DJ Peril - King Of The Beats
Submitted by Hazard on Fri, 2006-12-08 03:58. Keywords:
Album Reviewed by Hazard
| DJ Peril has been an important part of the hip-hop scene in Melbourne since 1983, eventually breaking through as one third of the successful group 1200 Techniques, along with N'Fa and Kemstar. After establishing the Street Elite brand and releasing music with his group Suburban Intellect, consisting of Surreal and Nate B, he has finally released his debut album King Of The Beats. |
The album kicks off appropriately with Introducing DJ Peril, where Peril flexes his turntable skills. The smooth sonics of Rock Ya Baby (Acoustic Remix), featuring Rahsaan Patterson and MC Surreal, follows next and while it's fairly good, I prefer the darker sonics of the original version. Former 1200 Technqiues comrade N'Fa, along with the singing talents of Camielle, provides one of the albums highlights with 1st time, which skillfully blends hip-hop and R&B. By now many listeners have heard the Suburban Intellect featuring What Are You Gonna Do?, which is a straight-up hip-hop banger with a slight club twist.
Downsyde's own Daz lends his talents to the bouncy Sunday. The track also features Peril providing some rapping, much respect, but Peril should stick to producing, nuff said. Brother's Gonna Work It Out '74, featuring Kemstar, is a dope funky breakdown, which sounds like it could become a future b-boy/breaking anthem, with it's whistles, funky guitar, bongos and overall 70's vibe. Changes, featuring Knowledge Bones and Nate B, is a nice change of pace, discussing topics such as racial harmony and politics.
The original version of It's About To Blow didn’t sit well with me, so the crunk remix comes off as unecesarry filler. On Give You What You Want UK emcee Motly does have adequate charisma, but his lyrical content and the watered-down beat hold it down. I can understand Peril trying to get some more exposure by having club-ready tracks, but some sound like desperate radio pandering tracks. I do have to give Peril respect for having enough humour about himself to include a prank call made by the Out 4 Fame crew on their radio show, as a bonus track.
What you're left with is a solid effort, however, it does leave quite a bit to be desired, but if you like an interesting blend of smoothed out urban music, then you will probably find something on this album that suites your tastes. It's worth a look.
Available through Warner Mus
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