TEAM RNS PRESENTS

TITLE: Soulshine (US Retail)

LABEL: Koch Records

RIPPER: Jacques Chirac

1hr 33min total-127.9mb

RELEASE DATE: 2003-03-25

RIP DATE: 2003-03-18

01 Summer In Paris               06:00

02 Welcome To Soulshine          01:20

03 Love Junkee (featuring Cameo) 05:59

05 Condor (Espionage)            04:25

(featuring Baldhead Slick)

06 To Be Continued               01:04

(featuring Filet of Soul)

10 Soulshine (featuring InLove)  03:53

12 He's Gone (featuring China)   07:56

13 Afu-Ra Interlude              01:14

14 Voodoo Child (featuring       03:42

Afu-Ra) (DJ Premier remix)

15 Elevation (featuring Donnie)  08:47

01 Summer In Paris               05:59

02 Elevation (featuring Donnie)  04:24

(Filet of Soul remix)

(featuring Cameo) (dub remix)

04 He's Gone (featuring China)   05:20

05 Camsoulshinechat              12:31

(with David Page)

While DJ Vadim -- another European

hip-hop mixer whose career began on

the same trajectory -- pursued

breakbeat hip-hop into the realm of

heavily American/underground rap, the

production work of Frenchman DJ Cam

has become much smoother and closer in

sound and execution to the British

acid jazz scene. Soulshine is his

smoothest record yet, opening with a

breezy jazz dancer ("Summer in Paris")

with a live band sporting a crossover

groove while vocalist Anggun enthuses

about the unique Parisian vibes. Cam

also cultivates his American R&B

connection, drafting Cameo's Larry

Blackmon and Nathan Leftenant for a

serviceable Roy Ayers impression,

while "Condor (Espionage)" features

Guru (aka Baldhead Slick) relaxing

over a live cut. For DJ Cam, musical

maturity seems to mean arrangements

utilizing a live band, and though

Soulshine has them throughout, there's

much less of innovation happening here

than on his early work. Two tracks

that work are the pair of real hip-hop

tracks: "Bounce" and "Voodoo Child,"

the latter a tough remix by DJ Premier

with Afu Ra on vocals.

Almost exactly a year ago, JUST

brought us the European advance of

this excellent album. Today, we're

bringing you the full 2CD US retail so

that those of you that missed it the

first time around can enjoy it as well

as the second CD of remixes and other

unreleased tracks. Enjoy!