Bombing or Dropping the Bomb?
MPWN | Toronto | 07/07/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Among the Allies there are 2 world champions, both of them have won multiple times (Craze the two time DMC champion and current battle DJ supreme, and A-Trak the youngest world DMC champion ever, also a holder of an ITF world championship) so good things are to be expected from this crew. Being that there are two world champions my attention was focused on what kind of synergy the Allies would display. The CD focuses on individual sets rather than group tracks. Considering that the group tracks are overshadowed by the individual tracks the focus on the individual cuts seems justified.The Allies had to come with a better than average effort to impress me given their pedigree. I definitely think that this disc is worth the money, but for musicality I would prefer Craze's release Crazee Muzick. This not a slight at all on the other members of the Allies, all of the individual tracks are thoroughly enjoyable and deserve rewind after rewind but the album doesn't flow as a whole, but how should it with 7 different performers.The hilite of the album for me was listening to the production underneath the cuts. At this point there is a certain level of competency in turntablism that is expected from a DJ, and all of the performers present here display such competency, the album may be a little thin on all out creativity but is by no means a re-hash of everything out there. It does leave a distinct sound in your ear but it is not redefining of the genre. I gave it 4 stars because it is one of the best turntablism discs out but not the best and doesn't innovate as much as I would have liked. All in all the tracks are tight and deserves to be listened to."
One of the best turntable cds
nick | Albuquerque | 05/28/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I gotta say when i first saw there cd i thought it was going to just be a practice tape style cd. but i was wrong instead of just scratch sessions over simple loops, the allies lay down very textured beats with alot of fx and samples with top notch scratching and even live MCs on a track! Hopefully all those kids that think Funk Master Flex and DJ Scribble are the best DJs will get to see what real DJs sound like!"
Track Listings (9) - Disc #1