Dilla. Opening with the recognisable 'Rockin' it' by The Fearless Four, we are transcended to early classic rap. As you run down the playlist from Missy Dee, Dimples D, Biz Markie, Marly Marl to Jungle Brother, Cash Money and Big Daddy Kane you are drawn a picture of tight jeans, one piece jumper suits and high-top masterpieces....full text |
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