Hands On (Explicit Version) (2004)

Product Summary Label: Caroline Distribution UPC: 00617465802027 Release Date: 4/6/2004 Buy.com Sku: 60629793 Item#: M5GRJ4 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Intro ~ DJ Nu-Mark 2. Down Home - (with Eddy Senay) ~ DJ Nu-Mark 3. Rubber Bumpers - (with Tony Luisi) ~ DJ Nu-Mark 4. Laying Eggs - (with Paz) ~ DJ Nu-Mark 5. Hot Rack - (with Rex Brown Company/Wersi Electric String Orchestra) ~ DJ Nu-Mark 6. Fudge Funk - (with Organized Konfusion) ~ DJ Nu-Mark 7. (Intro Life) - (with Jeru The Damaja) ~ DJ Nu-Mark 8. Preverted Moniks in the House - (with Jeru The Damaja) ~ DJ Nu-Mark 9. (Intro) - (with Group Home) ~ DJ Nu-Mark 10. (Skit) - (with The Beatnuts) ~ DJ Nu-Mark 11. Melody - (with Blend Crafters) ~ DJ Nu-Mark 12. Chau 2na Comin' Thru - (with Chali 2NA) ~ DJ Nu-Mark 13. No Good - (with Vitamin D.) ~ DJ Nu-Mark 14. True Urban Grit (T.U.G.) - (with Prophetix) ~ DJ Nu-Mark 15. Saliva - (with Viktor Vaughn) ~ DJ Nu-Mark 16. Samurai - (with Shurik'N) ~ DJ Nu-Mark 17. Crew Song - (with Schlechta Umgang) ~ DJ Nu-Mark 18. Hands On - (with KeyKool) ~ DJ Nu-Mark 19. Good Thing, A - (with Brad Strut/Bias B/Lazy Grey) ~ DJ Nu-Mark 20. 68 and I Owe You One - (with All Time High) ~ DJ Nu-Mark 21. Raw Chille - (with Beathoven) ~ DJ Nu-Mark 22. Impulsion - (with Ray Cooper/Barry Morgan) ~ DJ Nu-Mark 23. Band Nu Live - (with J-Live) ~ DJ Nu-Mark   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: Kent Hitchcock (guitar). Audio Mixers: Kent Hitchcock; DJ Premier; DJ Nu-Mark. Recording information: Log Cabin Studios. Cut Chemist is the better-known half of Jurassic 5's production team with plenty of mixtapes behind him, but now it's Nu Mark's turn. Nowhere near as showy as anything the Chemist has done, Hands On is a great headphone album where the head bobs a little slower, digging the intimate groove. Nu Mark starts with a bit of dusty-groove funk and jazz before getting to some high-quality rap. The new and exclusive track from Nu Mark and his homeboy Chali 2na, "Chali 2na Comin' Thru," is the pick of the litter, and considering the high standards throughout, that's really sayin' somethin'. MF Doom's "Saliva" (recorded under his alias Viktor Vaughn) is a gem, Organized Konfusion's excellent "Fudge Funk" is dropped at just the right moment, and All Time High's "68 and I Owe You One" is a special sleazy kind of fun. Nu Mark also works in some tracks by non-English-speaking rappers, giving the mix some extra flavor, and the weird radio show about Persian trance music that pops up throughout the album is hilarious. Nu Mark has mentioned he was listening to a lot of instrumental-only mixtapes while compiling Hands On, and it shows. He messes the tracks up a bit with his DJ skills, but this is generally a mix to just groove to. Not the most jaw-dropping DJ record ever, but you can "feel" it the whole way. ~ David Jeffries Producer: DJ Premier; DJ Rell; Kendrick J. Davis; Nu-Mark; Vitamin D; Lazy Grey; All Time High; John Doe Engineer: Kent Hitchcock; Nu-Mark   Compilation Appearances Disco House   Associated Artists and Works Shadow, DJ   Technical Info Release Date : 04/06/2004 Original Release Date : 2004 Catalog ID : 8020 Label : Sequence Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00617465802027   Professional Reviews Mojo (Publisher) (p.124) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Bulging with beats, his aural collage incorporates the Electric String Orchestra's '70s psych-funk, a few rare grooves and plenty of funky hip hop..."