Welcome To Detroit: Instrumentals (Special Edition)

Welcome To Detroit: Instrumentals (Special Edition)

2xLP BBEBGLPI001B
£30.99 In stock

Tracklist

1 Welcome 2 Detroit (Instrumental)
1 Welcome 2 Detroit
2 Come Get It (Instrumental)
2 Come Get It
3 Y'all Ain't Ready (Instrumental)
3 Y'all Ain't Ready
4 Pause (Instrumental)
4 Pause
5 Think Twice (Instrumental)
5 Think Twice
6 B.B.E. (Instrumental)
6 B.B.E.
7 The Clapper (Instrumental)
7 The Clapper
8 Beej-N-Dem Pt. 2 (Instrumental)
8 Beej-N-Dem Pt.2
9 Featuring Phat Kat (Instrumental)
9 Featuring Phat Kat
10 Brazilian Groove (Instrumental)
10 Brazilian Groove
11 Shake It Down (Instrumental)
11 Shake It Down
12 It's Like That (Instrumental)
12 It's Like That
13 Give It Up (Instrumental)
13 Give It Up
14 African Rhythms (Instrumental)
14 African Rhythms
15 Rico Suave Bossa Nova (Instrumental)
15 Rico Suave Bossa Nova
16 One (Instrumental)
16 One

Detroit's Jay Dee flipped the script in 2001 with Welcome 2 Detroit, launching BBE's Beat Generation run and marking his first solo statement after years reshaping hip-hop from the engine room. This 25th anniversary instrumental edition returns the LP to its skeleton, letting his MPC quirks and Detroit jazz leanings resound without interference. You hear the lineage stretching from his work with The Pharcyde and A Tribe Called Quest through to the later Slum Village era, especially on pieces including 'Think Twice', the bruised shuffle of 'Pause' and the humid sway of 'Brazilian Groove', refreshing our read on his forensic timing and textures.