Anyone who dismisses hip hop as just blokes shouting should take a trip down San Francisco way, inhale a few lungfulls of sea air and listen to some of the artists the citys Om Records have assembled for this superb comp. Nextmen, J Boogie, Foreign Legion, Mass Influence, Crown City Rockers and good ol DJ Format alternately add soul, depth and peculiar turns of phrase to freaky beats and innovative loops. There are three earlier editions of this thing (last in 2000) - go collect!
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