With the success of the much critically acclaimed X-pressions and a new alternative audience, theX-ecutioners toured the world extensively, exposing the art form to unexpected territories.
Currently free-agents and already being proposed with offers from various record labels, while considering those options, now packed with know-how and experience theX-ecutioners plan to release independent projects through their own X-Inc. record label.
TheX is still developing the next standards in turntable music, experimenting with cousins of hip hop like hip-step, drum n bass, jungle and other forms of electronic dance music, while forever maintaining the true essence of hip hop and it’s origins.
For over a decade, the superhuman virtuosity and dazzling synchronicity of the three-man DJ ensemble TheX-ecutioners have pushed the boundaries of turntablism and inspired awe in hundreds of thousands of music fans around the world.
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Key Song: "TheX (Ya'll Know The Name)" featuring Pharoahe Monch, Xzibit, Inspectah Deck and Skillz.
Entertainment Weekly (2/01/02, p.106) - "...While their lightning-fast deck skills evoke nostalgia [think Kool herc and Terminator X], theX-men still sound like the freshest crew on the block..." - Rating: A- Vibe (3/02, p.179) - 3.5 discs out of 5 - "...Rocking - and rock solid..."
Built From Scratch appeals to adventuresome music lovers of all stripes, not just DJ heads.
Can you even imagine Public Enemy without Terminator X? This time around, theX-Ecutioners have taken the best elements of their musical wizardy on wax and broadened the horizons by bringing in an array of all-star performers.
Some people are probably going to hate on this album because theX-Ecutioners are reaching out to a broader audience than turntablist fans this time, but this reviewer is glad to see four such skilled DJ's bringing a still relatively uninformed public deeper into the world of hip-hop elements.
The pinnacle of this achievment has to be the thumping track "TheX (Y'all Know the Name)" featuring the rap talents of (who else) Pharoahe Monch and Xzibit, with theX-TRA bonus of Inspectah Deck and Mad Skillz getting wreck.
TheX-ecutioners repeatedly retake the turntables, scuffing wax the way Kool Herc and Terminator X once did.
While their lightening fast deck skills evoke nostalgia, theX-men still sound like the freshest crew on the block.
The film, QUEEN OF THE DAMNED, taken from famed goth author Ann Rice's "Vampire Chronicles" series, is poised to hit theaters February 22 (LPNewsletter).
