http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.17655567&variant=artist-playlists&rws=%2Fras-g%2Fplaylists.rssRas G called his debut album, <I>Overcast78</I>, "a culmination record and a confidence record," the product of years spent crate-digging and sample-cutting. The prep time clearly paid off. Mining veins that most beatmakers ignore, the Los Angeles producer's debut turned hip-hop's conventional forms inside out, building mesmerizing grooves out of jazz percussion, disembodied voices, milky Rhodes chimes and the unmistakable hiss of well-worn vinyl. This is hardly your average boom bap. Like his friend Flying Lotus, Ras G is clearly inspired by J Dilla's off-kilter sense of meter, with oddly cut breaks rolling all rock-tumbler and elliptical loops buzzing in a kind of soul-music moire. His 2009 album <I>Brotha from Anotha Planet</I> found Ras G's ambitions expanding to match the cosmic vibe of artists like Sun Ra, with the polyrhythmic grooves stranger and keener than ever and the harmonic fireworks -- samples from records most people have probably never heard of, turned uncannily familiar -- spinning like space dust. - Philip SherburneWest Coast Instrumentalen720Tue, 8 Dec 2009 04:18:56 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.17655567&variant=artist-playlists&rws=%2Fras-g%2Fplaylists.rss Ras G called his debut album, <I>Overcast78</I>, "a culmination record and a confidence record," the product of years spent crate-digging and sample-cutting. The prep time clearly paid off. Mining veins that most beatmakers ignore, the Los Angeles producer's debut turned hip-hop's conventional forms inside out, building mesmerizing grooves out of jazz percussion, disembodied voices, milky Rhodes chimes and the unmistakable hiss of well-worn vinyl. This is hardly your average boom bap. Like his friend Flying Lotus, Ras G is clearly inspired by J Dilla's off-kilter sense of meter, with oddly cut breaks rolling all rock-tumbler and elliptical loops buzzing in a kind of soul-music moire. His 2009 album <I>Brotha from Anotha Planet</I> found Ras G's ambitions expanding to match the cosmic vibe of artists like Sun Ra, with the polyrhythmic grooves stranger and keener than ever and the harmonic fireworks -- samples from records most people have probably never heard of, turned uncannily familiar -- spinning like space dust. - Philip Sherburne