X-Ray - Monsta Mixes Vol. 1

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1. Monsta Island Czars - Run The Sphere (Remix)

2. Gigan - Live Wirez

3. Kurious - Fast Lane

4. Megalon & Kong - Gorilla Warfare

5. Monsta Island Czars - Blindfold

6. Kong - Broken Nose Flow

7. Darc - You Da One

8. King Ghidra - Mic Line

9. Spiega - I Seen It All

10. Quiz - New York, New York

11. MF Grimm - The Original (Fakts One Remix)

12. Megalon - Feel It (Hitlist)

13. Ray Long - We Got Beef With Da Cops

14. Kamackeris - Untouchable

15. Rodan & Megalon - Century 21

16. MF Doom - Doomsday (Remix)

By now im sure we're all very familiar with X-Ray, the man has single handedly produced the bulk of the MIC's albums, his quality and output is almost comparable to the RZA's in the early 90's, its simply staggering. This was his first volume of his Monsta Mixes series, it features remix's from some of the best MIC cuts, then un-released tracks, live cuts, lost classics and more. the albums production is superb with very little to complain about, if you're a fan of the MIC's production then you're going to love this, the mc's featured are from the original lineup so expect to see such talent as MF DOOM, Kong, Rodan, Gigan(!!!) and more.

This album walks a very fine line between mixtape and lp, but it has enough fresh material that im going to label it under lp and give it a proper score. As ive said if you're an MIC fan then you're going to eat this up, but there are faults, mainly that by now we've heard a good chunk of these songs on other MIC projects, now can I fault an album that was released in the past for having cuts that would be later used? no rightfully I dont think I could, it is something to keep in mind though and with the power of retrospect, keeps this from reaching the greatness that Vol. 2 would eventually obtain. 

Overall - 3/5