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│ s o u p p r o u d l y p r e s e n t s │
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│ va-quannum-spectrum (toys factory)
│
│ artist ........ va
│ title ......... quannum-spectrum (toys factory)
│ release date .. 21-06-1999
│ label ......... Quannum/Toy's Factory
│ cat. no ....... TFCK-87974
│ url ........... www.toysfactory.co.jp
│
│ rip date ...... 09-03-2003
│ genre ......... hip-hop
│ quality ....... 192kbps / 44.1Hz
│ time .......... 61:06 min
│ size .......... 84,1 MB
│ source ........ cdda
│
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────[ S O U P ┐
│ RELEASE INFO │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│ │
│ "Rap music is in a serious transitional period. The strides made │
│ in instrumental hip-hop over the past few years have far │
│ outstripped the gains created by the MCs, the most famous of │
│ which are coasting easily on well- established clichΘs. To │
│ paraphrase Ralph Waldo Emerson (forgive the pretension, and also │
│ my theft of this analogy from my good friend Samir), "You can't │
│ have great rappers without great audiences." As long as the │
│ nation continues to line the pockets of those pontificating from │
│ one side of the "playa" debate, we can expect the lyrical │
│ assault to remain forever mediocre. Maybe we've come to expect │
│ too much-- after all, nobody requires rock lyricists to │
│ continually evolve. But rap comes from the hip-hop cultural │
│ tradition, where you either innovate or die, and few of the │
│ microphone styles circulating today deserve to survive natural │
│ selection. │
│ │
│ Attempting to change that is the Quannum crew, a collective of │
│ Bay Area hip-hop heads who met and began collaborating in the │
│ '80s in and around the campus of UC Davis. DJ Shadow is the │
│ band's key to success, and also the only straight producer of │
│ the bunch-- the rest are comprised primarily of the MCs from │
│ Latyrx and Blackalicious, in addition to vocalist Joya Velarde. │
│ The Jurassic 5, though from Los Angeles, have a close │
│ relationship to this crew, forged with a shared aesthetic and │
│ high- minded ideals about the next phase in hip-hop music. │
│ Quannum's Spectrum functions as a sort of introduction to the │
│ collective-- a label sampler of sorts for their new Quannum │
│ imprint. │
│ │
│ As Shadow's already well established outside of the group, his │
│ contributions here are understated. He created the music for │
│ four of the tracks, but as anyone who has heard the Latyrx album │
│ can attest, Shadow likes to keep his backing tracks simple, │
│ tight, unobtrusive and easy to rap over. He reins in the high- │
│ drama and sampler virtuosity of his solo work, but the tunes are │
│ uniformly funky and serviceable. │
│ │
│ Those familiar with the Jurassic 5's quickly acknowledged │
│ classic EP will love the first tune here, a freewheeling jam │
│ with Jurassic and all the Quannum MCs based on the children's │
│ song "Concentration." Despite production by Lyrics Born of │
│ Latyrx, it maintains that trademark Jurrasic 5 schoolyard │
│ spirit. But if "Concentration" is the best song here, it's by no │
│ means the only great one. │
│ │
│ The rest of Spectrum's tracks intertwine sampled '80s R&B riffs │
│ (Verlarde's "People Like Me"), updated old- skool lyrical trade- │
│ offs ("The Extravaganza" with the Quannum MCs and Souls of │
│ Mischief), and deep semantic intelligence. A true all- star game │
│ of West Coast underground hip-hop, Spectrum is supremely │
│ satisfying when you think about where rap is at the moment, and │
│ only disappoints when you think about where it could be." │
│ │
│ --Pitchfork Media │
│ │
│ │
│ So this is the Japanese version of the classic Spectrum │
│ compilation from Quannum. This version includes a bonus track: │
│ Lyrics Born - Always Fine Tuning, which can also be found on the │
│ Quannum version of the I Changed My Mind single (which has not │
│ been ripped, but no need, now...). │
│ │
│ Production credits: │
│ 01,07,09 - Lyrics Born │
│ 02,06,12 - Chief Xcel │
│ 03,04,10,14 - DJ Shadow │
│ 08 - The Poets Of Rhythm │
│ 11 - El-P, DJ Shadow and Lyrics Born │
│ 16 - Dan The Automator │
│ │
│ 01,09 - DJ Shadow (turntables only) │
│ │
│ Vocal credits: (in addition to the obvious) │
│ 07 - Lyrics Born and Gift Of Gab │
│ 10 - Joyo Velarde │
│ │
│ │
│ There is talk of a Spectrum II, but judging by how slow Quannum │
│ is to release material, don't expect it until at least 2005. │
│ │
│ Enjoy. │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────[ S O U P ┤
│ TRACK LIST │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│ │
│ 01 quannum mcs and jurassic 5-concentration 04:39 │
│ 02 blackalicious-one of a kind 02:57 │
│ 03 latyrx-storm warning 05:46 │
│ 04 dj shadow and divine styler-divine intervention 04:18 │
│ 05 mack b dog and gift of gab-mic break 01:06 │
│ 06 maroons and erin anova-golden rule 03:54 │
│ 07 joyo velarde-people like me 04:32 │
│ 08 lyrics born and the poets of rhythm-i changed my mind 04:39 │
│ 09 quannum mcs and souls of mischief-the extravaganza 06:18 │
│ 10 lyrics born-hott people 04:24 │
│ 11 latyrx and el-p-looking over a city 04:59 │
│ 12 blackalicious with maroons and joyo velarde-jadas 03:41 │
│ vengeance │
│ 13 mack b dog and chief xcel-mic break 2 00:36 │
│ 14 quannum mcs-bombonyall 04:20 │
│ 15 mack b dog-mic break 3 01:10 │
│ 16 lyrics born-always fine tuning 03:47 │
│ │
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│ TEAM INFO / CONTACTS │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
│ soup was founded in early 2002, with the intention of releasing
│ the hip-hop, trip-hop, lo-fi and turntablism that has been slept
│ on by other groups. We're a small, friendly group with a real
│ passion for our music, who're fed up of the overly competitive,
│ elitist and aggressive attitude of certain groups.
│
│ .............................
│
│ GROUP NEWS:
│ As of July 2003, soup have merged with CQi. We have joined forces
│ with the intention of releasing a wider range of musical styles
│ and to make soup stronger. We are proud to have CQi rippers
│ releasing under the name of soup.
│
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│
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│
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