compilation featuring: rasco, live human, sacred hoop, rob swift, roc raida, third sight, mr. dibbs, others.

11. DJ Marz "Lake Futon"

"Nope, never been there. But if the stuff on the shelves is as dope as the stuff on this compilation, then I know, that a trip to this store would just kill my wallet."

"Oh, you didn’t know? Yes, Cue’s Records is actually a Hip Hop store. And you can get all kinds of stuff there, naturally especially 12" vinyl. It even says right on the front of the building ‘keep vinyl alive’."

"And yes, Cue now has put a compilation together, featuring artists, that are probably some of his best customers. Well, others are probably what he likes to listen to himself. But check out the "Live At Cue’s" by the DJs Apollo, Vinroc, Shortkut and Richness and you know what is going down at this store."

"I know that you enjoy the DJ tracks too, and that’s what you get on half of the compilation. He really put together a nice combination of ‘traditional’ hip hop, with beats and lyrics and ‘evolved’ turntable trickery hip hop on this here."

"Well, if you want to be convinced why you need to buy this, then just check out the line up. What you don’t know many of them? Yeah, you are right, nor do I really, but they are nice. And it’s really cool, that it says on the sleeve where everybody is from. I like that."

"Make sure you check Double Life feat. Raw B’s "Cycles Of The Mind". Man, that’s L*Roneous, you know the guy, that put "Imaginarium" out. You know he’s deep. Izm Da Mad Soul is really dark, I’m not sure if you like that. And have you heard of Live Human? That’s a group consisting of a band, playing real instruments and DJ Quest breaking needles. Oh, and you do remember the group I once told you about Sacred Hoop? Yeah, they are on here too, and their seven minute long "Not Our House" can be considered the nicest track on the compilation. What really surprised me, was this ‘ambient’, ‘trip hop’-ish "Peptic Relief" by Westside Chemicals. But I really enjoy listening to it and picturing some planets. In some way, DJ Badrok’s "1-800-Coming Correct" is funny. And it’s well executed too. This is how all DJ tracks should sound like. Or maybe like DJ Marz’ toned down, atmospheric "Lake Futon". You already know the Third Sight track from their "The Golden Shower Hour". Yeah, Mr Dibbs is a 1200 Hobo, so you know how abstract that can get."

"Well, some of it is not as cool as the rest. Like Rasco’s "Me & My Crew" is already too known from his album. The track is still nice though. Kutmaster Kurt is definitely a force behind the board. Well, Antares’ "Imagination" is not really wack, but I heard better cuts. And unless you did get that Low Rider, Big Dame might not be that much fun. You can’t really argue Rob Swift’s beat juggling skills, but that track is too slow moving for me. His technical skills are amazing though. His fellow X-Men, Roc Raida not only juggles "The Unassisted" by Rasco he also cuts up "Good Times" and other stuff. Again amazing skills, that will drop jaws in many bedrooms. But for people that are not DJs, I don’t know... Oh yeah, Quantum Flux feat. Spaztik MC suffers from being lost somewhere in the mix."

"But hey, that’s only me, you can only rely on what I’m saying so much. You might as well check it out yourself."