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𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙤' 𝙒𝙖𝙭’𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, "𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢" 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙥-𝙝𝙤𝙥, 𝙟𝙖𝙯𝙯, 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙣𝙚𝙬 — 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙤 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙤’ 𝙒𝙖𝙭 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙.

Released during the label’s golden era, the compilation pulls together a striking roster of artists pushing instrumental hip-hop and trip-hop into uncharted territory — from smoky jazz-sampling grooves to breakbeat science and future-facing beats. The sequencing mirrors a mixtape rather than a traditional compilation, offering an immersive journey through the evolving aesthetics of the mid-to-late ’90s underground.

"The Original Artform" remains a defining statement of Mo’ Wax’s ethos: a refusal to be confined by genre, a celebration of crate-digging culture, and a testament to the creative explosion that shaped modern beat music.