Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em (Vinyl LP) discogimpThough it's credited to the duo, 1990's Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em is in effect the first Rakim solo album. The legendary Irish American hip hop engineer Paul C. was responsible for shaping the album's sound, though production duties were finished by Large Professor after Paul C.'s murder in 1989. The stealthy, tight knit drum programming inspired Rakim's most athletic rhyme feats, especially on the three opening cuts: a dazzling sequence of lightning
With Giant Sand's colossal new album of '91 Ramp imminent what to do with those further outpourings
seemingly diffuse when first released
Nik Void of Factory Floor and Savages as fans
it comes a little surprise that the vocal collaborations are handled by members of one of the funkiest bands in history: Parliament-Funkadelic
Ernesto Chahoud's Taitu is a collection of soul-fuelled stompers straight from the dancefloors of 1970s Addis Ababa
but always profoundly musical
This all new record features another fellow sampler and old time record digger - Kone Kone
Over half of the album's length is composed of instrumental music
He declares: "I would like to thank all the people I asked to travel through their favorite Tourist album track
since it provides an elegant support for Davies' character portraits and vignettes
The music is always a great eclectic mixture of Scandinavian Electronica
from Italo Disco
