Articles by Noel Dix

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  Madlib / Various

  The Other Side: Los Angeles

  PUBLISHED May 23, 2007

  Not so much a CD but more a hip guide to what’s dope in Los Angeles, this quick mix by Madlib is paired with an exhausting DVD tour with Pe...

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  Scratch Bastid / Various

  Get Up!

  PUBLISHED May 23, 2007

  Picking up a mix by one of Canada’s premier turntablists is always going to be a smart purchase, but with Skratch Bastid’s tastes all over...

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  La Haine

  Mathieu Kassovitz

  PUBLISHED May 23, 2007

  Americans were still getting used to raw portrayals of troubled street life in film when La Haine was released in 1995, so trying to create...

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  DJ Babu

  The Beat Tape: Volume 1

  PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2007

  As the DJ for Dilated Peoples and a member of the legendary Beat Junkies, you might tend to forget that Babu is also an excellent beat-make...

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  Joe Beats

  Diverse Recourse

  PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2007

  Don’t let the somewhat daft name throw you off, because Rhode Island’s Joe Beats has been coming with fire for the past few years. As one h...

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  Masta Ace

  Grand Masta: The Remix & Rarity Collection

  PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2007

  Compilations that gather B-sides and soundtrack appearances tend to be pretty hit-and-miss when it comes to value and many don’t put much t...

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  Treva Whateva

  Music's Made of Memories

  PUBLISHED Apr 16, 2007

  Treva has been making the rounds within the Ninja Tune camp for some time now, releasing the odd musical nugget here and there on other lab...

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  J Dilla

  Ruff Draft

  PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2007

  Released back in 2003 as a vinyl-only gem in limited quantities, Ruff Draft has been one of the more difficult collections to track down fr...