Audio Research Presents
“Rugged Radio Saturday: Mixed by DJ Craze”
(Audio Research)
Theres only one way to describe Rugged Radio Saturday mixed by DJ Craze. That is as a horribly good hip hop album. Excuse the oxymoron but thats the only way to really put it. I have figured out why I had such a hard time listening to this well produced album. The answer is simple. Creative beats throughout most of the album. Uncreative lyrics throughout most of the album. There you have it. This would have made an awesome instrumental album. Miami based DJ Craze does what he knows how to do best. Which is assemble and mix beats but the emcees do not step up to the plate.
Except for D-Shade on Space & Time, the emcees don’t do any of the beats justice. Even Necro’s New York sidekick Ill Bill from Nonphixion sounds tired and sloppy with his delivery on a couple of tracks. There is a surprisingly authentic hip hop sound present on the compilation d! isc, but one can only handle the mediocre lyrics for so long. If you are one of those people who is good at blocking out annoying sounds you just might enjoy this album.
