Blog: Raw Drive- The Vice President of Soul

Early in 2001 the Los Angeles club Root Down put on their first of a three part series called "Sound Clash," organized & hosted by DJ Dusk. Based on the reggae sound system competitions, this was a hip-hop event - in this case featuring Madlib and Cut Chemist - going head to head, beat for beat for respect in front of a packed club. Madlib was then unknown to many in the crowd, and Cut Chemist was at the height of his success with Jurassic 5. Each of the tracks had never been released. Each of the three [...]