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Built From Scratch

LABEL Loud Records CATALOG # C2 86410 / AL 86413 / 1878-1 YEAR 2002 FORMAT Vinyl 2LP PRESS STATUS

OUT OF PRINT

CONDITION

Vinyl 1 (A/B): M/NM+   |   Vinyl 2 (C/D): M/M   |   Cover: NM-

 

Scale:  G- / G / G+ / VG- / VG / VG+ / NM- / NM / NM+ / M SONGS   A1

Intro (ft , , & [])

  A2 XL (ft )   A3 X-Ecutioners Scratch   A4 A Journey Into Sound (ft )   A5 Hip-Hop Awards (Skit)         B1 3 Boroughs   B2 Let It Bang (ft )   B3 X-Ecutioners (Theme) Song (ft )   B4 Feel The Bass   B5 You Can't Scratch (Skit)   B6 It's Goin' Down (ft & of )         C1 Premier's X-Ecution   C2 The X (Y'all Know The Name) (ft , , ,     & )   C3

Genius Of Love 2002 (ft & )

  C4 Choppin' N*ggaz Up   C5 B-Boy Punk Rock 2001 (ft )         D1 Who Wants To Be A Motherf*ckin' Millionaire (Skit)   D2 Play That Beat   D3 Dramacyde (ft & )   D4 X-Ecution Of A Bum Rush (ft [ & ])   D5 Play That Beat (Lo Fidelity Allstars Remix) (Bonus Track) PHOTO DETAILS

The follow-up to legendary hip-hop DJ crew the X-Ecutioners' revolutionary 1997 debut X-Pressions is well worth the five-year wait.  Built From Scratch is bigger, badder, and even more technically proficient than its predecessor, weighing in at 20 tracks constructed from scratches, skits, beat juggles, flares and fades, cuts, pitch plays, studio trickery, and live drums and guitar (played by the DJs).  MC performances come courtesy of legends such as M.O.P., Kool G Rap, Large Professor, Pharoahe Monch, etc, and there are DJ collabos with Premier, Dan The Automator, the Beat Junkies, and Triple Threat, as well as an unlikely but successful pairing with Mike Shinoda and Mr. Hahn of Linkin Park fame.  The quartet of Rob Swift, Roc Raida, Mista Sinista, and Total Eclipse show through this album exactly what DJ'ing means to the hip-hop culture, and how today it is in fact stronger than it has ever previously been.  Built From Scratch is an ultra-high quality piece of work that you can tell a lot of love was put into, with old- and new-school references liberally scattered throughout (check the updates of Marley Marl's "Marley Scratch," Whiz Kid's "Play That Beat Mr. DJ," and Tom Tom Club's "Genius Of Love").  Hands down, this album is a must-have for any true DJ or hip-hop fan out there... so grab it now!!!

Released in 2002, this album is now long out of print and is impossible to find these days on vinyl.  Comes in full picture sleeve as shown above!  Don't sleep... you won't see this rare gem again!!  Grab it today before it's gone!!

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