Breaking new ground in 1997, the release of Deep Concentration furthered hip-hop's turntablist movement by showcasing its brightest talents. This is primarily an instrumental album, with most of the vocals provided by a deejay's quick scratch on a piece of vinyl. Cutting tracks are abundant, like the lively selections from the X-Men, Prince Paul, and Peanut Butter Wolf with the Beat Junkies. Cut Chemist of rap group Jurassic 5 and the Latin outfit Ozomatli lends "Lesson 6 The Lecture," a bouillabaisse of drum kicks and spoken-word snippets that offer a course in turntable madness. No sample is off limits to these deejays -- everything from Tibetan monks (Radar's "Radar Frees Tibet") to water droplets (Ingrid De Lambre and Eddie Def's "Poeisies, Scene 1 Le Blues") are stunningly pieced together to form new compositions. Also includes a bonus CD-ROM mixing program. ~ Craig Robert Smith, All Music Guide
Deep Concentration
03/25/1997
All Music Guide Review
Deep Concentration Track Listing
Credits of Deep Concentration
- Prince Paul
- Scratching, Producer, Performer
- Roc Raida
- Scratching, Drums, Producer
- Peanut Butter Wolf
- Producer, Performer
- DJ Wally
- Scratching, Mixing, Performer, Arranger, Producer
- The Angel
- Performer
- DJ Babu
- Scratching, Cutting Producer, Performer
- Rob Swift
- Bass, Scratching, Producer
- Z-Trip
- Mix Down, Mixdown Engineer
- Cut Chemist
- Producer, Photography, Performer
- Q-Burns Abstract Message
- Performer
- Ingrid de Lambre
- Producer, Performer
- Lateef the Truth Speaker
- Performer
- Lyrics Born
- Producer, Performer
- Radar
- Arranger, Performer
- Beyond There
- Scratching, Performer, Beats
- L. Dumont
- Producer
- T. Shimura
- Producer
- Mista Sinista
- Scratching, Horn, Mixing, Producer, Drums
- Larry Seidl
- CD-ROM Production
- Dave Tompkins
- Graphic Design
- Christopher Smith
- Executive Producer, Beat Box
- J-Rocc
- Cut
- DJ Swingsett
- Scratching, Mixing, Arranger, Producer
- Nitty
- Engineer
- Kevin Head
- Beat Box
- Eddie Def
- Scratching
- Brandon Martinez
- CD-ROM Production
- Eric Kalabacos
- Beat Box, CD-ROM Production
- Stylus
- ?
- Dillinger
- Drum Loop
- Mumbles
- Performer
- The X-Men
- Performer
- Michael Donaldson
- Producer
- George Horn
- Mastering











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