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  Review Date: May 1, 2007
  Website: Soul Logistics Website
  Label: Independent

Doug Evans presents “Soul Logistics Radio” Album Review
We don’t get a lot of mixtapes these days. And to be completely honest with you, I think I know why. Mixtapes are very difficult to make well. In most situations, you have a bunch of producers handling the bulk of the beatmaking, and like twenty emcees taking turns flowing over the various tracks. This often causes a lack of consistency and continuity within an album because either:  

A.) the producers try too hard to make individual tracks to fit the vocal talents of each of the featured emcees, thus succeeding only in creating a jumbled mess of music, or

B.) the producers stick to their own creative directions, and only a couple of the emcees end up sounding good over beats they have had little to no creative input with.

However, every once in a while, I’ll come across a mixtape that seems to do both successfully. Doug Evan’s “Soul Logistics Radio” is the most recent example. This album experiments with a wide range of production, handled by maybe ten individual producers, yet maintains a great sense of continuity. It also features many different emcees, most wielding their own individual styles and flows, yet all seem to fit near-perfectly with the song on which they’ve been featured. And as I mentioned earlier, that’s difficult to do well in most any scenario.

The Soul Logistics crew does a great job creating a twenty-plus track album that, while consisting of a countless number of individual artists, still manages to push a similar direction and stance to the listener. The sounds range from old-school to overwhelmingly soulful, and provide a great example of what can be done with a mixture of hip-hop, soul and R&B elements.

“Soul Logistics Radio” is an enjoyable listen that definitely raises an eyebrow or two, and should serve as an effective prelude to the solo projects of all artists involved. I recommend checking it out. Peace.

Album Track Listing:

1. As A Man Thinketh
2. Take A Chance – Doug Evans & Rodney
3. Gift Of Gab ”remix”- Doug Evans,Don P. & Link Haze
4. Funky – Link Haze
5. Games People Play – Doug Evans feat. TT Shaw
6. Choose You – Rodney
7. YGonna Have Fun Tonight – Selena Stormou
8. Homebase – Doug Evans,Link Haze & Rodney
9. Another Planet Cipher
10. Give Peace A Chance – HuMan
11. I Ride – Fam Fatal
12. E.M.C.E.E – Doug Evans feat. Virtu
13. Better Days – H.Smokes feat. Doug Evans & Rodney
14. Leave A Message !!
15. Ghetto’s Lost – Don P. & Doug Evans
16. Holy Lockdown – Doug Evans feat. Dick Gregory
17. Get Cha Hands Up !!! – VA Slim feat. Dallus
18. Talk About Love – Rodney & Ashlie Luckett
19. Vegas – Rodney
20. Power Of Word – HuMan
21. THA CRONKITE !!!! – Doug Evans,Link Haze & Spec