Built from Scratch
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| Studio album by The X-Ecutioners | ||||
| Released | January 29, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 1999-2001 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop, rap rock | |||
| Length | 63:37 | |||
| Label | Loud Records, Columbia | |||
| Producer | The X-Ecutioners, Knobody, Sean Cane, Peter Kang (exec.), DJ Premier, Dan the Automator, Mike Shinoda | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| RapReviews.com | (8.5/10) |
| Rolling Stone |  |
Built from Scratch is the second studio album by New York City DJ group The X-Ecutioners. It was released on January 29, 2002 through Loud Records and Columbia Records. The album was produced by The X-Ecutioners, Knobody, Sean Cane, DJ Premier, Dan the Automator, Mike Shinoda of American rock band Linkin Park, and was executive produced by Peter Kang. The album is also available on iTunes and Amazon for purchase.
In a reviewing article for Resident Advisor, it clearly describes The X-Ecutioners as a "four-man DJ battle group as a team that consists of Rob Swift, Mista Sinista, Total Eclipse and Roc Raida coming out with a new album, Built from Scratch, to take the music genre of turntablism from an underground phenomenon to a more accessible sound. The record is more than a P.Diddy record, as it is a straight up hip-hop record of 2002 using the techniques being more built up from the days when Grandmaster Flash had his own adventure behind the wheel."
"No hip-hop record is complete nowadays without the usual intro," as described from the article via Resident Advisor, "and ever since producer Prince Paul (formerly De La) brought them out the Skit. A lot of albums really have skits that are wack and get way too played out. However, The X-Ecutioners pulled off decent skits and incorporated a lot of scratching routines into 'em, as well as being quite funny." The skit, entitled "You Can't Scratch" that appears on this album, is carefully described well.
"The album isn't just about skits," continuously being described from Resident Advisor, "but all about the hip-hop music and turntablism, and proper tracks that have all been done quite well. All the skits and the songs appear on this album as listed in the record."
"Intro", which features Vinroc, Apollo and Shortkut of the Triple Threat DJ's, has all the mad scratching DJ's in the states that are Flipino's mainly on the west coast of San Francisco to be exact, as they represented quite well for the album. "XL", which features Large Professor, has a smooth head nodding hip-hop track with one of the most and greatest emcees on the Main Source with a sound that is familiar. "X-ecutioners Scratch" has an old-school sketchy madness, which people can recognize a lot of cuts on the track as the X-Men takes them on a hip-hop history lesson with the same kind of vibe that goes for all scratchy tracks on the record. "A Journey Into Sound", which features Kenny Mohammed, who can beatbox in this track, compliments their style very well as they cut up the battle breaks with proficient technology.
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