Revolutions

by The X-ecutioners

Overview

The X-Ecutioners dropped one of their best tracks on a Playstation 2 video game soundtrack, 2003's SSX 3. A lively, robotic number that showed the DJs were really thinking out of the box, "Like This" returns on the group's 2004 full-length Revolutions, and it's got some worthy company. Rapping at full force, Ghostface's appearance on "Live from the PJs" makes for the other instant highlight. Roots man Black Thought goes round for round with Ghostface, and the rickety looping of 7th Wonder's "Daisy Lady" seals the deal. Lyrically nailing it on "Back to Back," Saigon and Scram Jones are the unknown finds of the album. The B Real, Dead Prez, and Fat Joe tracks are all true hip-hop and very welcome. The more pop-oriented bits of the album -- a redo of "More Human Than Human" with Rob Zombie and Slug, "Let Me Rock" with punk-rapper Start Trouble -- don't fare as well, but they're flashy fun and good for a listen or two. The skits are hilarious (the one about bootlegging The Best of Lillo Thomas especially) and the scratching is tight, often acting as a funky, "wacka-wacka" guitar or just plain sounding like madness. As producers the boys have come far and the album is paced well, winding down with some smoky, deep numbers. The just fair pop tracks keep it from being classic, but this is the best the talented team has sounded on record yet. ~ David Jeffries

Product Details

Release Date:	06/08/2004
Label:	Columbia / Sony Music Distribution
UPC:	0696998713628
Rank:	137876

Tracks

1. Skit 1
2. The Countdown, Pt. 2
3. Live from the PJs
4. Like This
5. C'mon
6. Skit 2
7. Back to Back
8. Let Me Rock
9. The Regulators
10. Space Invader
11. Old School Throwdown
12. Get With It
13. (Even) More Human Than Human
14. Skit 3
15. Sucka Think He Cud Wup Me
16. The Truth
17. ILL BILL
18. Skit 4

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The X-ecutioners   Primary Artist,Scratching
Blue Man Group   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Dead Prez   Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Rob Zombie   Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Cypress Hill   Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Black Thought   Featured Artist,Guest Artist
Total Eclipse   Rap,Turntables
Josey Scott   Featured Artist,Guest Artist
Aasim   Featured Artist,Guest Artist
Ghostface Killah   Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Trife   Featured Artist,Guest Artist
Rob Swift   Rap,Turntables
Slug   Featured Artist,Guest Artist
Scram Jones   Featured Artist
Roc Marciano   Featured Artist,Guest Artist
Start Trouble   Featured Artist,Guest Artist
Sly Boogie   Featured Artist,Guest Artist
Fat Joe   Featured Artist,Guest Artist
Roc Raida   Rap,Turntables
Saigon   Featured Artist
Anikke   Featured Artist
Doctor Butcher   Keyboards
Anthony Saffery   Bass,Sitar,Guitar,Keyboards
B-Real   Vocals
D-Stroy   Vocals
Matt Goldman   Drums,Sound Effects
Matt Stein   Guitar,Keyboards
Luke Walker   Vocals
Todd Perlmutter   Drums
Phil Stanton   Drums,Sound Effects
Christian Dyas   Guitar,Keyboards
Chris Wink   Drums,Sound Effects
Anikke Coleman   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Anthony Saffery   Audio Production,Composer,Producer,Group Member
Rob Swift   Audio Production,Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Group Member
Hiroshima   Producer,Composer
R. Aguilar   Producer,Group Member
Matshall Ritzell   Mixing
Ratt Pakk   Producer
Doctor Butcher   Producer
Horse   Engineer
James "JT" Knight   Engineer
Xaviera Simmons   Photography
Andrew Schneider   Engineer
Kevin Patrick   A&R
A. Williams   Composer
B-Real   Group Member
Leon Zervos   Mastering
Doug Wilson   Mixing
Roc Raida   Arranger,Producer,Group Member,Drum Programming
Sean Cane   Executive Producer
Matt Goldman   Group Member
Matt Stein   Engineer,Producer,Drum Programming
Luke Walker   Group Member
Phil Stanton   Group Member
Professionals   Group
Sean C   Producer
T. Bailey   Composer
Chris Wink   Group Member
Larry Heinemann   Engineer
Total Eclipse   Producer,Group Member
M. Stein   Composer
S.I.D. Reynolds   Composer
T. Martin   Composer
Peter Kang   Executive Producer
Kyu M. Lee   Art Direction,Cover Illustration
Robert Aguilar   Composer