| Using an SP-1200, the classic production tool of old school legends (which creates dirty, raw-sounding samples), Jel gives birth to 10 Seconds - an album that, in my way of looking at it, parallels the first twenty-three years of life. Was this the Anticon producer's goal? Most likely not, but damn it if it doesn't play that way. Like a one-year-old, the intro cut is at times beautiful, a bit hard to handle at others, but mainly innocent. What seems to follow is a lost childhood. By the tenth cut, our young adolescent begins to gain a sense of self, using his newfound confidence to bust into funky, melodic rhythms. The teenage years are a time of experimentation into the psychedelic. Taking its rebellious attitude from dear old dad, the thirteenth contains an amazing Pink Floyd sounding sample, which unexpectedly busts into a Money Mark like break. By the time Jel's kid can drive, at sixteen he's learned old school beat-boxing samples. And he's learned how to serenade the ladies. Before getting too excited about bumpin' it in his car, the fifty-two second montage merges into the most serene track on the album. Perfecting the Kid Koala method of scratching the sample to match the beat's rhythm, this is the crown jewel of 10 Seconds. - UC Santa Barbara Daily Nexus |
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