Billy Jam's showwas originally broadcast from a college station but he ran into FCCissues and turned to the freedom of censorship free, commercial freelow-watt pirate radio. The cd flows through two dozen tracks ofmostly underground hip hop and turntablist studio tracks and live jams(many only available here) covering the station's history, amusinglistener call ins and show and station IDs. The most notable names arethe ones thoughtfully listed on the front of the insert: The InvisiblSkratch Piklz, The Space Travelers, Eddie Def, DJ Sushi, Kool Keith andKut Masta Kurt, Money B, Peanut Butter Wolf and DJ Marz. Turntablismis a lot like drum 'n bass for me ... it all sounds about the same andgets tiresome after a short while, so it's good that there's a variedand creative assortment here of scratch, sample cut and paste, freestylerhyme and old school rap and beats. My favorites: Peanut Butter Wolf'ssmooth sample collage "The Chronicles (I Will Always Love Her)", KoolKeith and Kut Masta Kurt's nasty and minimal "Keep it Real... Represent",Chief & Soci's Italian rap "Keeping It", DJ Stevie K's samples andscratch "Young Mixdown", Zion I's positive flow "Inner Light (icey mix)and Money B's crudely confident "Fuckin' Around". The insert includeshistorical and artist liner notes and, most importantly, instructions onhow to build your own pirate radio station! Well worth the ~$12 domesticprice, with a portion of the profits going to various charities. Anaccompanying VHS "Pirate Fuckin' Video" is also available.samples:
- Zion I - Inner Light
- Bullet Proof Scratch Hampsters - The First of Our Kind
- Penut Butter Wolf - The Chronicles