Don't let the term "Remix" fool you, this E.P. is as good as it gets. The remix of "Ghostwriter" is ten times better than the original, the same with the "Final Frontier" and "June" remixes. Along with those tracks comes one of Rjd2's staples "The Horror" which always delivers and not to mention instrumentals of "Final Frontier" and "F.H.H." All in all this is the best Rjd2 album out there and a great starting point for new listeners. If you prefer a more Hip-Hop oriented album buy "Deadringer" which contains the orginal versions of a lot of the tracks on "The Horror".

I'm dropping this review out of pure frustration. Nobody has really nailed the "really-real" about this record, so here we go, short n' sweet.

This "e.p." is about 45 minutes long. Full album length. It comes with a bonus CD that plays on your computer (it's not a DVD). The bonus CD is pretty swell and easy to navigate. The live footage of RJ is sublime. If you are familiar with DEADRINGER you may get a little upset because the "remixes" are very subtle remixes, meaning you'll have to really listen to hear any differences. If you're not familiar with DEADRINGER and you're between picking up DR or THE HORROR, I say get this! There's less filler, and more importantly, fewer MC's. RJD2's music really gets bogged down when he ads rhymes to the beats.

The packaging is pretty spooky, movies like WRONG TURN & TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE come to mind, grainy crime scene footage that doesn't match the music at all (but that's what's so f'n cool about it).

If you need a little sum'n sum'n to compare it to, think DJ SHADOW after a year on Prozac.

Another DEF JUX classic.

I don't know if RJD2's music can still be qualified as hip hop. But no matter, no doubt that's good music.

I have to admit, I liked this EP more before I learned that the title track is a flagrant rip of Gershon Kingsley's "Hey Hey" -- all RJD2 did is slow it down a bit. For all the hype this guy's getting, no one's busting him on the apparently uncleared samples. A truly remarkable DJ would have done more to make his sources a little less obvious.

Following the success of his phenomenally well crafted debut album "Deadringer", was never going to be easy, especially as he found himself with comparisons to "DJ Shadow". And so he's completely sidestepped the monumental task, by producing something that is more of a `remix' Ep with several new tracks and b-sides (with a second disk full of multimedia content). And it's here that by `Revisiting' his debut album and `reworking' the tracks that appeared on that album, Rjd2 maintains his deserved "DJ Shadow" comparisons and implements vividly sharp, musically focused, sonically multi-faceted tracks that push forward with their ingenuity & eclecticism....Track 5 ("Good Times Roll...Part 1") is easily as accomplished & outstanding as anything "Dj Shadow" has produced, and rocks with joyous dirty samples littered throughout. And it's again with such exceptional work as this, that the running order (just 10 tracks) simply isn't enough, and you find yourself occasionally watching the tracks whiz by, but then.....that's purely because of the incredible production ability displayed here.