DJ Z-Trip

Although he is one of the progenitors of mash-up -- wherein a skilled DJ sends two disparate songs, styles, or genres headlong into an addictive sonic collision, evolving the parameters of hip-hop in the process -- don't ask him to swear by it. Z-Trip has already moved on with an invigorating new concept album, Shifting Gears, that expresses the full spectrum of what hip-hop can do without ...more