Similar Albums:
Return of the DJ, Vol. 5,
Endtroducing...,
Anti-Theft Device,
Live at Future Primitive Sound Session,
Monostereosis: The New Victrola Method,
Contents Under Pressure,
Ablist,
Wave Twisters, Episode 7 Million: Sonic Wars Within the Protons,
Masters of the 1 & 2: History's Greatest DJ's,
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- Artist:
Various Artists - Release Date: 1996
- Total Time: 55:08
- Type: Collection (various artists)
- Genre: Electronica
Review
Although vocal rap has become all but synonymous with hip-hop, effectively displacing DJs as the prime movers in determining the music's distinctive aesthetic, a new generation of hip-hop DJs are going it alone, approaching the turntable as a instrument in its own right. San Francisco promoter David Paul's brilliant Return Of The DJ compilation charts this continuing evolution, with sturdy, mind-bogglingly complex turntable orchestration from such names as Q-Bert, Mixmaster Mike, DJ Disk, the Beat Junkies, New York's X-Men, Z-Trip, and DJ Ghetto, among others. Fluid beats, vast, layered instrumental passages, and tons of deft scratching loosely cement the notion of a restless, DJ-based hip-hop avant-garde craving only one thing: innovation. ~ Sean Cooper, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Death of Hip-Hop | (3:21) | ||
| Ghetto on the Cut | (5:25) | ||
| Rob Get's Busy | Rob Swift | (4:08) | |
| The Bomb Drops | Jeep Beat Collective | (4:03) | |
| Scratch Monopoly, Pt. 2 | The Beat Junkies | (4:52) | |
| Invasion of the Octopus People | Shortkut | Invisibl Skratch Piklz | (5:02) |
| U Can Get With Discs or U Can Get with D.A.T. | DJ Z-Trip | (3:41) | |
| The Chronicles (I Will Always Love H.E.R.) | Peanut Butter Wolf | (5:38) | |
| Terrorwrist (Beneath the Under) | Mix Master Mike | (5:39) | |
| The Track | (4:43) | ||
| Lesson 4: The Radio | Cut Chemist | (5:30) | |
| Suckas (Sucka DJ Dis) | DJ Babu | (3:06) |
