VA – Deeper Concentration (CD) (1998) (FLAC + 320 kbps)

Nowhere is the divide between the mainstream and the underground greater than in hip-hop. While most hip-hop fans nod their heads to Puff Daddy and Master P., still others take solace in the idea that artists like those who appear on Deeper Concentration exist to push the music further into the future. The artists featured on this compilation are the (presently) unknown saviors of the genre: turntablist warriors like the Beat Junkies, Mix Master Mike, and Rob Swift of the X-Ecutioners; the subversive art-hop of New York City’s illbient DJ Spooky (here with Organized Konfusion); and the more straightforward hip-hop of Mass Influence. It’s a shame that many mainstream fans don’t know about the cut-up collages of beats and pieces found on Swift’s “The Age of Television” or the understated, sublime rapping of Siah and Yeshua DapoED on the aptly titled “The Cure for Stagnation.” And unlike in mainstream rap and hip-hop, here the chasm between electronic and hip-hop closes: jungle and dub inch their way next to slow breakbeats while weird, off-kilter rhythms supply a purely instrumental soundtrack and–surprise!–they don’t feel a bit out of place next to the rapping and scratching.

Tracklist:

01. JC & Sole – What It Is
02. DJ Apollo & Fluid Motion – Interstellar Hydroponics
03. Beat Junkies – They Don’t Understand
04. Ming & FS – Madhattan Bound
05. J Boogie – Ritual Of The Nile
06. Siah & Yeshua daPoED – The Cure For Stagnation
07. Mass Influence – Demo Type Shit
08. Rob Swift – The Age Of Television
09. Unknown Artist – Intermission (Get Up And Stretch)
10. DJ Spooky & Organized Konfusion – Murder By Syntax
11. Mei Lwun & Saga – Def Con 2.01
12. Ill Media – Brother In The Back
13. Mix Master Mike – Schwartz Via Aghaarta
14. Task Force – Liquidized Language
15. Push Button Objects – Yambooze
16. Part 2 – Wireless 2012
17. Scratch Perverts – Course Of Action
18. Eddie Def – Eddie Def Land

Download:

FLAC – Wayshare

320 kbps – Wayshare