For those who've followed the mixtape game for a while, you know that Staple was one of the early companies to adopt the mixtape series as a marketing tool, releasing cassettes from 5th Platoon and Ken Sport amongst others. For their tenth anniversary, they've come very heavy with Japan's record king Muro and ridiculous cover photography by Yasumasa Yonehara (aka the T. Richardson of Japan). For the selection itself, Muro once again flexes his record crate with a deep selection of soul, funk and disco. However, the kicker is that all these tracks were meant to be played at 33rpm, but Muro flips it to 45rpm in the production tradition of RZA, Jus Blaze, Kanye, and others. It's quite a ear-opening experience, and much more enjoyable than the Chipmunks. 27 tracks in all.

reviewed by the mgmnt