X-Ecutioners

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* Audio CD (February 26, 2002)
* Original Release Date: 2000
* Number of Discs: 1
* Format: Explicit Lyrics
* Label: Sony
* ASIN: B00005YWIP
* Average Customer Review: based on 26 reviews. (Write a review.)
* Amazon.com Sales Rank: #66,595 in Music (See Top Sellers in Music)
Yesterday: #62,340 in Music

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1. XL feat. Large Professor Listen Listen
2. X-Ecutioners Scratch Listen Listen
3. A Journey into Sound Listen Listen
4. 3 Boroughs Listen Listen
5. Let it Bang feat. M.O.P Listen Listen
6. X-Ecutioners Theme Song feat. Dan the Automator Listen Listen
7. Feel The Bass Listen Listen
8. It's Goin' Down feat Linkin Park Listen Listen
9. Premier's X-Ecution feat. DJ Premier Listen Listen
10. Y'All Know the Name feat. Pharoahe Monch, Xzibit, Inspectah Deck & Skillz Listen Listen
11. Genius of Love feat. Tom Tom Club & Biz Markie Listen Listen
12. Choppin Niggaz Up Listen Listen
13. B-Boy Punk Rock 2001 feat. Everlast Listen Listen
14. Triple Threat feat. Triple Threat DJ's
15. Play That Beat feat. Fatman Scoop Listen Listen
16. Dramacide feat. Big Pun & Kool G. Rap Listen Listen
17. X-Ecution of a Bumrush Listen Listen
Editorial Reviews
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The follow-up to the X-Ecutioners' revolutionary debut is well worth the five-year wait. It's bigger, badder, and even more technically proficient than its predecessor, weighing in at 20 tracks constructed from scratches, skits, beat juggles, flares and fades, cuts, pitch plays, studio trickery, and live drums and guitar (played by the DJs). MC performances come courtesy of M.O.P, Kool G Rap, Large Professor, and Pharoahe Monch, and there are DJ collabs with Premier, Dan the Automator, the Beat Junkies, and Triple Threat, as well as an unlikely but successful pairing with Mike Shinoda and Mr. Hahn of Linkin Park fame. It's a quality piece of work, with old- and new-school references liberally scattered throughout (check the updates of Marley Marl's "Marley Scratch," Whiz Kid's "Play That Beat Mr. DJ," and Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love"). A must. --Paul Sullivan
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Stabbin' the track with BOTH hands!, October 8, 2002
Reviewer: Camden Bremen "Music Fan" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
Oh my GOD.

I was expecting a sick turntablist CD that would blow my mind.

I got an overall brain damaging effort that goes FAR beyond the ususal 'DJ' full length release. Not a mix... not cuts and fades with a vocal or two thrown in... 'Built From Scratch' is a complete Hip Hop masterpiece that more than stands up to the heavyweights in it's genre - it overshadows them.

The vocal styling slots are reserved for the cream of the crop. Large Professor, MOP, Xzibit, Pharoahe Monch, Big Pun (he's GOTTA still be alive, right?), Biz Markie and Mk Shnd... they all kill on their respective tracks.

Also, they get off several X-Ecutioner versions of old school classics like 'Genius Of Love' and 'Play That Beat...'. Actually TWO great versions of 'Play That Beat' that you could put on loop and never get tired of.

The X-Ecutioners manage to show off their formidable arsenal of talent without shoving it in your face, or even giving you a chance to catch your breath.

If you like Hip Hop you need this disc. I'm not even joking.… (plus d'informations)

Product Details

* Audio CD (June 8, 2004)
* Format: Explicit Lyrics
* Label: Sony
* ASIN: B00026WUEG
* Average Customer Review: based on 5 reviews. (Write a review.)
* Amazon.com Sales Rank: #47,855 in Music (See Top Sellers in Music)
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1. Skit Listen Listen
2. The Countdown Part 2 Listen Listen
3. Live From The PJs Listen Listen
4. Like This Listen Listen
5. C'mon Listen Listen
6. Skit 2 Listen Listen
7. Back To Back Listen Listen
8. Let Me Rock Listen Listen
9. The Regulators Listen Listen
10. Space Invader Listen Listen
11. Old School Throwdown Listen Listen
12. Get With It Listen Listen
13. (Even) More Human Than Human Listen Listen
14. Skit 3 Listen Listen
15. Sucka Thank He Cud Wup Me Listen Listen
16. The Truth Listen Listen
17. Ill Bill Listen Listen
18. Skit 4 Listen Listen

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Trying to Please everyone Leaves it Feeling Hollow, June 9, 2004
Reviewer: "wetback073" (SATX) - See all my reviews
The fact that a crew of REAL DJs actually has a major label deal in 2004 (four years after the peak of turntablism) deserves an automatic three stars. But this album is really aimed at the non-DJ heads (even more so than 'Built from Scratch'). Its best to evaluate it in its sections.

The tracks produced by Roc Raida are the most grounded in traditional NYC Hip Hop (Back to Back, Regulators, Live from...). All three tracks feature MCs, and they make or break each track. The best is 'Back to Back' where the MCs really kill it and incorporate the DJs. The disappointment is 'Live..' where the MCs seem uninspired and the 'Daisy Lady' sample is just too familiar.

The tracks produced by Total Eclipse and produciton partner Matt Stein are probably the weakest. C'mon and Ill Bill are just average (disappointing, since Ill Bill starts with a good foundation, but just doesn't go anywhere). And the remake of Rob Zombie's 'More human than human' just doesn't grab me. That may be becuase I'm not a Zombie fan, and I find Slug (who I think is probably the dopest in the independant scene right now) giving his most mediocre performance I know of.

The tracks produced by Rob Swift and Anthony Saffery (The Professionals) are what really tell the story of this album. After getting some airplay with their Linkin Park colabo ('Its Going Down'), Rob Swift must have thought it was only right to go full on rock/scratch/hiphop. When it works, you can only think he's a genius. 'Countdown pt. 2' and 'Space Invader' are incredible tracks for both headbangers and head nodders. 'Like This' is the crown jewel, with its scratchy funk guitar licks and distorted vocals. Where they slip up is on the B Real assisted 'Get With it' (which is even worse than Cypress' recent rock/rap albums) and on 'Let me Rock' which sounds like a song off of H.O.T.'s first album (if you know anything about Korean pop, you know this is not a good thing).

The remaining three tracks are good (Old School Throwdown,) average ('Truth', where Fat Joe says Big Pun was as good as Big and Pac? rapper please), and just plain god awful ('Sucker..' which uses the same bassline as Masta Ace's 'Born to Roll' and shows how wack dead prez are when they aren't talking politics).

Ultimately, you should pick this up because real Hip Hop DJs deserve to be supported. But, if you know about the skills of the legendary 'X-Men', this album will just make you put on "X-Pressions."… (plus d'informations)

Product Details

* Audio CD (September 23, 1997)
* Original Release Date: September 19, 1997
* Label: Asphodel Records
* Catalog: #977
* ASIN: B000001PB5
* Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars Based on 9 reviews. Write a review.
* Amazon.com Sales Rank: #54,471 in Music

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1. X-Outtakes 1 ListenMusic
2. Get Started ListenMusic ListenMusic
3. Word Play ListenMusic ListenMusic
4. X-Outtakes 2 ListenMusic
5. Raida's Theme ListenMusic ListenMusic
6. Pianos From Hell ListenMusic ListenMusic
7. The Cipher ListenMusic ListenMusic
8. The Turntablist Anthem ListenMusic
9. X-Outtakes 3 ListenMusic
10. One Man Band ListenMusic
11. The Countdown ListenMusic
12. Solve For X ListenMusic
13. X-Outtakes 4
14. Turntable Exhibition ListenMusic
15. Beat Treats ListenMusic
16. Musical Intuition ListenMusic
17. Mad Flava ListenMusic
18. X-Outtakes 5 ListenMusic
19. Poetry In Motion ListenMusic
20. Scratch To This ListenMusic
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Editorial Reviews
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Like their West Coast equivalents the Invisibl Skratch Piklz, the four maestro DJs that comprise New York's X-ecutioners take the art of turntable manipulation to such an advanced level they become four instrumentalists who create entirely new music. And unlike the avant gardists who've tried similar things, this stuff actually sounds good. Though they occasionally get sidelined by guest rappers, when the DJs are front and center, X-pressions is absolute brilliance. --Roni Sarig… (plus d'informations)