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Stones Throw: 10 Years

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    Review by Amelia Raitt

    From The Funky 16 Corners to The Third Unheard, Stones Throw has made its name on its curatorial powers — few other labels have produced such important and satisfying reissues in the past decade. On Stones Throw: 10 Years, the label takes on its biggest task yet: itself. Aside from the old-school hip-hop collected on the aforementioned albums, the label has housed the weirdo outsider pop of Gary Wilson, the bleary-eyed jazz-hop of Yesterday’s New Quintet, the soul-drenched productions of J Dilla and, of course, everyone’s favorite metal-faced rapper. Here, it all hangs together loosely, a ragtag collection of the many flavors that Stones Throw has to offer. In other words, it’s a bazaar — not unlike the one found on “Figaro,” in which Madvillain raps over a Hindi chant, an Indian guitar loop and blunted beats. There’s a lot to see here, so take your time.

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    Review by John Bush, All Music Guide

    The ten-year anniversary of Stones Throw is an opportunity to re-air some of the best independent rap produced between the mid-'90s and mid-2000s, including what has to be called the best underground rap record of the time (Madvillain's Madvillainy), as well as plenty of other touchstones along the way (Jay Dilla, Madlib, Lootpack, Jaylib). There's a good balance between album tracks and new exclusives, the set travels back and forth between rap and unearthed soul-jazz/funk with relative ease, and the set even resurrects one of the best obscure tracks in the Stones Throw catalog, "In Your Area" by Peanut Butter Wolf and Planet Asia (although, since PBW put this together, it's no surprise). Although this is the second label retrospective in just a few years (Stones Throw 101 was the other), it's a cavalcade of impressive hip-hop and, even better, on the second disc is a ten-year-anniversary mix of Stones Throw highlights by J-Rocc.

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