''Keep It Solid Steel Volume 1'' is

Mr. Scruff Andrew Carthy (born 10 February 1972), better known by his stage name Mr. Scruff, is an English record producer and DJ. He lives in Stretford, Greater Manchester and studied fine art at the Psalter Lane campus of Sheffield Hallam University. ...

's first

DJ mix album A DJ mix or DJ mixset is a sequence of musical tracks typically mixed together to appear as one continuous track. DJ mixes are usually performed using a DJ mixer and multiple sounds sources, such as turntables, CD players, digital audio players ...

, recorded for

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Solid Steel ''Solid Steel'' are a series of DJ mix albums issued on Ninja Tune, an independent record label in the UK. ''Solid Steel'' also has a radio station webcast and related live concerts which further showcase the DJing talents of such artists. In ...

series. According to his own site, it is the first of 4:

This first CD, of a four-part series, covers in its 74 minutes bouncy
reggae Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...
, classic hip hop, deep
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, rare
funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ...
, dancefloor jazz, heavy beats and left field
electronic Electronic may refer to: *Electronics, the science of how to control electric energy in semiconductor * ''Electronics'' (magazine), a defunct American trade journal *Electronic storage, the storage of data using an electronic device *Electronic co ...
nuggets.

Track list (CD)

# "Intro" –

# "Ing" –

Mungo's Hi Fi Mungo's Hi Fi is a sound system based in Glasgow, Scotland, which follows the original Jamaican sound system tradition. After working together previously, Tom Tattersall and Doug Paine founded the group in 2000, writing, recording, producing an ...

# "Waterhouse Rock (Groove Corporation mix)" – Big Youth # "Black Milk" – Eight From The Egg # "Going Way Back" –

Just Ice Joseph Williams Jr. (born June 22, 1965), better known by the stage name Just-Ice, is an American rapper from New York City. A former bouncer at punk clubs, Williams was the first of the New York rappers to embrace gangsta rap, and when he bur ...

# "Time Machine" –

Chocolate Milk Chocolate milk is a type of flavoured milk made by mixing cocoa solids with milk (either dairy or plant-based). It is a food pairing in which the milk's mouthfeel masks the dietary fibres of the cocoa solids. Types The liquid carbohydr ...

# "Flashback" – The Arsonists # "Back In The Day" –

Erykah Badu Erica Abi Wright (born February 26, 1971), known professionally as Erykah Badu (), is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Influenced by rhythm and blues, R&B, Soul music, soul, and hip hop, Badu rose to prominence in the ...

# "My Kung Fu" – UTD # "Ego Trippin" –

Ultramagnetic MCs The Ultramagnetic MCs is an American hip hop group based in The Bronx, New York City. Founded by Kool Keith, the group also includes Ced Gee, TR Love, and Moe Love. Tim Dog became an unofficial member in 1989. In 1990, DJ Jaycee was added as ...

# "Wrong Girls To Play With (dub)" – Papa Austin with The Great Peso # "Tell Me How" – Sarah Winton # "Recognition" – Demon Boyz # "Check the Vibe" – Dred Scott # "Funky For You" – Mark Rae vs Deadbeats # "Dopest Verse" – Madkap # "Disney On Acid" – 2day & 2moro / "Learn To Be Strong (acapella)" – Cappo # "Impressions (pt.3)" –

The Peddlers The Peddlers were a British jazz/soul trio of the 1960s and 1970s. Led by organist Roy Phillips, they had hits with "Birth" and " Girlie". They were very popular in New Zealand during the 1970s. History The Peddlers formed in Manchester in ...

# "Carrefour" – Luis Enriquez # "Funky Axe" – Spaghetti Head # "Highland Park" – Connie Price & The Keystones # "Sweetie Pie" – Stone Alliance # "Bounce Ta This" – Showbiz & AG # "Check It" –

Lords of the Underground The Lords of the Underground (L.O.T.U.G.) is an American hip-hop trio based in Newark, New Jersey. The group is composed of Dupré Kelly (professionally known as DoItAll) (born January 14, 1971), Al'Terik Wardrick (professionally known as Mr. F ...

# "Deep Waters" – Microdisiacs # "Searching For Mr Manuva" – Border Crossing # "Pins & Needles" – Tipper # "Detchibe" –

Prefuse 73 Guillermo Scott Herren is an American producer who has been based in Atlanta, Barcelona and New York City. Herren releases music under the aliases Prefuse 73, Delarosa & Asora, Ahmad Szabo, and Piano Overlord, and is also part of the groups S ...

# "CPU Song" – Little Miss Trinitron # "Fairplay" –

Soul II Soul Soul II Soul are a British musical collective formed in London in 1988. They are best known for their two major hits; 1989's UK number five and US number eleven " Keep On Movin'", and its follow-up, the UK number one and US number four " Back to ...

# "You Have Got To Have Freedom" –

Pharoah Sanders Pharoah Sanders (born Ferrell Lee Sanders; October 13, 1940 – September 24, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. Known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound", San ...

Track list (LP)

# "Ing" – Mungos HiFi # "Waterhouse Rock" – Big Youth # "Black Milk" – Eighth From The Egg # "Ego Trippin" –

# "Recognotion" – Demon Boyz # "Bounce Ta This" – Showbiz & AG # "Deep Waters" – Microdisiacs # "Dopest Verse" – Madkap # "Disney On Acid" – 2day & 2moro # "Sweetie Pie" – Stone Alliance # "You Have Got To Have Freedom" –

# "Impressions (pt.3)" –

# "Time Machine" –

# "My Kung Fu" – UTD # "Carrefour" –

Luis Enriquez Bacalov Luis Enríquez Bacalov (30 August 1933 – 15 November 2017) was an Argentine-born film composer. He learned music from Enrique Barenboim, father of Daniel Barenboim the conductor of the Berlin, and Chicago orchestras, and also Berta Sujovolsk ...

# "Funky Axe" – Spaghetti Head # "Check the Vibe" – Dred Scott # "Tell Me How" – Sarah Winton # "Wrong Girls To Play With (dub)" – Papa Austin with The Great Peso

References

Mr. Scruff albums DJ mix albums 2004 compilation albums Ninja Tune compilation albums {{2004-hiphop-album-stub