VINYL FORMAT. Taking the swirling eclecticism of their post-techno debut, Exit Planet Dust, to the extreme, the Chemical Brothers blow all stylistic boundaries down with their second album, Dig Your Own Hole. Bigger, bolder, and more adventurous than Exit Planet Dust, Dig Your Own Hole opens with the slamming cacophony of "Block Rockin' Beats," where hip-hop meets hardcore techno, complete with a Schoolly D sample and an elastic bass riff.

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Although there are more underground hits on Schoolly D's self-titled debut, his sophomore effort is a better album thanks to higher production values and more direct songs. The song lengths are generally shorter, making for a full-length with greater impact, and DJ Code Money has bought a better drum machine, and discovered the joy of dropping quirky samples from cartoons on top of loops from funk records. "We Get Ill" and "Dedication to All B-Boys" are hard anthem highlights, while the undergr...   [ read more ]

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