I know this is old news, but I just got the Tigerbeat6 compilation
"Attitude" recently and it's a blast, and it speaks to recent threads. As
the kind of fella who's had both my old "Evil4zaggin" AND "NWA and the
Posse" tapes lurking in the glove box of my truck for the past year or so,
along side my Autechre etc., I don't know why I waited this long.
It's basically an album of DSP-laden remixes of NWA songs. I prefer the more
accessible and less tortured-sounding tracks, like the Lesser/Easy E song,
the "Fuck the Police"/Steven Hawking version, and the "Express
Yourself"/drilly-stutter remix. Chris DeBabylon's "Appetite for Destruction"
version is hard as nails. I like how the Kid606 track has a breakdown with a
stereo-panning repeating siren-y noise, which I take as a reinterpretation
of the siren/synth whine used in the old NWA and PE songs. The Hrvartski
homage to Dre has several hilarious elements. And Cex's (the guy on this
list) album closer, a remix of the headnodding (pun originally not
intended....) "Just Don't Bite It," rocks too. I don't have it here so I am
being a bit vague/incorrect with some track info.
For those interested in either an example of an extremely-DSP-encrusted
production, or, alternatively, the interpretation of hip hop by a bunch of
non-hip hop producers, check out this cd; it was still available a couple
weeks ago. It's a 3 incher.
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