After the times where DJ Spinna has been in the name of the day, or the most sought after producer, or just the underground producer the flashy magazines knew about, Spinna has not been laying low, but his name has been pushed out the limelight, and a Alchemist has been handed the position, only to be knocked off by the next hot kid that will follow. And so the backpackers have Spinna back. Have him back as well as his bouncy offerings, that are proudly using samples, keeping ish on the party vibe, while still not hassling us with verbal blah blah, but actually keeping things on the thumbs up tip.

Things start with a short intro (a rendition of Quincy Jones "Summer In The City"), that shows Spinna's love for breakbeats (no re-issues of course). After that, "Lyrical Fluctuation 2000" has us revisit the track that blew up after being on the "Beyond Real Experience" compilation. Pharoahe Monch, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Mr. Complex and Shabaam Sahdeeq rip over a happier version of the original track (that's also featured on here). Essentially it's still a bunch of emcees going all out over a up par beat. "Across The Globe" is on some more thoughtful tip, with straight up flowing lyrics, and a summer night vibeish beat by Spinna. This sounds very much like something that could have been on "The Main Ingredient", what isn't a bad thing really.

There just need to be more cuts like "Keep On Rockin", as this would even get the most restrained head nodder on the dance floor to shake what he usually hides underneath baggy clothing. This could even - hold your breath - inspire some to take off their backpacks. However, this again goes the above mentioned Pete Rock route, even taking a whistle that he used on "Carmel City". And during the end, Spinna does some ill scratching as well as hooking up some extra beat outro. In the mean time, Kriminul flows like the water used to put out the fire at Alamo. A definite banger this track here.

"Matrimony" keeps the vibe going, with Krim spitting story like rhymes of trouble and happiness with the opposite sex. With a dope piano, "Iz You Dee (Remix)" is still not allowing us to forget the comparison used in the paragraph above. Then again, this track succeeds in it's own right, with a nifty little bell in the top left and a little twirling sound effect in the bottom right. Next up, "Awareness" is taking us on a thoughtful sight seeing tour through the city's reality. Spinna neglects his usual happy feel for this cut and keeps this rather hollow. In a good way though.

Then the original mix of "Lyrical Fluctuation", with the helping hand of Monch, Talib, Complex and Shabaam kicks in. This is on some 'go against us and "you be the artist formerly alive"' on some "more professional than Leon" type vibe. And last but not least (aight, there's an outro too, sue me), the previously heard, but still dope "Thief's Theme" is blessing our speakers and ears, with a story rhyme, a Nas and James Brown sample, that are just three elements to a tasty tune.

If you have the "Beyond Real Experience" compilation, and you loved what you heard there, then this will also be to your enjoyment, as not much has changed since then. Then again, if you have that compilation, and other Jigmastas releases, then you might not be tempted to get this, as some of it will already be in your position. However, as we like to have things on one disc, so not to have to act like a multiplayer and change every record after one track, and as the Spinna vibe is still very appealing to us, we still will enjoy to shell our hard earned out to get this record here.