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Released : June 1996

All Music Produced by  : DJ Phusion

Guest Appearances : Bushpac, Rising Son, Lil’ Big Man & Big Ted

First off, for those that are hesitant to buy tapes through the mail or on the net, this tape was quality material, and legit. I’ve been screwed through this kind of stuff too, but this is definately a legit DJ.

The first two cuts on this mixtape, Nas’s “It ain’t hard to tell” and The Gravediggaz “Nowhere to run”, are two funky versions that I have never heard before. Phusion did a nice job putting these two together. The tape offers a nice lil’twist to Blahzay and ODB, with different beats, to recycle the song for you all over again. Especially ODB’s voive kind of took away from the beat of “Ooh Baby”, but on this tape it kind of evens out. Bushpac surprised me. I had never heard the group before...the best way to describe them is....get this...Add a lil’reggae, add a lil’Gravediggaz, then add a bit of an english accent. It made for a nice lil’song, with a RZA’esque beat....for real. I hardly even recognized Big Noyd & Prodigy on “Recognize & Realize”....it seemed so different with another beat ...but pulled off alright. My first thought of Lil’ Big Man & Rising Son was the beat kind of had an “epic” appeal to it. It could probably see some underground play here in the U.S. Big Ted & Bushpac flip the script and come with a playful jazzy, piano sound on “Ships Ahoy”....they compliment each other pretty well. One’s lil’ faster, speedy MC and the other spits some reggae-ish rhymes....the definately sound pretty unique.

I like the lil’ cuts of The Eurythmics in the Cella Dwellas/Mad Skillzz mix....adding it to a nice remix of “Nod factor”....without the whiny sounds of the origonal. You definately feel something stimulating about this version of “How High”.....Phusion mixes in the same piano cut from Mary J. Bliges’s “Sweet memories” then right into “Woo Hah” with the same piano cut, back to “How High”,  definately the highlight of the tape....definatley like tasting the song over agin....DJ Phusion pulls it off real nice. Woo Hah! This is also one of the few remixs of Woo Hah” tha seem to come off, most mixes I’ve heard of it just didn’t sound right.....this one does. Right on to Das Efx, with some “Real Hip Hop” and a bassed out, funky version of “Microphone Masters”. The Lickx are represented on this tape with a heavy bass version of “Next Level”, still with the fast flow. You get definately get a different taste of “Shook Ones” towards the end of the tape....it’ll give you a TOTALLY different version than what your used to.....solid. the tape ends with some real nice beats and rythums from Phusion....one really stands out. Overall, this is a nice piece of work. The tape definately delivers different flavors of some buttas from the last coupl of months. Definately one of the best mixtapes I’ve gotten. Keep the art alive.

by Indiana Jones @ The Krib

Its time to clear the air. Yes there is more than one Fusion walking this earth. Let's see theres the one who sought stardom with Credit to the nation, theres the club DJ, DR FUSION (Who I met back in the day at Mousetrap), there's a housey bod who spins wax: and there's me. That's it. Wrong. For according to the package I received the other day, there's room in this world for one more - enter DJ Phusion, one time producer for Silent Eclipse (remember "How Many Miles Back to London??" and now mixtape extraordinaire. You'll get to hear more about his exploits during the coming weeks.

by Fusion @ Echoes.

“Despite being glamorously decked out, however, we were unceremoniously knocked out during the early stages courtesy of Blak Twang, with the Bushpak team going on to acheive the hip hop equilvalent of the F.A.Cup.” Touch 1996

Touch Magazine

DJs are so worried about putting out mixtapes with the brand newest tracks and b-sides not even being concerned with whether the tracks themselves suck or if they're dope. Brothers putting on R&B tracks just because the beats mix well with the other cuts they're blending. 85% of all mix tapes I hear are half-assed attempts by new schoolers that just want to say "look at me -- I got stuff before everyone else... now I'm going to blend the shit together and not concern myself with quality."

Fortunately, we got kids like Phusion (coming straight outta' London, England) on the tables as well. Phusions first chapter in the "Phusionfiles" series is a very worthy effort. He didn't concern himself with finding the newest tracks or phattest remixes -- he did the shit himself. He laid down 80 minutes of dope tracks and mixed in some of the best hip-hop from the last couple of years. Included are ODB, Blahzay Blahzay, Gravediggas, Nas, Mad Skillz, Mobb Deep, etc. etc. etc. And a funky as all hell remix of Alkaholiks "The Next Level." DJs from the states: it's on now.

Also featured on this mix tape are freestyles and exclusive performances by a couple British crews that Phusion works with. The first is the Bushpac, both kids having nice skills (coming off the head in a fine fashion) and one of them sounding like an English version of Brother J. The others are Little Big Man and Rising Son, both sounding sweet.

And to top this butta with scotch ice cream sundae is about 15 minutes of break beats that heads will be forced to freestyle to in they rides. Heavy basslines, killer piano shots, and rugged drums show that this kid has got some international flavors for your ass. Don't sleep.

by Laze

A review from the no longer published but highly acclaimed ‘Downlow’ magazine.