Spin Psycle

Great album all around. I highly recommend it.


dope music   September 12, 2003
 1 out of 3 found this review helpful

i looooove mixmaster mike ..... i was listening to this and i couldn't stop. i'm an intern at universal music so i recently got to listen to this new album on thump records that just came out on sept. 9th called "deadly dj cuts" and his tracks were the best ones on the entire cd. You can listen to some of it on thumprecords.com/deadlydjcuts. they're also giving out a pair of new turntables....u gotta get this. it's dope.


Why this album is so good   March 15, 2003
 1 out of 3 found this review helpful

alright, the people who gave this album anything less than 4 stars have no idea what they are talking about and have never touch a set of turn tables. mix master mike is a genious for putting this album together because it combines underground hiphop elements with some jiggy-type rap. the scratching technique is brilliant. some times he'll blow your mind with ultra fast scratching and at other times he throws in abstract out of time beat placement causing a confusing effect of beats and snares hitting the wall all at the same time, but i asure you everything he does on this album is intentional, not sloppy like another reviewer mention. Buy this album, if you're a REAL hiphop fan, i guaranty you'll like it. just look at the track list for god sakes!


Mixmaster   December 10, 2002
This CD is worth buying soely for the Positive Contact remix.


Come Join Mike's Exciting, Frenzied, Mixed-Tape Session   August 17, 2002
 5 out of 5 found this review helpful

What can be said of Mixmaster Mike? To those who don't already know, yes, he is a member of the Beastie Boys. He was also part of a group of revolving turntable technicians known as the Invisbl Skratch Piklz, which included the DJ's(among others)Qbert, Flare, Shortkut, and Disk. So far in his solo career he has put out about four albums. All consisting of his excellent boom-bap production skillz, and constant track title mispelling. He does also a much needed dose of a special flavor to his mixes that people rarely use. Say it with me now, Heart. He puts his heart into his songs. If you listen closely, with the right kind of ears, you can hear it.
Anyway, onto the album. As stated before, he has about 4 other solo albums. All perfect in there own right. This album strays away from his usual albums and venture off into the mixtape foray. Back in the days, this was a way for a DJ to show his true unique skills and techniques. Well, Mike sets it off with an intro used from his "Anti-Theft Device" album. From then on superfast skratching and hilarity ensues. I found myself rewinding constantly, in a kind of "WTF" kind of mode. The pace of a mixtape is always important. Mike's is no different, it's (as expected) pretty fast paced, and flows quickly. The most important thing about a mixtape, is that it is like a journey into the Dj's head. What are his favorite songs? What does he like to cutup most? This album sounds to me like mike just chilling in his room, making a mixtape not for any commercial reasons (most of the acts are underground, very underground) but he just wants to have fun. ADD A LITTLE BIT OF HEART, AND YOU HAVE ONE OF THE BEST MIXTAPES FROM ONE OF THE BEST.

p.s. Is there an unedited version available? That would be my only gripe...