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Classic Album Review: DJ Clue | The Professional

The New York DJ enlists a VIP slate of vocalists for this grooving mixtape.

This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):

 


Those mix tapes you make at home? Imagine they were so good people wanted to buy ’em — a million people.

That’s sorta what happened to New York’s DJ Clue, who took two turntables, a microphone and a knack for knowing which obscure hip-hop track was the Next Big Thing and spun them into gold. And now that he has a major-label deal, the rappers come to him. DMX, Canibus, Jay-Z, Foxy Brown and Missy Elliott are just a few of the hip-hop who’s who contributing original tracks to this funky, non-stop groove. If only your mix tapes sounded so good.