Mush Records - MH-401 Various Artists

MH-401 Various Artists - Ropeladder 12

Cancel your piano lessons and sell off the livestock. It's a partial preview of the onslaught of full-length releases to come forward from the Mush generator, a spirited gathering of the most prolific underground artists in hip-hop. If some of the names are not yet familiar, this is your wake-up call. Spanning the completely experimental to the sound classic, Ropeladder 12 assembles the most hungry and talented artists of our generation. From bare bones beats to orchestral soundtracks, the music is of its own kind and standard. From meticulous rhyme to boisterous free-verse, the poetry is irreplaceable. Over thirty contributing artists share with Mush, their most unforgettable works.

Tracklist

01. Jel - Stop (And Listen)

02. So-Called Artists - Postmodernist Contemporary Existentialist Binary Anthem

03. Aesop Rock - The Active Element

04. Reaching Quiet - 113th Clean

05. Lulu Mushi Feat. DJ Signify - I Dream (Tranquility) (Feat. DJ Signify)

06. The Pedestrian - Dead Beats, Generation Of

07. Fat Jon The Ample Soul Physician Feat. The Five Deez - Rain Dance (Feat. The Five Deez)

08. Radioinactive - Launch Padlock Smith

09. Nickodemus Feat. Apani - The Spirit Within (Feat. Apani)

10. DJ Osiris Feat. Mr. Dibbs - Listen (Feat. Mr. Dibbs)

11. Labtekwon - Knowledge And Responsibility (3000D Honors)

12. Boom Bip Feat. Slug - Want (Feat. Slug)

13. Revolutionary Ink Feat. Doseone - Inventors Cry (Feat. Doseone)

14. Jel Feat. DJ Mayonnaise - Go (Away And Think) (Feat. DJ Mayonnaise)

Release Details

Release Date: 03/14/2000

Running Time: 70:33

3XLP/Out Of Print

CD/Out Of Print

LOSSLESS/Out Of Print

Territory: World

Reviews Summary

This is the year’s best compilation to date. 5/5 - Revolver / Strange, beautiful, and stunning. Record of the month. 5/5 - Muzik / Signifies that the future of hip-hop is here, and it ain’t on Def Jam, my peoples - Urb

Reviews

4th District / Alternative Press / Copper Press / Curbserver / Exclaim! / Jazzadelica / Life Sucks Die / Mean Street / Motion / Muzik / Rap Reviews / Rebirth / Revolver / Silver Girl / Skyscraper / The Wire / Urb / Velocity / XLR8R /