Choose One Explained

Choose One
Type:studio
Artist:1200 Techniques
Cover:Choose One.jpg
Recorded:2002
Studio:Chung King Studios
Label:Rubber Records
Producer:DJ Peril
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Choose One is the debut studio album from Australian hip hop group 1200 Techniques, released in June 2002.[1] Produced entirely by band's founder, DJ Peril, the album features a mix of contemporary hip-hop, rock and electro. It peaked at No. 20 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

The single, "Karma (What Goes Around)", samples elements of Hot Chocolate's "Brother Louie" and was featured on a "World Instruments" segment of John Safran's Music Jamboree. The track "Battlemaster" contains a widely used line from the hip hop film, Beat Street.

Reception

AllMusic's Jody Macgregor rated it at three-and-a-half stars and explained "the group's guitarist Kemstar lays down a rock-solid rock riff. That unusual addition, a live rock guitarist in a hip-hop group, goes a long way towards individualizing the 1200 Techniques sound, adding an odd and sometimes surprisingly funky layer. Another thing that makes them unique is their unabashed Australian-ness."[2]

Track listing

  1. "1200's Theme" - 3:11
  2. "Electro Boogie Freaks" - 7:07
  3. "Karma (What Goes Around)" - 4:18
  4. "Since I Got It" - 3:45
  5. "Rat City (Action)" - 4:43
  6. "Hard As Hell" - 4:50
  7. "DJ Ballbreakers Skit (Part 1)" - 1:04
  8. "Battlemaster" - 5:30
  9. "Cool Down" - 4:14
  10. "Can't Stop" (featuring Kabba and Rusyl) - 4:04
  11. "Upsidedownunder" (Featuring Z-No-Zeen) - 4:04
  12. "See Me Rock" - 4:39
  13. "DJ Ballbreakers Skit (Part 2)" - 0:45
  14. "Anybody Out There" - 4:08
  15. "Put 'Em Up" - 4:05
  16. "Ready Willing and Able" - 0:41
  17. "Hoe Down" - 4:48
  18. "Don One" - 6:20
  19. "Andiamo (Spagetti Outro)" - 2:02
Choose More Bonus Disc
  1. "Cool Down" (Wika mix)
  2. "Upsidedownunder" (Mack Truck mix)
  3. "Sad Girl" (Cool Down original)
  4. "Put 'Em Up" (Live from 'The Planet of Breaks')
  5. "Cool Down" (Extended Club mix)
  6. "What Goes Around Comes Around" (DJ Peril remix)
  7. "Hard As Hell" (Ripping Up the Set mix)
  8. "A Regal Violation #1" (DJ Regal remix)

Release history

RegionDateFormatEdition(s)LabelCatalogue
Australia14 June 2002Rubber RecordsRUB137.2
2002Choose One / Choose MoreRUB137.5

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1200 Techniques . International Music Concepts. 25 April 2013. Choose One was released June 2002 on Rubber, with distribution through Sony Music, and became an instant radio hit..
  2. Web site: Choose One – 1200 Techniques. Macgregor . Jody . AllMusic. 17 October 2017 .

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