Review: Toronto-based Icons Of Hip Hop deliver their debut release on the Canadian imprint Otis that is going to serve up some special limited edition 7"s that draw on hip-hop's golden moments drenched in soul samples . A real pair of heavyweights are up first on 'Otis', which is offered up as a vocal mix on the A-side. It's three minutes of beat-making perfection with muted horns sampled throughout, raw back-and-forth bars and dusty drums with plenty of guttural soul. Flip it over for the massive funk instrumental which is stripped of the mic-work and allows the rawness of the classic 6t's soul sample to really shine through.A great start to what is sure to be an essential label for hip-hop heads.
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