- Audio CD (27 Mar 2006)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Bbe
- ASIN: B000EJ9VU2
- Other Editions: Vinyl
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 169,843 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Replay |
| 2. Runnin' |
| 3. Ike's Mood |
| 4. The World Is Yours |
| 5. Funk Box |
| 6. It's Simple |
| 7. Kamal's World |
| 8. Dirty Old Bossa Nova |
| 9. Smoker |
| 10. Run For Cover |
| 11. 55 Dollars |
| 12. Paul's Guitar Story |
| 13. Rollin' For the Ride |
| 14. Days Gone By (Egyptology) |
| 15. Hip Know Cypher |
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Reclaiming hip-hop
25 Jan 2008
Format:Audio CD
Marc Mac has stated about this record, "I needed to produce the tracks like hip-hop records that sound fat in a club and not like dinner jazz. It's about reclaiming jazz." I would argue that he has done just the opposite. One-half of UK duo 4 Hero, Marc set out to reinterpret classics as a way of honoring hip-hop's production element. What he accomplished is a little different, but wonderful nonetheless.
Reinterpreting hip-hop is a tough assignment. The genre's production is essentially the reinterpretation of all that has come before. To reinterpret a reinterpretation... well, you see the difficulty.
Visioneers is not a band, but a studio project. Marc Mac composed the material and brought in long-time collaborators Brad Somatik and Luke Parkhouse to help with the execution. It is at heart, classic hip-hop covered and reworked by an extremely hip band.
Marc takes hip-hop's original production elements and expands on them while at the same time bending them to the sensibilities of traditional jazz music. While Marc says he wanted to reclaim jazz, I think he reclaimed hip-hop to an even greater extent. At a time when hip-hop as a genre is threatening to marginalize itself, projects like this help keep it relevant to progressive-minded artists.
Dirty Old Hip-Hop is rap music filtered for the set who are offended by the coarseness of the lyrics. It is the potential soundtrack for the Smithsonian's hip-hop exhibit. It's a project that puts the virtuosity of hip-hop's producers on a pedestal and recognizes it as something to be studied, preserved, and revered.
Marc uses hip-hop as source material. "Runnin'", "The World Is Yours", etc. are treated as beloved forerunners in a show of respect that is not given nearly enough for the genius of the genre's producers. Visioneers allows you to take hip-hop to the snobbish music professor at your school and say, "This is my music and it is great." They won't be able to argue.
Reinterpreting hip-hop is a tough assignment. The genre's production is essentially the reinterpretation of all that has come before. To reinterpret a reinterpretation... well, you see the difficulty.
Visioneers is not a band, but a studio project. Marc Mac composed the material and brought in long-time collaborators Brad Somatik and Luke Parkhouse to help with the execution. It is at heart, classic hip-hop covered and reworked by an extremely hip band.
Marc takes hip-hop's original production elements and expands on them while at the same time bending them to the sensibilities of traditional jazz music. While Marc says he wanted to reclaim jazz, I think he reclaimed hip-hop to an even greater extent. At a time when hip-hop as a genre is threatening to marginalize itself, projects like this help keep it relevant to progressive-minded artists.
Dirty Old Hip-Hop is rap music filtered for the set who are offended by the coarseness of the lyrics. It is the potential soundtrack for the Smithsonian's hip-hop exhibit. It's a project that puts the virtuosity of hip-hop's producers on a pedestal and recognizes it as something to be studied, preserved, and revered.
Marc uses hip-hop as source material. "Runnin'", "The World Is Yours", etc. are treated as beloved forerunners in a show of respect that is not given nearly enough for the genius of the genre's producers. Visioneers allows you to take hip-hop to the snobbish music professor at your school and say, "This is my music and it is great." They won't be able to argue.
1 of 11 people found the following review helpful
hip hop gooodness
8 July 2006
Format:Audio CD
4.5 is the real rating,,wat ive heard soundz supa organic,conscious,feel good mental twang boom bip,yeah!!!!!!!Junior
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