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Where Have You Gone? - DeeJay Punk-Roc?

Back in college, through a monthly compilation from CMJ NEW MUSIC MONTHLY , I first heard DeeJay Punk-Roc .  I'm not certain which track it was that caught my attention, but I had to get my hands on the 1998 album Chicken Eye .  Over ten years later, I still find the album fresh and unique.  The album is somewhat of a collection of tracks rather than a complete story or single composition, but it weaves themes of tweaks, scratches, excellent sampling and some horns.  In today's post, I'd like to review Chicken Eye for you, go over a few tracks from other releases and then lament his disappearance with you.  Chicken Eye. is across the board with slow rhythm numbers, to rap, to party songs.  'I hate Everybody' starts off the album.  I could totally picture this song coming out of the speakers, while watching a turntablist perform during a d.j. battle.  It's filled with tweaks & scratches, while sampling a girl saying "I hate everybody" presumably