Authentic Vintage

Jern Eye
Natural High
Hip-hop | Feb 2010

Reviews

Raymundo
Reviewed 2010-03-09
Jern Eye - Lunar Height's front man's solo release. Bay Area / Oakland MC. Compared to his previous Lunar Heights releases, Jern Eye's collaborative production goes into a different direction where he explores more diverse sounds and samples. Also he produces with fellow Bay Area artists, Phil Jahns, Nick Andre, D'Nae, to even legendary Triple Threat / 5th Platoon DJ: Vinroc.

Most of the tracks on Authentic Vintage are not FCC Clean.

Try: 7, 8, 12, and the hidden track after 14

1. Very short but funky beat intro
2. Slow tempo with fast dj scratches NON-FCC @ :44, @ 1:22, @ 1:27, @ 1:29, @ 1:36
3. Electro sounding. A Lot of laser sound effects. NON-FCC @ 2:53
4. Jazzy sounding track. Break-beat with a nice piano sample riff. NON-FCC @ 1: 36. Nice Track
5. Great horn samples in the intro. Theatrical sounding track with the combination of the drum tempo and horns. NON-FCC @ : 36, @ :48, @ 2:17
6. Great bell samples and melodic sounding beats. NON-FCC @ :37, @ 2:54
7. Middle-eastern / Bollywood club influenced break beat. NON-FCC @ :20, @ 1:48, @1:53
8. Jazz-fusion / Soul beat. Re-Edit with the drum samples. Nice Track
9. Upbeat and funky-disco-soul sound, NON-FCC @ :13, @ :44,
10. Bouncy track with a light flute and piano sample in the beat.
11. Title track of the CD. A lot of horn samples, 808 style beat, NON-FCC @ :19, @ :23, @ :28, @:30, @ 1:19. @ 1:34, @ 1:45, @ 1:56, @ 2:18, @ 2:22, @ 2:39, @ 2:49, @3:53, @ 4:04 (Yes, there's a lot on this track).
12. Re-edits the Bob Jame's "Nautilus" track. Darker yet still keeps the funky sound of the original version of Nautilus. NON-FCC @ 1:05, @ 1:08
13. Tribal sounding breakbeat, Funky change-up in the beat after the intro. NON-FCC @ :18, @ :59, @ 1:48, @ Nice track
14. Uptempo break beat. Solid DJ scratches in the beginning.

* Hidden Track after track 14 @ 3:59.
Sounds like a live performance track (doesn't mention where it was recorded from). Very nice hidden track. NON-FCC @ 4:30, @ 4:38, @ 5:11, @ 6:12, @ 6:30, @6:34, @ 7:23

Recent airplay

Power Animal
408's FinestMar 30, 2010
Interlude
FLASHBANG RADIOMar 19, 2010

Charting

2010-03-14 — 2010-05-16 Hip-Hop
Week EndingAirplays
Apr 4 1
Mar 21 1

Track listing

1. Intro
2. Power Animal
3. Free Agent
4. What They Say
5. Whoa!
6. Insight
7. You! (Mojo Music)
8. Interlude
9. Skate
10. Phone Tag
11. Authentic Vintage
12. Combat
13. Copacetic
14. Just Enough