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Sketch ft. Mina – The World Is Yours prod. by J Scrilla

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Some the areas up and coming hip hop artists have remixed (sort of) a hip hop classic. I knew they had performed this live last week but did not know it was going to be available online. I did not find out about the project and event until the day before so wasn’t able to make it out, but I am aware that Inner Loop has been putting together beat battle that include live beat making for quite some time now. I think word still hasn’t gotten out as much as it could to the general public but overall its a pretty good idea and good for publicity.

From just one listen over I can say that this is really not a remix album in the true sense but more of a remix/recreation/homage to Illmatic. Some songs are more Mos Def doing a Slick Rick ala “Children’s Story” while others seem much more like a completely different song than the original. Recreating a classic definitely seems like risky business but overall I think it’s worth a listen. DMV is definitely doing big things, can’t say this is as accessible as other things the area is putting out but definitely something that fans of hip hop can respect and enjoy.

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