Die & Skitz ft. Rodney P,
Dynamite MC, Tali and the Mixologists - Its On 12" [Wordplay] |
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It's On produced by
Die and
Skitz first appeared on the Mixed compilation album from the DMC champion
Plus One entitled Champion Sounds. The double CD was a tremendous selection of
upfront tunes, and even amongst all that goodness this track was noticeable for its
energy and pure vibing atmosphere. Wordplay obviously noticed this as well and
have snapped it up for distribution. The track features the vocals of Dynamite
MC,
Rodney P and
Tali. The
Mixologists are also credited on there, but I don't know what their
contributions were, the cuts? Apearing just at the end of the track they are
real nice, but could have been made more of a feature. Anyway this is a true energy
pumping track, which opens with chanting of 'it's on' and from then on its non
stop. This is a real thick track to
get you pogoing and as such is typical of the jump up selection played by
Plus One. Typical bass heavy and bouncy Skitz production fills the entire
audio spectrum with horns for the change and full jiggly instrumentation for the
rest of the tune. All the vocalists come off well, Rodney P doing his usual
thing and Dynamite and Tali compete with him and compliment him well. There is
only the normal mix on here which is a bit of a shame, and it is pressed at
45rpm, which I would have preferred to be at 33rpm. Still, one of the club tunes
of the year.
On the B-side there is the
Clipz remix of the track. In conjunction with Roni Size's Full Cycle label
you might guess at what this will be like and it is not so much a remix really, but a whole new track,
in a whole new genre too. This has virtually nothing to do with the original and
one would be hard pressed to say that this mix was even inspired by the
original, but that doesn't matter. It is a blinding foaray into hard Drum &
Bass, and whilst you may be surprised to see it on the backkside of this
12", it is never the less a powerful offering. Drums smashing all over the
place and West Indial Drum Pans help this version move along at break neck speed. If you are up for it you
will be glad that this track is included, however, if you are strictly Hip Hop,
you may be scratching your head as to why this was included. It could be a
marketing play to try and get a bit of cross genre appeal going, in their minds
leading to a widening of the market appeal. These actions can of course always
backkfire, with each side being tempted retaliating and feeling patronised or
even worse tricked. I wouldn't go that far at all where this release is
concerned, and that is because I really liked both the tracks, but if I hadn't
this would have been a sore point.
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