Cheetah's Bassest Hit

Rate It! Avg: 4.0 (11 ratings)
Sample Album
Cheetah's Bassest Hit album cover
Album Information
EDITOR'S PICK

Total Tracks: 14   Total Length: 68:05

eMusic Review 0

Avatar Image
Brian Coleman

eMusic Contributor

04.22.11
If you've slept on Mike all these years, now's the time to catch up.
Label: Cheetah Records / Warlock

As an O.G. pioneer of Bass music production, Magic Mike was a rare breed of Southern producer. In addition to deep 808 kick-drums and ridiculous DJ cuts, he always featured top-shelf MCs on his recordings. While this collection is missing Mike's 1988 southern smash "Magic Mike Cuts the Record," you'd be hard pressed to dis these tunes, even if you pit them against New York hip-hop of the day. Listen to "Def and Direct" or "I Ain't Finished Yet!" and the case is airtight. Most of the country missed the boat on Mike's career in the '80s and '90s, in no small part because of an irrational pro-NY-and-LA and anti-everywhere-else bias. If you've slept on Mike all these years, now's the time to catch up.

Write a Review 0 Member Reviews

Please register before you review a release. Register

Recommended Albums

eMusic Features

0

Underrated '80s Hip-Hop

By Brian Coleman, eMusic Contributor

If you lived in New York or LA in the '80s, or were paying just a bit of attention, you know that hip-hop was the best thing to come out of the Reagan years. Then, as now, there was a tasty array of rap flavors ready for consumption. There was gritty rap, funny rap, political rap, apolitical rap, poppy sell-out rap and just about everything in between. For every Public Enemy, N.W.A. and De la Soul… more »

They Say All Music Guide

All of DJ Magic Mike’s classic early productions (except for “Magic Mike Cutz the Record”) appear on this 1993 Cheetah collection, including the furious scratching and Beastie Boys-sampling of “Drop the Bass,” the rolling, laidback “Def and Direct,” a rough-and-smooth East Coast cut called “Class Is in Session,” and the sexed-up “Are You Ready.” Mike’s scratches, drum programming, and sample work are all excellent, though a bit restrained by the frequent raps. There is a bit of overlap with Foundations of Bass, but this is the more crucial collection. – John Bush