SHINSIGHT TRIO - EVERYTHING STEADY GOIN DOWNHILL/ LUCKY DAYZ/ HEART (2007)

Shinsight Trio is the rapper Insight, the producer Shin-Ski and Dj Ryow. Their project shinsight trio is a side project to their many other projects and of course, as almost every new promising project theese days, it's released a japaneese label. This time it's Tokyobased Bad News turn to put their name on the sleeve.

This EP/12" contains at least 2 REAL bangers, so they give you value when you buy this expensive import record. "Everything steady going downhill" is very easy listened, based on a energic jazz loop and Lucky Days is a more laid back track with some more soul! IF somebody know or recognize the original break to Lucky Dayz, I would be happy if you let me know!

Today was a lucky day!

/ JayWalk

www.badnews.co.jp
http://www.myspace.com/shinsighttrio

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SOUND PROVIDERS - AN EVENING WITH THE SOUND PROVIDERS (2004)

Sound Providers!
First of all for those that dont know the Sound Providers is from San Diego, California
and consists of Jay Skillz (Producer) & Soulo (Dj & Producer). Profile (Mc) use to be in the group
but left it and started other projects.

Now about the record.. "An Evening With The Sound Providers".
It's really got that jazzy boom bap sound that you searchin for now a days, really dope!
Even if the record is 65% instrumental it got a nice guest line up: Maspyke, The Procussions,
Asheru, Little Brother And Wee Bee Foolish.

I get a really nice vibe from these cats! They really want to keep that real boom bap sound.
i want to give the record 5 of 5 but they need a Mc! even if they rap on some tracks themselfs.
4 of 5 from me! dont know if this record is sold out now but all hiphop jazz heads better check it if you havent!

1 Track of the album: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCw38LSUm3s


/ Ches

SHADES OF BLUE : MADLIB INVADES THE BLUE NOTE (2003)

This is no news! I just found this records in my crates when i was looking for some good jazzy stuff to mix. I'd forgot it actually. So I played it and found out once again that it's a fucking good record by madlib! I bought it in Manchester some years ago when madlib had released the "Shades of blue, madlib invades the blue note LP", probably i was out of money but wanted a taste of it anyway so i bought the sampler instead. Something I hardly ever do if a record is available on full lenght wax, especially not back then.

Nuff said! It's a cool sampler where Madlib uses some old blue note tunes by Donald Byrd, Ronnie Foster and Bobbi Humphrey to create a real jazzy sound! Medaphoar is also appearing on one track and thats kind of nice too.

Hey Madlib, Invade more things!

/ JayWalk

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ZION I & THE GROUCH - SOUL SEARCHIN/MOVES THAT MAKE ME (2006)

I got this 7" for free with a previous order on HHV.DE. The record is limited to 1000 copies, but isn't that pretty much for a vinyl record in theese days?

However, it contains two fresh songs thats not relased on any 12" or LP before so this is vinyl only, and they're kind of dope! Thats why I put them here. I also like the fact that they squeeze in two tracks on each side on the record.
For you who havent heard the full length LP "ZION I & THE GROUCH - HEROES IN THE CITY OF DOPE"
I would happily recommend it! It's dope!!

/ JayWalk

HHV.DE

KERO ONE - WINDMILLS OF THE SOUL INSTRUMENTALS (2007)

Yeah! This is what it's all about. This is why hiphop isn't dead just because NAS and his friends has grown old and gray. The non instrumental version is fantastic (Just listen to "keep it alive!" if you doubt me) but the intrumentals is outstanding on their own too, of course. We're talking jazzy samples and live intruments on all four sides. Plug label is keeping it real as always and i'm happy that they choose to release this records at last.

/ JayWalk

http://www.pluglabel.com
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ONRA - CHINOISERIES (2007)

Apparently, ONRA, a producer from Paris, France, were hanging out in Vietnam last year. He suceeded digging out about 30 vinyls with vietnameese music, something I happily would have put my sticky little fingers on! His little project ended up in this record wich is one of the coolest so far this year, it's released at the very end of 2007 but I got it now so I count it as an 2008 record for me. A new fresh sound with some crazy perspectives in beatmaking with oriental sound. As he says;

"This is the perfect soundtrack to any Hip-Hop head going to Southeast asia, it reflects all the different sides of those countries: Raw, sad, culturally rich, amusing, kitsch and romantic".

5/5 from me!

Full Backpack

http://www.labelrougeprod.fr
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/ JayWalk