My First Moth At Juno Download

Review: It's a refreshing change to hear a bootleg mash-up that eschews the familiar in favour of something a little different. That's certainly the case with "Trouble In The Streets", which sidesteps the familiar funk breaks staples - obvious rap acapellas, overused breaks, well-worn party records - in favour of a dextrous, loose-limbed combo of classic jazz-dance (the groove from St Germain's "Rose Rouge"), dancehall vocal stabs, subtle breaks and elastic bass. "Ya Playin", meanwhile, gives an authentically old skool rub to a familiar hip-hop staple, re-casting it as a boom-bap mix of head-nodding beats and lazy horns.

Review: Big brassy vintage soul samples, sci-fi movie clips and big bloc party beats, we're deep into the 90s right? Wrong! This is vintage hip-hop 2013 style. This album is the side project of Matthew Brewer (aka Frameworks), who has collaborated with Canadian MC Blu Rum 13 (aka One Self) for a refreshingly unmaterialistic long player that heralds a return to rap's daisy age. Forget the bling and just concentrate on the good times!

Review: Some blinding beat work from Mr Mischief on this double-tracker, headed up by the funk-filled title track. Sounding like old-school MPC swing in full effect, Mischief dices between drum loops on "Flaming Chestrug" while introducing some nu-funk horn stabs and building them up slowly around the beat. "1986" on the other-hand is slower and more brooding, with long and languid drones giving way to some superb brass loops, and generally recalling Mo Wax's prime years.