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DJ Shogun - The Blend Supremacy Pt. 2
 

You went and done did it now Shogun. I expected a step up from part one but this was a leap. This is some true school blend veteran type CD.(I see you Tape). Your showed your stripes on this release fo' real. This is how blend tapes used to come off, you young bucks need to cop this and get a lesson. I loved the fact that the blends ran into each other and you blended most of the transitions and if you didn't you scratched that next track in on some quick shit. No there was no real theme to the CD but it was refreshing to hear a CD rock like this. I haven't heard a true blend joint come off this well since "Boss Man Blends" by the one and only Wiz Hoffa.
 
That One Thing Mix had me open and thats how you want to jump off your CD every time. Tracks was flowing on some party shit right up to Back of the Club. Flippin' "How I Could Just Kill A Man" on that was insane, I never would have thought of that beat. Then to come in on some reggae shit murdered that blend. All I could picture was two bitches standing on there heads grinding in mid air. I wasn't really feeling the blend after that though, Can't Satisfy. Even this one average blend couldn't slow the flow down though. Never New Love Like This was hot but it was only a warm up to Last Night. I was feelin' the vibe, could have done without Case but I'll take what I can get when a DJ flips it like this. The cut bringing in the Foxy verse was classic blend shit, cats don't freak it like that no more. Same with Come to Momma, thats that live blend shit when you can hear the DJ fixing the acapella back on beat. What impressed me the most was that Shogun was flipping two beat blends but kept that classic blend formula. Blend CDs now a day can sound too "produced" which is cool and sounds good as hell, but back in the day shit was live and mistakes were made and corrected. God bless the four track. Candy Shop over "One More Chance" was tight, as was How We Do. You can never go wrong with New Edition either, Little Bit of Love was smooth.
 
Honestly the vibe on this CD is crazy. Props to Shogun for bringing that realness back. This is def something to roll out to in the whip and get your highway on real quick. I like the fact that Shogun is carving out his own niche in todays new school blend game. Skills people, I like what I hearing in 2005. (4/12/05)

 
 
By    BigChew