Waajeed - BPM

A Detroit producer with strong personal and professional ties to fellow Motor City dwellers Jay Dee and Slum Village, Waajeed is an up-and-comer only in the sense that he has yet to take a full step from out of the background. Bpm is a remarkably tight set of instrumental productions; in a blindfold test, casual underground-heads might confuse a good percentage of it with the work of Jay Dee -- the aesthetics and dynamics are similar, with plenty of crispness in the hi-hats, snares, hand claps, and finger snaps -- but it's otherwise apparent that he has his own imprint to leave. Read More