{"product_id":"muggs-presents-the-soul-assassins-chapter-1-lp","title":"Muggs Presents the Soul Assassins, Chapter 1 [LP]","description":"In hip-hop, a good DJ\/producer needs to be able to pull double-duty: create a surrounding congruous to the vocalist's style and content, and simultaneously bring his own sonic stamp to the proceedings. Muggs, who earned much respect building ganja-drenched soundscapes for Cypress Hill, succeeds at both on his SOUL ASSASSINS compilation. His minimalist backdrops unite these 12 twelve tracks performed by a veritable \"who's who\" of the hip-hop nation circa '96-'97. On \"Puppet Master,\" Dr. Dre's duet with Cypress Hill's B-Real, Muggs loops a shrill piano figure and goes into a scratch frenzy for much of the verses, and drops eerie carnival samples throughout. On KRS-One's old-school-style \"Move Ahead,\" horns bleat and beats become bigger and deffer as though it were still 1985.\u003cbr\u003eNothing proves Muggs' ability to draw a picture around rappers as well as \"Third World,\" his collaboration with Wu-Tang's GZA\/Genius and RZA. A minor-key piano loop leads the Genius down a dark alley, where machine-gun fire explodes; and then a variety of found sounds place both men at a crossroads that sounds like a modern-day variation of Robert Johnson signing his infamous pact.","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47838352638239,"sku":"8719262002036","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/2f3b59f401f85dd59492ce35fae0f3c8_56264222-27f1-4f6a-8414-a6af8f5ea3b0.jpg?v=1779630177","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/muggs-presents-the-soul-assassins-chapter-1-lp","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}