March 30, 2001

DJ Clue : The Professional 2

Impeccable mix from the East Coast's finest DJ Clue, featuring Mary J. Blige, Busta Rhymes and Method Man...

10 / 10 Yes y'all it's the East Coast's finest DJ Clue, and he lets us know with his "DJ CLUE, BABY... WHAAAT!" shout-outs. That aside, this mix has to be the who's who of the hip-hop world, featuring everyone from soul diva Mary J. Blige - who along with Jadakiss takes on the most challenging cover version of all, Soul II Soul's Back To Life and pulls it off impeccably - to Busta Rhymes, Method Man, Eminem, jigga man Jay Z and many more.

It's safe to say this has to be East Coast flavour at it's best, with DJ mix albums now becoming the norm in the hip-hop world, artists are more than happy to put it down with any hot DJs to maintain that all-important street credibility. This album has many a hot track like 'My N***z Dem' with Trick Daddy and Trina or Lil Kim's 'Chinatown' with its traditional Chinatown melodies and fat beats.

DJ Clue uses some of hip-hop's best breaks to backdrop this multi-cameo album like Biggie's 'Who Shot Ya' for a freestyle by Bathgate. Plus we re-visit the classic Cuban Links album by Raekwon with Clue's use of 'Incarcerated Scarfaces' for a phone line freestyle by Ty Shawn.

Classic references, fat production and mad flavour it's all here, "Whaaaat!".

Wigz