Turntablist Rob Swift gets a little help and inspiration aplenty from his friends and heroes on Sound Event, an explosive and intelligent collection of wicked scratching, in-the-pocket beats, startling imagery, and whiz-kid wordplay. Recalling his first impressive encounter with stream-of-conscious rapper Supernatural, Swift passes the mic over to the freestyling MC to herald the second coming (i.e., Swift's second solo release), tethering the titles of each track into a poetic diatribe. "2 3 Break" incorporates kinetic free jazz riffing atop a hypnotic drum loop that resonates with the rattle of a loose snare. With Bob James, D-Styles, and Swift's mom, Clara Aguilar, onboard, "Salsa Scratch" tears down the barrier between Latino tradition and hip-hop. "The Ghetto" introduces a Jimi Hendrix-like rhythm guitar motif punctuated by a legato horn solo as a canvass for a fierce dialogue detailing the hard truths of growing up on the wrong side of the tracks. Progressive and engaging, Sound Event is as important as its title suggests. ~ Tom Semioli, All Music Guide
Sound Event
10/02/2002
All Music Guide Review
Sound Event Track Listing
Credits of Sound Event
- BT
- Executive Producer
- Rob Swift
- Scratching, Engineer, Producer, Executive Producer, Mixing
- Leon Zervos
- Mastering
- Supernatural
- Vocals
- John Carluccio
- Photography
- Blair Wells
- Mixing
- Anthony Saffery
- Bass, Guitar
- DJ Radar
- Scratching, Drums
- P.H.
- Art Direction
- Gudtyme
- Vocals
- J-Live
- Vocals
- DJ Quest
- Scratching
- Doctor Butcher
- Producer
- David Guy
- Horn
- Large Professor
- Vocals, Producer



















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