Mr Hill

West Seattle recluse Mr. Hill is a longstanding local producer/DJ, best known for flipping 49-cent junk records into indie rap hits with the group Grayskul. He just put out "SMiRK" for free download, an album-length effort that is not rap at all, but a collection of '60s rock songs. Hill serves them rap-producer-style, though: chopped and rearranged with a sampler into airplane bottle-sized compositions. Each is a mood piece that might be an interlude on a hiphop album. Except here, there is no hiphop. (from Matson on Music)