Stones Throw All Star Alumni party right here! MED and Blu gave us a taste of their collaboration over Madlib beats earlier this year with The Burgundy EP. The Buzz sees the trio meeting up with fellow Stones Throw alums Mayer Hawthorne and Dam-Funk on wax. The title track is a soulful production from Madlib that suits the Hawthorne chorus perfectly. They get off in a more freaky direction when DF joins them for "Peroxide." It's an altogether more funky affair with Dam getting dark on the talk-box. Includes dirty, radio, instrumental and a cappella versions of each track, plus the bonus cut "God's Arrival."

• music label: Bang Ya Head 2013

reviewed by Kool Moby 12/2013