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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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| Instrumental hip-hop doesn't get much better than this. Naming his album after the pathetically small sampling memory of the much-favored SP-1200 sampler, Anticon beat maestro Jel meticulously grafts beats and loops together on the hard-hitting 10 Seconds. The polar opposite to most downbeat hip-hop, Jel's tracks rock like they were cut from prog rock, the Furious Five and Tony Williams Lifetime. "Dynamic Button" stamps a dirty break and slices of rhyme into a vamping Hammond loop, while the atmospheric "...Your..." slickly slides between alternating rhythms, giving polyrhythmic DJs a run for their money. While others have long since mastered the limiting SP-1200, Jel's efforts at doing so are probably the deepest, funkiest document of said mastery. - Alternative Press |
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