Mixtape Of The Month: DJ J-Ronin & DJ Snips - All Elements Vol.10 Hosted by Skyzoo

Returning with the 10th installment of his highly acclaimed "All Elements" series, DJ J-Ronin impressively manages to keep pace with the potency of his past material. Full of select joints from some of the hungriest new and old names in the Hip-Hop underground griot, I must say that Ronin is truly becoming one of the more consistent Mixtape DJ's back east and "All Elements Vol.10" is easily one of the more paramount mixtape effort's of the new year thus far.

Kicking things off with an ill intro, backed by a killer beat that features a nice lil' rock guitar riff, Ronin momentarily addresses the haters. Truthfully I wasn't aware that someone like him could have any, especially with the job he's been doin' and has always done. Go figure....Then again this is 09' and silly kids love to hate on what they do not understand. The much sought after Brooklynite MC talent Skyzoo handles the hosting duties as well as contributes, which definitely is a nice touch. Though this tape was pretty solid overall, there are a few small mis-steps, all of which came within the first 10 joints. The fisrt song...Styles P's "On Smash Remix"...yeah, don't know if that's what I'm looking for from a Styles song or a Ronin tape. Then there's the Jigga and Santogold joint....I mean once again, I got nuthin' but love for Jay's hustle and I'd love to sit down with that Santogold broad and talk about whatever over drinks, but that joint really wasn't needed on here; a tape packed with valid and noteworthy Hip-Hop joints. Other than that the rest of pretty much everything gets my whole hearted co-sign....

I particularly liked "Along With Me". Always been a Shabaam Sahdeeq supporter (since Rawkus fuckas) and a huge Planet Asia enthusiast and hearing them come together over Keelay and Zaire's production in cognant musical uniformity was ill. Live for those type of collab's man.....really, efforts like that are what still makes mixtapes worthwhile for me. It should come as no surprise than that next I rave a lil' bit about "Brooklyn Renaissance", the soulful masterpiece that highlights the ample prowess and dexterity of BK, via three up and coming emcee's that hail from the county of Kings. Stimuli, Sav Killz and Skyzoo straight get up for this effort and the verses are crazy no doubt (Sha took that btw) but it's DJ Snips, the co-DJ of teh entire tape and skilled producer who steals the show with a downright nasty beat time and again. The same formula repeats itself on "East Coast Collossal", where Snips turns in a head nodding, horn infused piece for another dope lineup of Ali Vegas, Spit Supreme, E.Ness and Akir to slaughter.

The World premiere's, heavy song lineup's and dope beats just keep coming on this tape man. "The Arms", "Savin' Artillery Remix" and "Stop What You Doin" are all examples of the hard work and diligent emcee pairing that went into this tape's construction. The exclusives aren't just limited to the pseudo-posse cuts and inventive collabo joints however. As a matter of fact Donny Goines and L.A. Supergroup Strong Arm Steady both kicked some serious knowledge and imagery over more dope Snips produced beat's for some of the headiest freestyles on any tape anywhere man. Goines goes in and electrifies with his social overstanding, while Krondon and Phil Da Agony mentally transpose you back in time to their blocks in L.A. when they were growing up. Not to be overlooked however is Mya Lansky's freestyle over All Element's in house producer Cosmo's atmospheric concoction (that part where he drops the synth's out and just lets the drums and the filler play is nuts). Not sure if it's the same Mya Lansky from Wu-Syndicate, but Cosmo shines and the verses were well crafted on Lansky's part. A strong end to a crazy tape that I guarantee has many strung out waiting for Vol. 11 already.

-BIG D O







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