The Remixes: A Midas Era Retrospective

[Machine Translation] Lord Finesse is the leader of Diggin' In The Crates (D.I.T.C.), a dope group that includes iamond D, Showbiz, A.G., O.C., Buckwild, Fat Joe, and many other important figures who led the East Coast scene in the 1990s and beyond. His first and second albums "Funky Technician ('90)" and "Return Of The Funky Man ('91)" are the masterpieces of the Hall of Fame, and this time, 9 songs from those two albums and 2 songs from rare 12-inch recordings, totaling 11 songs, were replaced with fresh new tracks. The album is now available in CD format, with nine tracks from the two albums and two tracks from the rare 12" recordings, for a total of eleven new tracks, each replaced by a fresh new track. The album features 7 remixes done by Finesse himself between 2005 and 2013, as well as guest remixers such as DJ Premier, who appears in the intro of the album and talks about his first encounter with Finesse, Professor Emeritus Large Professor from Queens, and " DJ Spinna on "S.K.I.T.S. = Shorties Kaught In The System" and Muro, aka King Of Diggin', who has been a longtime friend of Finesse's from Japan, join in as guest remixers. The included disc 2 contains the complete instrumental versions of all 11 tracks, excluding the intro track!

Note: This is an import edition (manufactured outside of Japan).

iamond D、Showbiz、A.G.、O.C.、Buckwild、Fat Joeら、90年代以降の東海岸シーンを牽引した重要人物を多数擁する、泣く子も黙る鬼ドープ集団 Diggin' In The Crates = D.I.T.C.の首領Lord Finesse。彼の1st & 2ndアルバム『Funky Technician ('90)』と『Return Of The Funky Man ('91)』は殿堂入りアルバムとして名高い傑作だが、今回その2枚から9曲、更にレアな12インチ音源から2曲の、計11曲のオケをそれぞれフレッシュな新作トラックに差し替えてコンパイル、改めて完全リミックス・アルバムとして遂にCDフォーマットにてリリース! 2005～13年の間にFinesse自らが手を施したセルフ・リミックス7曲をメインに、ゲスト・リミキサーとして、本編イントロに登場しFinesseとの出会いを語る盟友DJ Premierをはじめ、クイーンズの名誉教授Large Professor、更に"S.K.I.T.S. = Shorties Kaught In The System"ではDJ Spinna、そしてなんとここ日本から、氏とは長年に渡り親交の深いKing Of Diggin'ことMuroが参加! しかも付属するディスク2には、イントロ曲を除いた全11曲のインスト・バージョンを完全収録!