Shifting Gears

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 01:12:56
Personnel: DJ Z-Trip (turntables); Chester Bennington, Aceyalone, Sick Luke, Lyrics Born, Murs, The Mystic, Soup, Supernatural, Chuck D , Busdriver (rap vocals); Xander Smith (guitar); Isaiah "Ikey" Owens (keyboards). Audio Mixer: Dave Cooley. Illustrator: Jim Mahfood. Photographer: Dan Monick. Searching for a DJ that brings underground hip-hop's cutting-edge scratching and sampling to the mainstream? Look no further than Queens, NY native Z-Trip (Zach Sciacca), whose major-label debut, SHIFTING GEARS, does just that. The first half of GEARS is a nod to hip-hop's early, feel-good jams, reflected in DJ/MC give-and-take with Jurassic 5's Soup on the party rap "Listen to the DJ." By the time the latter half of the album rolls in, the names are bigger and the topics get heavier. Chuck D delivers a trademark apocalyptic sermon on the ominous "Shock and Awe," which sports heavy-metal samples. Equally as foreboding is Linkin Park's Chester Bennington, who rants about death and digging up old loves in "Walking Dead" amid thudding beats and ominous strings reminiscent of Nine Inch Nails by way of Gravediggaz. Z-Trip's brilliant use of unauthorized and unlikely samples of songs such as "Rhinestone Cowboy" on an earlier self-released record brought him Danger Mouse-sized notoriety, but with SHIFTING GEARS truly pegs him as a hip-hop DJ to watch.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)