{"product_id":"jaylib-champion-sound-cassette","title":"Jaylib: Champion Sound Cassette","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoom. \u003c\/i\u003eThe classic collab from two of hip-hop's greatest MC\/producers, now on cassette! \u003cstrong\u003eStones Throw\u003c\/strong\u003e pressed up a handful of these for Cassette Store Day 2015 and we managed to snag some up for ya'll. The year was 2003, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?q=j+dilla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJ Dilla\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?q=madlib\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMadlib\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e get together for the first time - swapping \u003cspan\u003eproduction and MCing duties on every other track\u003c\/span\u003e. The result? Legendary. Our original review when the album originally dropped: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is the long awaited collabo between\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e underground (if there still is such thing) hip-hop's two most esteemed producers: Madlib (\u003cstrong\u003eLootpack\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?q=quasimoto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQuasimoto\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eYesterday's New Quintet\u003c\/strong\u003e, etc.) and Jay Dee (\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?q=slum+village\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSlum Village\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Ummah\u003c\/strong\u003e). If you follow non-commercial hip-hop in any capacity, you are no doubt familiar with the extensive list of artists that these two have worked with, and you know what these two cats are capable of. Accordingly, this project was so hyped that an earlier version that was leaked on the internet was completely shelved and reworked, this version is completely differently than any advance tracks you may have heard. Does it live up to the hype? Of course not, but that doesn't prevent Champion Sound from being a pretty damned good, if occasionally inconsistent album. Madlib and Jay split reverse production and MCing duties on every other track; and while we're obviously checking this album more for the beats than the rhymes (there's a few moments here that make Pete Rock sound like Rakim), Jay Dee brings adequate lyrical heat \u0026amp; flow on bangers like McNasty Filth feat. Detroit homey Frank-N-Dank, and the first single The Red. With that track's sick bumping analog-fart bassline, you'd only notice the words if they got in the way, and they don't. Neither of the pair break any new ground stylistically and I don't think that we'd want them to anyways; Madlib shows his sampling chops on The Official, nicely utilizing a different chunk of the same Gap Mangione joint that Jay Dee used for Slum Village's Fall In Love. And there's other treats here too. The Exclusive lets criminally underrated guest MC Percee P shine, the Jay Dee produced Stars amply demonstrates his knack for integrating samples with a more electronic, keyboard-based sound, and No Games is just a straight-up nasty beat, funky analog synths and shuffling drums showcasing Madlib at the top his game. Champion Sound's not gonna blow you away, but there's more enough to chew on here. The amount of great beats these two are responsible for is kind of staggering, and that prolific creativity is ultimately what makes this album worth picking up.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCassette Store Day 2015 Exclusive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emusic label: Stones Throw 2003 \/ 2015\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ereviewed by Stock Housin' 01\/2016\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Jaylib","offers":[{"title":"Cassette","offer_id":13389872964,"sku":"ob-1816","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/4542\/products\/jaylib-championsound-cass.jpg?v=1762271196","url":"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/products\/jaylib-champion-sound-cassette","provider":"turntablelab.mom","version":"1.0","type":"link"}