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Daddy Jaes - Tomorrow's World Yesterday CD [Cafe Recordings]

Tracklisting:
01. Intro
02. Fever feat. Antidote and GenieDon
03. We Can Handle It feat. Antidote, GenieDon and P.A.C
04. Home Strategies
05. Similar feat. Antidote and GenieDon
06. Prang feat. Antidote and GenieDon
07. Hate U Now feat. Antidote and GenieDon
08. Impress Me
09. Weed feat. Antidote
10. Routine Procedure feat. Antidote and GenieDon
11. Driver feat. Dandy and P.A.C
12. Grip da mic feat. Antidote and GenieDon
13. Peach Girl
14. Alternative Finance Plan

Cafe Recordings are back on the scene with a super heavy release. One of Cafes co-founders and one of their producers has put together his second great Long Playing production piece and has as well as that he is developing his own production imprint “Jaesaudio” which is currently developing a whole heap of projects as well. Yes, its busy Daddy Jaes (also sometimes known as Mr Burnz) and he has been making beats for donkeys years and by now he has it pretty much perfected. You may remember the Cranium Staduim EP or more recently his free instrumentals LP, but either way this release is something both fans and newbies need to get into their systems.

For this release Tomorrow's World Yesterday there is 10 Vocal Tracks and 4 Instrumentals and some of the beats on here are just bonkers. Jaes is the man when it comes to weaving that magic behind the boards. Classical Hip Hop production is employed here. The samples, of which there are thousands, come from soul, funk and a load of other obscure sources as well and therefore bring a thoroughly authentic sound, but each track has Daddy Jaes own flavour added. Part of that flavour is the truly heavy MC's that he has drafted in to get busy over his creations. Long time Cafe Recordings affiliates Antidote, Dandy, Genie Don and P.A.C. (Powerful And Clam) are the lyricists for the job. And when I say get busy I mean it. All the MCs spit with total passion and all seem to have the ability to do this without stopping for any breaths. Their flows are endless and whilst they hug the beats their cadence and how they flip it is original and a great thing to hear. Of course they all spit in their own London accents and after recently listing to some US stuff I realise this is why I listen to UK Hip Hop and why I relate to it more. This is totally complete product, the MCs clarity of diction cannot be surpassed and the production is as fat and well mixed as anything. These guys are professionals.

The LP is fast moving both in terms of how the tracks seem to fly by but also the way everything just seems to have a hyper energetic vibe. There is a bit of a mixtape feel as Jaes ably and on occasion maniacally cuts and scratches the intros and outros as well as dropping the odd DJ track, something which has been missing from Hip Hop for too long, especially as these are not just instrumentals with Jaes crabbing his way through select vocal samples and abstract sounds to keep your interest.

There is just the right amount of larking about and the skits and bits in between tracks are really integral to many of the tracks anyway. The film and TV samples fit the mood and with Camberwick Green and Tommy Cooper put in the mix it is totally unique. After Jaes sets up the mood cutting up Westwood over a simple beat the opening track Fever with its dope bassline drops hard and really is exceptional. Indeed it is hard for the rest of the LP to live up this start as it 'leaves you stumbling like Trevor Burbick'. Across the set tracks like Prang with its tale of picking girls up at clubs and tuba backing and Routine Procedure where the crew give the listener what they want by dropping real Hip Hop 'Right Now' are stand outs, but really they should all get a mention.

Home Strategies which although it is listed as one track is really four or five stitched together as Jaes cuts up his name and continually flips the beat completely as the pitch is also changed up and down quite drastically. Similar starts off with a bad beat, but it is probably the only one which stays the same to the end and could have done with a touch of the more complex arrangements elsewhere on the LP. On it Genie Don and Antidote lament the current state of MCs and how there is little originality and a general lack of skills. Hate U Now is their take on more of a political tip looking into the world of MPs and public transport, but also adding a comedic element in third verse, but ultimately this is a deep and serious set of lyrics.

Driver is one of the most hectic tunes I have heard for a while, but all the pieces are in place with the lyrical tales of car chases and general automotive nuttiness and a touch of reggae from Dandy whereas Grip The Mic is one of the few easy listening moments as Genie Don and then Antidote team up over a relaxed flute sample on some Pete Rock vibe and create some mental images along with the odd John Leslie reference. Peach Girl continues the chilled vibe as Jaes once again collects together a bunch of themed vocal snippets and cuts the buggery out of them over a trippy chopped up guitar. Just to leave you in no doubt that this is an LP from a DJ the final track is also a laid back joint without MCs which gently leads the LP out and should have you reaching for the rewind button.

The LP is structured so that it plays well all the way through. Most of the vocal tracks feature Genie Don and Antidote with PAC making only two appearances and Dandy even less only appearing on Driver. The way the MCs are mixed up they work together well and compliment each other, but at the end of the day this is all about Jaes and the berserk productions he has laid down. Just look at the funky cover, it says quality and an ability to not take ones self to seriously, something which is born out of confidence in ones abilities. I can honestly say that this was heavy from beginning to end. Every track hit the right spots and hopefully Daddy Jaes will be acknowledged for this intense release. There are not many releases this solid and certainly now with such an upbeat vibe which should leave you feeling a bit breathless after listening to it and needing more.

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