Imaginational Anthem 9: Ryley Walker Presents / Va - Imaginational Anthem, Vol. 9: Ryley Walker - VINYL LP

The album Tribe Called Quest wanted to make from the very beginning. It's their most even, consistent album of the original trilogy that also includes People's Instinctive Travels... and the Low End Theory. But in spite of this, or maybe because of it, it's also their most uninteresting. With so many competent tracks, there's no chance for something to stand out above the pack, like InchScenarioInch did on Low End Theory or InchCan I Kick ItInch did on People's Instinctive Travels. The celebration is there (InchStir It UpInch), the jazz drums kick (InchOh My GodInch), and the stand-up bass dribbles, keeping perfect pace with Q-Tip's unmistakable mic-touch (InchElectric RelaxationInch). There's even a Native Tongues armistice/reunion with de la Soul (InchAwards TourInch). Although it comes together like a seamless tutorial in jazz hip-hop style, it comes together so damn well that it's hard for any one track to excel, cursing the album with consistent quality.

Dance music at it's best regardless of genre was always the mission of the underground independent Afrowax tag which proved to be a breeding ground of inventive up and coming DJ producers from Japan, Canada, England, Germany and the U.S, many of whom went on to become household names. The Afrowax brand became synonymous with the speed garage and progressive house movements of the late 1990's. Mad Dog Presents MD 20/20's classic InchTake My Love / the Feelings of House,Inch one of many classic singles from the cutting edge tag, features production from famed producers George Acosta and Ariel Baund. All selections newly remastered.

Rayland Baxter Imaginary Man [Clear Vinyl] Imaginary Man follows Baxter's highly praised debut Feathers & Fishhooks. Of the album, Baxter comments, InchTo me, Imaginary Man is an audible record of my journey down the bright blue river of imagination. It is a multicolored dream of song, a sonic birdbath if you may. The sounds and songs are as visual as they are tactile and it shows a bit more of who I have become as an artist, as continual and never-ending as that process is.Inch