Cookin Soul - Big Pun & J Dilla: BIG Dilla

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1. Nore Intro

2. Toes Down

3. Dream Shatterer

4. Red Made Men

5. Fat Joe Skit

6. Twinz React

7. Running Across Da Bronx

8. Pun Skit

9. Oh No Dont Push

10. Leather Face Pt. 2

11. Take Dem Cloths Off 100 Percent

12. Junkilla

13. Groupies Skit

14. Thug vs Playa

15. Outro

First props where props are due, this blend comes to us via the always fantastic 2dopeboyz, peep the original post here

http://2dopeboyz.okayplayer.com/2010/02/08/cookin-soul-x-big-pun-x-j-dilla-big-dilla-mixtape/

Ok, now that thats out of the way. As you might have suspected this is a blend tape featuring the legendary Big Pun rhyming over the equally legendary J Dilla's production. Ive said before that I was a huge fan of remix's and blend tapes are no different, only problem is its so hard to find GOOD blend tapes these days, so many times the dj's have the vocals synced wrong or the tracks mastered poorly, nothing kills a vibe quicker then not being able to hear the artist or to have them flat out sound off beat. You would be surprised how many half assed blend tapes I sort through to get to the good stuff...thank god this is some of the good stuff.

Cookin Soul has put together this blend tape fantastically, the vocals are synced up perfectly, never sounding even a bit off beat, and the mastering is top notch, very professional. The beats range from Dilla more laid back joints to his abstract, off the wall shit. Puns vocals of course run from his hits to some lesser known joints and the beats they've been combined with work together perfectly, never do the songs sound forced or awkward, so well done is this blend that you would almost swear these had been recorded while both artist were still alive.

Skits are sprinkled between the tracks, these mainly consist of other artist reflecting on Big Pun and sharing stories with him, this brings to the forefront my one and only flaw with the tape....J Dilla is all but ignored outside of production and the occasional "RIP J Dilla" plug, this disappointed me for a lot of reasons, the main one being of course that this is suppose to be a tape showcasing the talent of BOTH artist, Dilla's beats are just as much the star here as Pun's vocals, to have him glossed over here seems somewhat disrespectful as well as a missed opportunity to have a few more interesting stories on the late beatmaker.

I would also like to take the time to say thank you to Cookin Soul for not having annoying tags all over the songs, true they do have the random drop every now and again but they keep it strictly to before and after songs, never during or over any of the vocals. Overall this is one of the best blend tapes ive ever had a chance to hear, the type of joint I would actually drop money on should they ever press up hard copies. A Must have for any fan of either artist. I

Overall - 4/5