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MH-208 Jel - 10 Seconds  From Mantronix to Marley Marl, the Beastie Boys to Large Professor, the Bomb Squad to Dj Muggs, and the Rza to Jel, the SP-1200 has been the most important instrument in hip-hop's short history. Named after the unit's criminally small amount of sample time, 10 Seconds pays homage to hip-hop's past without ever sounding dated. Featuring the signature drum programming and sample selection that has made him a favorite in underground circles, the instrumental format of 10 Seconds allows Jel the opportunity to structure his tracks without limitation. The result is a full-length that flows while maintaining the standard hip-hop boom-bap and is sure to go down as blueprint for future hip-hop instrumentals. |
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| An impressive compilation of a beat-maker whose close attention to detail is definitely paying off - CMJ / Jel at his finest - Synthesis / One of hip-hop's most innovative beat merchants - Mean Street / Instrumental hip-hop doesn't get much better than this - Alternative Press / Measure this current release and you'll know the joy of witnessing hip-hop's evolution firsthand - Tokion |
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| Those hopeless MCs in So Solid Crew may need twenty-one seconds to rock the mic, but any real hip-hop head knows you only need ten to move the crowd. Named after the amount of sampling time available on the ultimate hip-hop instrument, undie DJ/producer-for-hire Jel's latest joint is an extended love letter to the SP-1200 sampler (the track titles are even named after the function buttons and knobs on the machine). As journalist Oliver Wang points out in his sleeve notes, any SP-1200 beat is dirty and dusty, even if it's an Olivia Newton-John loop you're running through it, making it a funk instrument on a par with a wheezing Hammond and an "on the fritz" wah-wah pedal. On 10 Seconds Jel displays these qualities admirably, while also indulging in the SP-1200's penchant for a detached, fazed emotional, elegiac quality that DJ Shadow first coaxed from the sampler's decay and truncate functions and it's drum machine-like pads. - The Wire |
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