
Montreal-based producer Tor's Illinoize is by far the smoothest use of mainstream samples on an album since Amplive reworked Radiohead's In Rainbows . Tor sampled tracks from Sufjan Stevens' 2005 LP Illinoise , as well as 3 of his other albums, A Sun Came , Seven Swans and Songs for Christmas , blending Steven's acoustic guitar, piano and horns with MC's Aesop Rock, Big Daddy Kane, Gift of Gab (Blackalicious), C.L. Smooth, Outkast, Brother Ali, and Grand Puba. For a free download of the entire [...]