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Review: Not many people could call an album Genius and get away with it but you'd be hard pushed to find anyone who disagreed that Detroit beatmaker J Dilla wasn't just that . His beats shaped a whole sound and scene when he first emerged and he is still just as revered many years after his death. He worked on various projects and put out plenty of solo material but her we're presented with another top collection of early cassette recordings. There are all his trademark dusty beats, soulful samples, dreamy melodic motifs and more to be enjoyed here.

Review: Max Tannone hails from New York City and is a producer behind several well-known mash up albums in which he takes well-known bars from hip-hop history and places them over all new beats. This one, Ghostfunk, finds Ghostface Killah and others rapping over African vintage funk sounds. It's a beguiling mix with lively beats and plenty of organ chords, tumbling drums and Afro patterns all bubbling below the ionic verses. This one comes on a nice pink marbled slab of wax and brings a whole new perspective to music by the Killah.

Review: Mos Def's "Umi Says" is one of those tunes that has crossover appeal from hip hop, house to mainstream. It's simplistic beauty and heartfelt vocals make for a truly amazing piece of music that breaks all genre boundaries. Long since deleted, the dub and vocal mix appear on this limited white label promo. On the flip, you'll find the deeper than deep tech storm that is Carl Craig's "Sandstorm" a much overlooked B side of one of his records.