Music reviews. CD reviews. Critically hip!

Gliding down the escalator you enter a room with hundreds of people dancing. The music is filled with bass- thump, thump, thump, thump-thump, thump- it’s hardcore. This was the scene at a New Years party I attended a while back- seven or eight rooms with different styles of trance, techno, jungle, hip-hip, anything to satisfy the casual party-goer. To grab the eye were lasers, strobe lights, and amazing digital effects on wide screen projectors showcasing an amazing spectacle. I was in awe and glad to have attended, and the hardcore room was the last stop off of the escalator to the bottom floor.

Rob Gee a big name in the hardcore scene and is infamous for playing these types of “massives”. Few DJ’s can spin music that hits hard as hell and moves a crowd to dance, and only few can write original songs that make you want to sing - and only a special artist can play live in front of a million people. Rob Gee can do all this plus more and is famous in New York as “the hardest DJ to ever to ever play the limelight”. Rob Gee has shared the stage with Hatebreed, Biohazard, Crystal Method, Busta Rhymes, to spinning for Slipknot at private shows.

The new album is black with a yellowish-gold circle encasing a star, and this is what Rob Gee is a star! Thirteen tracks of hard hitting bass- enough to mosh or break too. A personal favorite track 11, What the Fuck are you Laughing at?, showcases a hard bass beat in the beginning that dramatically builds with a taunting laugh- check it out if you are into this type of scene! It will leave you with a headrush!