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 ...
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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. ~ John Bush, Rovi
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