producers: dj moves

Tachichi is the Emcee, DJ Moves is the DJ. And beat maker. Together they are Tachichi and DJ Moves. Hmmm. Well, if your hip hop is as dope as this, you don't really need to hide behind a flashy name, you might as well team up in a good old school way. Just like it was Eric B & Rakim or DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, and nothing else. See. However, this album opens with "Choplifter". The percussion and then the added hard drum take us in, right from the start. The beat even switches at the end, and we are somewhat tempted to not even give a damn what Tach is saying. But then again, to not give a damn is better done on side two, where the "Choplifter" instrumental is blessing our ears. Listening to Tachichi's rhymes, cause every other guy will rate high on his 'sucker scale'. His lines are as deadly to each one of them, just like a porkchop with the complementary trichae, is. Hmmm, yummy. Not as obnoxious as Tachichi calls it, is "Booze Hounds II" (instrumental also on the flip). Some strings are hopping forward and do sound like some uncomfortable result of an intociated mind.

The full potential of DJ Moves is showcased on "Heads Up". Again, remember that there's the instrumental on the b-side. Now it's time to check out the lyrics. But this beat is damn nice. So waving a big ole' flag, Tachichi called up some of his friends to help him bless this track. Kunga219, Knowself and Buck65 heard the call and showed up. Not shy for an answer, Moves switches the beat, adapts his fighting, to every style the emcee brings across. Now, don't tell me you can't learn from video games: for every monster there's a perfect style to defeat it. Then again, this is not about defeat, command and conquer, nothing doomed, and our fantasies are not final, even not when Moves pulls out a snake charming oriental flute. Get your camel out and ride the dunes, we say. And at the end, Buck takes away the possibly dopest part of the beat, while he also doesn't take the beat out.

There's one moment in the movie "From Dusk Till Dawn" every man will always remember. The 'pussy guy', that goes through the whole list of what's on the pussy menu. Tachichi seemed to have been impressed too, has Moves sample this, he has him get a oriental guitar out, and Tach now goes head to toe, or head to bush or her head to his growing plant, whatever, he just talks about all them nasty but oh so beautiful things. Aight, do not reach for the cigarette just yet, flip this record over, skip the three instrumentals. Then again, check 'em out now. Yo, dope, I say again. Now Tachichi can't resist to bless this side too, so he returns on "Union Strike". This is an all out battle rhyme and 'mercy is a thing of the past'. Quite short in length, the album ends with another dope cut: "They Made Me Do It". Putting the track in a hallow hole, the drums come distant, but Tachichi is still rhyming fast and about 'reptilian Eskimos'.

Swiss peoples' attention has been drawn to Canada lately, not only because a Swissair plane crashed near Halifax, but also because there's just a whole bunch of dope material dropping (aah....sorry, but that pun was too tempting) in Canada, like this album. And while a tragic accident like that can't and shouldn't be used in connection with such good ole and phat beats and rhymes, it still was good enough to end this review.