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The Cutting Room Floor: 1st Infantry Mixtape
Hip-Hop · 2003 · 17 tracks · 44m

The Cutting Room Floor: 1st Infantry Mixtape

The Alchemist

Seventeen tracks of unpolished, dusty loops and raw verses. A cinematic noir sketchpad that captures the gritty essence of early 2000s underground hip-hop.

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It's like the deleted scenes of a classic noir film, but with better beats.

A tense and mysterious exploration of urban shadows through dusty, soul-sampled loops.

The Cutting Room Floor: 1st Infantry Mixtape · vs · The Alchemist
Rap+1.2σ

The vocals lean notably further into rap than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 17 Tracks · 44m
01
Intro
0:51
02
Street Team (remix)
4:03
03
Friday Night Flavas
0:17
04
Walk With Me
3:42
05
Deep Meditation
3:11
06
Mobb Show Intro
1:00
07
Still in Effect
2:25
08
First to Drop a Beat the Boldest
2:33
09
In Jail
4:12
10
P Broke the Switch
3:12
11
Thug Shit, Queens Cliques
2:41
12
Friday Night Flavas, Pt. 2
0:25
13
Thieves
4:27
14
That’s My Style
2:19
15
Stay Bent
1:23
16
Backwards
3:57
17
Kay Slay Shit
3:30
Moments Worth Waiting For
The haunting, slowed-down vocal loop on Deep Meditation that creates a trance-like state.
The abrupt transition into the Mobb Show Intro that captures the raw energy of a live radio broadcast.
The way the drums on Street Team hit with a dry, bone-snapping thud against the melodic sample.
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