The Dutch Masters, Vol. 1

Nicolay | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 30, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hardboiled
• ASIN: B000A3MHVC
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #219,400 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Intro - Phonte from Little Brother/The Foreign Exchange

2. Fantastic (Remix) - Thyrday

3. Light It Up (Remix) - Little Brother

4. The Blessing - SouL

5. The Williams (Remix) - Nicolay & Supastition

6. Nic's Groove (Remixes Blend) - The Foreign Exchange

7. 1st Date - Von Pea

8. Love Life Music (Remix) - Eye Plus Eye

9. I Can't Wait (Remix) - Jaguar Wright feat. Bilal

10. So Far (Remix) - Ilwil feat. Jameeze

11. It's Us (Remix) - Living Legends

12. Hold Me Down – Gridlock Fam

13. Metropolis (Dodge City Anthem) – Mr. Shhhhh

14. Globetrotters (Remix) - Pig & ear2ear

15. Hold On (Remix) - Science Fiction

16. All That You Are (Remixes Blend) - The Foreign Exchange

17. Come Close (Remix) - Common

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nicolay's soul symphony..., February 27, 2006

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Terrence D. Hillman "skeeme_" (Colorado, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Dutch Masters, Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

Nicolay of The Foreign Exchange is one of my favorite producers of today. He has the blend of the old school flavor with the new soul (not neo-soul because I hate that label,) and it still comes off hard with a true hip hop lyricist. This guy is a genius on the boards and has laced up some of the best underground artists around with this mixtape. Down with the JL, Nicolay will always have a home here in the states. Waiting on volume 2, and I look forward to seeing what this cat will do next (maybe a full album project with Supastition? Who knows... let's wait and see)

Update - July 25, 2009:

Volume 2, still waiting. May be on the way for volume 2 of City Lights is slated for release in August. I'm staying on the lookout and will be back with another update. Until then...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good chilled interesting beats, July 19, 2006

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J. Marquette "Jimbo town" (Essex, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Dutch Masters, Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

I've just discovered Nicolay after looking for a Jill Scott tune and finding the golden remix he did (not on this album). You know how sometimes you start listening to a tune, think its good but then realise the sampling is repeated with no change and it gets boring. Well, Nicolay changes the melodies very slightly and gradually in a smooth chilled way which keeps the tune interesting and stimulating. Undergound smooth beats from superb artists like Big brother and a magical slowed down version of "come close" at the end. Its superb. Wasn't a big fan of remixes till I discovered this guy. Its good stuff.

5.0 out of 5 stars Good purchase for fans of Foreign Exchange, October 8, 2005

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Adam Goldberg (Fox Island, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Dutch Masters, Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

This is a very solid cd. There is not a single bad track on the entire disc. The whole disc has a laid back vibe very similar to Foreign Exchange. If there are any problems at all, Im not sure I hear a track that rivals "Raw Life" in terms of its power to draw people in. Still Exchange fans who grew to love Connected beyond its most accessible track will really enjoy Dutch Masters. Its a very solid mix to pop into a player and listen to the whole way through. It really gives you a sense of Nicolay's sound and how he applies it beyond Phonte. On this cd we get to hear Common, Supastition, Bilal, Thyrday, and many others in addition to Little Brother. Frankly so far I enjoy it more than the Minstral Show which was a bit of a surprise to me. Its full of remixes but still filled with originality and considering the obscurity of some of the tracks they'll likely be new to most anyways. Nicolay seems destined to join a short list of really interesting producers of hiphop music.