Operation Overdrive (Bonus Track Version)

After being utterly disappointed with The Prodigy's "Invaders Must Die" and ESPECIALLY disappointed with Adam Freeland's "Cope", I looked forward to General Midi's new outing, "Operation Overdrive" to satisfy my Breakbeat/NuSkool Breaks needs for this year. I've enjoyed every one of the General's albums since his "Genetically Modified" album, and this one, IMHO is his very best album to date! Everything screams "high quality" from the awesome beats to the rockin' vocals from all of the guest MCs. In many ways this is the album that I was expecting from Adam Freeland with "Cope." But General Midi takes the cake with this one, fusing rock with breaks and making one of the best albums in the genre in quite awhile. My only gripe is with Apple's iTunes Music store. What "Bonus Track" are you guys talking about? I have the actual CD and it's standard on every print I've seen thus far! No "bonus" of any kind here! Either way, "I, Robot" is one of the best tracks on the album. I highly recommend this one! I salute you, General Midi!

In the land of breaks.. there is a General who leads his troops to a funky dirty grind that makes your a*s and body move. This album does this and then some. It far surpasses the latest release from the Crystal Method. While most people rest of their laurels or just get too experimental, GM just keeps it to the basics. Those basics are hard beats, funky grooves and the know how to move the song in a new direction just when you got comfortable with the first part. Its sad that Breakbeat hasnt gotten more attention here in the US. Too many people are caught up in the whole "House" scene and really bad trance music. General Midi is one of the few artists that does it well time and time again. He is in the top 5 all time breakbeat artists... while BT used to be breakbeat, BT just got too caught up in his boy band looks and forgot how to write a groove. There isnt a bad tune on this album. Buy it now or just ignore this and suffer in silence.