TURNTABLE LAB

the lab review

Debut release from A-Trak & Nick Catchdubs' new label, FOOL'S GOLD! It's also the long-awaited (and I mean LONG-AWAITED) on-record debut of Chicago's Kid Sister, who's been building hype in a way we haven't seen since that one girl a couple years ago. Kid Sis has been touring both coast-to-coast and international style, showing up on "CRAZY HOT ARTISTS TO WATCH IN 2007" type lists all over the place and even landing on the cover of URB with Flosstradamus. (And yes, she and J2K are really brother and sister.) Spank Rock's XXXchange provides the beat for "Control," and it's monstrous - a real squelchy electro beast with panning bass and a killer hook with Kid Sis & Young Josh trading lines back and forth. Can't say enough good things about this track, so I'm just gonna stop and let you check the sample. On the flip, A-Trak flips a clever sample for the perpetually percolating "Damn Girl." Kid Sis has personality for days - every line just dripping with that SASS - and Trizzy's expert scratching adds that intangible something extra. But the sleeper here will be DJ Gant-Man's remix of "Damn Girl," repping Chicago extra hard with that juke style. The whole thing comes in a glossy, full-color pic sleeve with artwork by Dust La Rock. Includes dirty, clean and instrumental versions of "Control," as well as main, instrumental and "scratchapella" versions for "Damn Girl." Highly recommended.

reviewed by Chris Lemon-Red 08/29/2007

• lab recommended

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