The Alchemist - Cutting Room Floor 2

As all fans of Alchemist know, duke was once one of the most consistent producers around, who had a real knack for creating hardcore, gritty beats. His talents no doubt came from working under the tuteledge of west coast and L.A. legend DJ Muggs, who pretty much along with The Rza invented the hardcore, grimey sound that so many Soul Assassin and Wu heads love. Alchemist came along and really built up on that sound and was able to re-locate to NYC and link up with some of the illest groups and emcees out there. It was his hay day. But these days things have changed a little. I've heard Al has traded in his trusty old ASR-10 for an MPC, and has traveled back home to the city of angels and by the sound of some of his latest work (The Chemistry Files and No Days Off) he's defnitely starting to focus less and less on his old sound and working toward a new one. That, as well as trying to reboot his rapping career (see The Whooliganz) via a new album set to drop sometime in 08'. While we wait for that to happen and for Al to have second thoughts about leaving the ASR in the past, he's decided to drop a new installment of his "Cutting Room Floor" mixtape series. For those that aren't familiar with the series, way back in 1998 or so, Al dropped a couple of really, really good mixtapes; one titled "The Cutting Room Floor" and One titled "The Insomnia Mixtape". They were great examples of his older sound that was utterly devoted to the hardcore "gangstarrish" feel. The first "Cutting Room Floor" tape had a bevy of unreleased songs that Al never dropped officially and was certainly a great, great find if you saw it in your local record store. This time around I'm afraid the lineup of material isn't all that rare. Al slas together a lot of joints that have previously already been released via mixtapes and albums and for some reason decides to label them as exclusive and unreleased. Pt. 2 is a good look for the casual fan, but all hardcore Alchemist heads will be disappointed....overall all though, not a bad mix, just not really that many new gems.

-BIG D O



1. Intro (Produced By: Alchemist) -
2. Tight feat. Mobb Deep (Produced By: Alchemist) -
3. Mr. Pitiful 2010 feat. The Alchemist (Produced By: Alchemist) -
4. My Will feat. Nas (Produced By: Alchemist) -
5. Fucking Up My Cool feat. Bobby Creek (Produced By: Alchemist) -
6. Freestyle feat. Evidence (of Dilated Peoples), Alchemist (Produced By: Dru Kevorkian) -
7. Aint On Shit feat. Twista (Produced By: Alchemist) -
8. Big Body Benz feat. Un Pacino (Produced By: Alchemist) -
9. Innocence feat. Prodigy, G.O.D. (Produced By: Alchemist) -
10. Striaght BK feat. Lil Dap (Produced By: Alchemist) -
11. Die Another Day feat. Prodigy (Produced By: Alchemist) -
12. At Ease feat. Twins, Prodigy, Evidence (of Dilated Peoples) (Produced By: Alchemist) -
13. All Wrong feat. Devin The Dude (Produced By: Alchemist) -
14. Top Of The Foodchain feat. Cashis (Produced By: Alchemist) -
15. On My Way feat. Tony Yayo (Produced By: Alchemist) -
16. Calmly Smoke feat. Styles P (Produced By: Alchemist)

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