S.D.S =Zero= (Subscription Double Suicide =Zero=) --- Audio-CD

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The late engineer and producer Paul C?s fingerprints are all over this single from Ultramagnetic MC?s, perhaps the defining release of their career. While earlier records gave notice of their strange and unique talents, they were loveably messy affairs. This, however, is the real deal, as polished as their early sound would ever be. ?Give the Drummer Some? grabs a fistful of different elements ? from James Brown and Dee Felice Trio ? but bends them to it's own purpose. This is a song with a momentum of it's own and endlessly quotable lyrics. One of which, of course, was sampled by The Prodigy ? huge hip-hop fans ? for ?Smack My Bitch Up? in 1997. The now hugely rare 7? of ?Give the Drummer Some? edits this out to make it more radio-friendly, but this reissue reverses that cut, giving you the original lyrics. If anyone knows why Kool Keith also changes the word ?rappers? to ?monkeys? for that edit, answers on a postcard? The brilliant B-side harks back to the time when every group had a song dedicated to their DJ. ?Moe Luv?s Theme? sees Kool Keith at his most straightforward, singing the praises of the turntable skills of Moe Luv. It would be throwaway were it not for the effortless repurposing of Jackie Robinson?s oft-sampled ?Pussyfooter?. That ? and the presence of one of the world?s great MC?s at the height of his powers ? elevates it far above a footnote.