RELEASES
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Son: Year One
Son CD009 / May 1999
Following a year of feverish anticipation by non-deck-owning types, here comes the first CD release from SON Records. In the course of the last year and a bit, the label has committed itself to showing the diversity and strength of UK hip-hop of all varieties, bringing forward new faces like QUAKES, LOST ISLAND and UK KARTEL, and bringing on underground veterans like DEF TEX, HUNTKILLBURY FINN (formerly of KATCH 22), and the UK all-star crew featured on MAD DOCTOR X’s ‘PROJECT X’ EP. The label has now started to earn a strong reputation for consistently delivering quality tunes from talented artists, so if you haven’t yet sampled the wares, here’s your chance...
The CD features the pick of tracks from the first eight 12” releases, plus 6 exclusive fat new flavas. Covering all bases, from ill underground MC & DJ skills to considered, polished beats & verses (with some killer freestyle thrown in for good measure); from the hyped-up crunchiness of ‘DEEJAYS & EMCEES’ to the lush serenity of ‘NEPTUNE’, from the rugged vocal stylings of ‘THE B.U.R.Y.’ to the B-Boy anthem ‘MIC LIFE’ and all points in between, this album comes guaranteed wackness-free.
TRACKLIST
1. HERE COMES SON - STYLY CEE*
2. DEEJAYS & EMCEES - MAD DOCTOR X (feat. QUAKES, SHYLOC, SPICE, TENOR FLY, VOYAGER & BLAK TWANG)
3. MIC LIFE - LOST ISLAND
4. NO DOUBT - UK KARTEL
5. RARE RIDE - DEF TEX
6. RENAISSANCE MAN (STYLY CEE REMIX) - QUAKES
7. AUDIO LOTION - HUNTKILLBURY FINN WITH GIRL 7*
8. DYNAMIC DUO - LOST ISLAND*
9. THE B.U.R.Y. - UK KARTEL
10. IN A COURT (LEE CURTIS REMIX) - QUAKES
11. MAD FLOW FREESTYLE*
12. POETIC SPEECH TECHNIQUES - DEF TEX
13. RETURN TO FOREVER - LOST ISLAND
14. U WACK MC’S - VOYAGER WITH MAD DOCTOR X*
15. NEPTUNE - QUAKES
16. F.T.S. - UK KARTEL*
17. A BIT MORE SENSE - STYLY CEE
*PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
