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Album Review

The Poets of Rhythm: What Goes 'Round

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by AAJ Staff
February 1, 2002

Where would you rather be – 2002 or the funky heyday of 1966? This is the musical question poised by the funk collective, Poets of Rhythm. The group inspires a cultish following from rare groove fanatics with their dusty, groovy and nostalgic rhythms that hark back to a time before samplers and drum machines. The German collective put out their first US full-length album Discern/Define in 2001 on Quannum that solidified their previously elusive existence. To cement it further is ...

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Album Review

DJ Spinna: Raiding The Crates

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by AAJ Staff
January 1, 2002

Personally, I've been on Spinna's musical jock for a few years now. He is easily one of hip-hop's most inventive producers, pushing the envelope with crisp beats and melodic arrangements that have a futuristic edge, but remain accessible and deeply funky. His work with groups like Polyrhythm Addicts and The Jigmastas, and on his own artist projects, is some of the best that hip-hop has to offer. Having said all that, Raiding The Crates on first glance has nothing to ...