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MH-205 Fat Jon The Ample Soul Physician - Wave Motion  Wave Motion, the first full-length instrumental release from Fat Jon The Ample Soul Physician of The Five Deez, explores the deeper side of instrumental hip-hop. Using mature production and seductive jazz samples, Jon has created a truly notable record. Taking equal inspiration from 60's Kind Of Blue jazz and 70's Innervisions soul, Jon has crafted a release that chooses understated melodies and chord changes over cheap thrill loops and scratches. It is the work of someone who has spent years in the studio; it is the work of someone who has created thousands of tracks. Wave Motion is Fat Jon's finest work to date and a solid addition to the Mush catalog. |
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| Impressive - YRB / Multi-layered labor of love - CMJ / Masterfully Executed - Scratch / I just wish more producers would do this more - Ghetto Blaster / Meticulously composed and arranged - Urb / Proves that hip-hop is about more than the MC - Billboard / An undiscovered classic - Grooves / The more I listen to this, the better it gets - Mean Street |
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| With cover art an obvious throwback to the era of Bitches Brew, instead of Miles fusing rock and jazz, we've got our new hero Fat Jon fusing hip-hop breaks and beats with jazzy interludes and soulful serenades. In the way that Wong Kar-Wei's In the Mood for Love was a tasteful, very erotic film, Wave Motion possesses a similar kind of sensual feeling to it, a feeling that can't be easily pinned down. I love these albums that, upon first listen, just have that sentiment to it, like you've grown up hearing it forever. A throwback album in that the general feeling and style is from days past, but updated for the present with some laid-back percussion and thick beats that sit comfortably in the background, letting the soulful vibes creep out like toothpaste in a tube. Bridging the gap between Thelonious Monk and the Rza, and making it work. Great samples, top-notch all around. The love-making album of the year. Stay up nights with Fat Jon in your corner and you are set. Incredible. - Absorb |
1XLP/Out Of Print