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Summary: Good first impression
Comment: Mix Master stepped up and showed the world how it was done with this opening album and was able to prove why he earned the title Mix Master Mike, winning countless scratch battles. I read at Yahoos bio for him that he was banned from competitions because no one else stood a chance. Whether or not that's true I have yet to prove either way, but listening to this you can see why. A fast and ingenious mixer, he came in with his best foot forward and left a real impression on the music world. A great album well worth the asking price.
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Summary: gets better with every listen
Comment: I like underground beats and never really got into most of the hardcore, heavy bass line hip hop that was coming out in the 90s. Then I heard Anti-Theft Device. Mixmaster Mike uses some of the heaviest bass lines, and he knows just how use them. He's got some the best, all-out turntable sample and scratch techniques I've heard. But if you're not a fan of nonstop cuts and loops laced with hardcore beats, then this may not be for you. If you like to hear a DJ really hit the tables hard (like I do), then your money can't be spent better.
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Summary: Winded and kinda redundant, but still solid.
Comment: I can say that Mixmaster Mike the first person who made me believe that turntablism is a viable and respectable genre of music. While most will see it as just basically a guy with two turntables and needle that scratches things up, there is still alot of respect to the talented elite who stand up in the DJ audience. Its just kinda sad that Mixmaster Mike's solo debut just doesn't hold up in the long run.There are some truly groovin' and brilliant moments still. He can cut, scratch, sample faster than most eyes can move(you have to see him in action). And despite all this, he still knows how to hit a groove. But where is next CD(Eye of The Cyclops) was tought and thematic, to me this album just feels lacking in comparison. And as a whole, this album seems to drag(clocking in at over an hour). Its just too long.
Fans of the Mix Master already own this. Those who don't should still check it out but I would definitely take Cyclops over this record.
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Summary: Incredible
Comment: This is one of the freshest (if not THE freshest) and best produced releases in hip-hop's last 10 years. Mike is way way ahead of his time. It makes me happy to see 25 user reviews almost all agreeing about how good it is. I figured this release would be completely misunderstood or lost on people. There's hope after all...This is one of my very few "Must Buy" CDs for anyone with an open mind and an ear toward hip-hop.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A Real Trip
Comment: I got switched on to Mike's work on some of the Beastie Boy's later works and really haven't looked back since. A lot of people claim that he is either the best or one of the best DJs around and "Anti-Theft Device" really backs up this claim.The way the album is put together is really interesting, in that there are various bits which seem to tell a story if you listen carefully enough. However, the story never seems to really finish - not even at the end of the album.
For DJS the album works as a "master at work" sort of thing - similar I guess to a trumpeter listening to Miles Davis - and as far as I'm concerned, my own skills will never come remotely close to the skills exhibited here.
The way I prefer to listen to this album is as a sort of game of sample-finding. Throughout the album there are vocals from various rappers (Beastie Boys, Guru and I think NWA) and also various bits lifted from movies and advertisements. As an example, one track samples Austin Powers' nemesis Dr Evil saying "welcome to my underground lair", at the time I heard this track I hadn't actually seen Austin Powers - now I have and can appreciate the irony with which the sample is used.
The real standout for me is the early part of the album. After Mike's intro and a sample of the Beasties, we get into one of the funniest sci-fi spoofs ever created. The story of "colonel Vlaha" is going well enough until we lean that NASA claims that the voice (which sounds familiar) was not Vlaha's. This then gives cause for a voice to tell you to turn up your speakers very loud to maximise the noise that will come through them.
Far from being some kind of monotonous beeping sound - as I had expected - it turned out to be another sample. This really is the story of the entire album.
Mike continually throws in bizarre samples which make you stop and think "haven't I heard that somewhere before?" before another one comes in which just makes you burst out laughing.
In short, this is truly a work by a master DJ and one which deserves inclusion by anyone interested in art of turntablism or of hip-hop generally. It is an album which will really grow on you with repeated listens and having had them you certainly won't be disappointed.
