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Ill Styles
Hip-Hop · 1994 · 4 tracks · 15m

Ill Styles

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Gritty, intellectual 1994 Hamburg hip-hop. Dusty jazz samples and sharp social critique recorded before the band became chart-topping veterans.

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It is like a philosophy seminar held in a smoke-filled 90s basement.

A cold, intellectual urban grit that feels both grounded and experimental.

Tracklist · 4 Tracks · 15m
01
Die Kritik an Platten kann die Platten der Kritik nicht ersetzen (Gebrüder Grimm-Mix)
4:43
02
MAD's 40 Favorite Cuts
10:35
03
Multichill '94 (Untergrund, Part 1)
04
U-Boot (Untergrund, Part 2)
Moments Worth Waiting For
the ten minute collage of scratching and cuts on track 2 that feels like a history of the genre
the transition from the philosophical opening track into the murky depths of the multichill sequence
the way the bassline on u-boot feels like it is physically submerged under water
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