Exclusive Collection (2004)

Product Summary Label: Caroline Distribution UPC: 00706962100726 Release Date: 3/23/2004 Buy.com Sku: 60629874 Item#: MJYCW4 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. F*ck The Police - (with Jay Dee) ~ DJ Rhettmatic 2. Communicate ~ DJ Rhettmatic 3. Geology/Talib Kweli/Sadat X ~ DJ Rhettmatic 4. It's Our World - (with Diamond/Sadat X/Camari) ~ DJ Rhettmatic 5. We See Y'all - (with Tony Touch) ~ DJ Rhettmatic 6. Simple Murder - (with The Beatnuts) ~ DJ Rhettmatic 7. 'Bout That - (with Kool G. Rap/Ma Barker) ~ DJ Rhettmatic 8. Bullet Train - (with Dilated Peoples) ~ DJ Rhettmatic 9. Rock (The Grand Finale) - (with DJ Spinna) ~ DJ Rhettmatic 10. Hindsight - (with Visionaries) ~ DJ Rhettmatic 11. 4U - (with Writer's Block) ~ DJ Rhettmatic 12. Craft, The - (with Noelle/Dilated Peoples) ~ DJ Rhettmatic 13. Collector's Item - (with Pete Rock/Grap Luva) ~ DJ Rhettmatic 14. Dividends - (with Beat Junkies) ~ DJ Rhettmatic 15. Linguistics - (with Jurassic 5) ~ DJ Rhettmatic   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Performers include: Jay Dee, DJ Spinna, Jurassic 5, The Visionaries. Dilated Peoples, Pete Rock, Talib Kweli, The Beatnuts, Writer's Block, Kool G. Rap, The Beat Junkies, Geology, Grap Luva, Sadat X, Tony Touch, Noelle, Truth Enola, Dabo. Disc 2 is a continuous in-the-mix CD compiled and mixed by DJ Rhettmatic. Japan's Manhattan Records (a record store and distribution company) and Los Angeles' Up Above Records present one CD of new and exclusive tracks that get mixed together by DJ Rhettmatic on the second disc. Maybe the cover art makes the former Beat Junkie look like he's a lot more involved with Exclusive Collection than he is, but if that's what it takes to get these great tracks to people's ears, so be it. Disc one is filled with highlights. Plenty of hip-hoppers hate when producer Tony Touch picks up the mike, but "We See Y'All" is one of the great, freewheeling things that happens when he does and a perfect cut for the Rhettmatic mix. Rhettmatic's crew, the Visionaries, offer up a thrilling ride on "Hindsight," with rapper 2Mex overcoming a clunky sample from Queen's "Flash's Theme." Pete Rock is ultra-smooth, Jay Dee is a ghetto-fabulous Gil Scott-Heron, and the two cuts from Geology along with one from the Omen offer up killer hooks that stick in the head. That's a lot of great underground rap without any overly academic aftertaste, and Rhettmatic makes it all sound like a party on disc two. Some extra scratch interludes and a few new tracks get added on Rhettmatic's mix, and the DJ blends the beats with wit and precision. Shout-outs and phoned-in praise for the DJ give the set a happening mixtape feel, making it the disc to cruise with. ~ David Jeffries   Compilation Appearances Meeting Of The Minds(Explicit Version)   Associated Artists and Works Beat Junkies Beat Junkies Junkies, Beat Junkies, Beat The Beat Junkies The Beat Junkies   Technical Info Release Date : 03/23/2004 Original Release Date : 2004 Catalog ID : 1007 Label : Up Above Number of Discs : 2 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00706962100726