"’No Money Mo Problems’ is a rugged & raw hip hop number from Pseudo Intellectuals -- with a jazz funk bass groove at the heart of it, and a conversational flow from the MCs." Dusty Groove America
Scott Down & DJ Cutler - Blue Collar Funk: Crate Diggin In Buffalo 1969-89
DJ Cutler & Optimus Prime - Scion CD Sampler v. 16 (MIX CD)proclamations of praise from presumably reasonable people:"Cutler and Prime have put together a wicked mix... highlighting their impeccable scratching techniques and song selection skills. Representing Buffalo, New York, this is the kind of hip-hop that gives you hope that the genre’s legacy is being kept alive. Bottom line, DJ Culter and Optimus Prime are two of the brightest DJs out there...",
--soulmattersmag.com"DJ Cutler and Optimus Prime are record-crate scrapers, soundbox dumpster-divers who snip and clip and scratch from multiple disparate sources to put together a minimalist, funky, jittery set of joints that always seem to be moving in a different direction from where you might expect. Those of us who thought of Buffalo as a place you had to drive through to get to Niagara Falls will reconsider after hearing these joints. Highly recommended."
--music-reviewer.com"Especially considering the number of artists featured, Volume 16 of the Scion Sampler series is freakishly cohesive. Credit is certainly due to Cutler and Prime, who handpick an outstanding selection of beats by some of the underground’s finest and most underrated talents."
--rapreviews.com"DJ Cutler and Optimus Prime from Buffalo, NY have a style similar to the radio mix shows I grew up listening to... They cut and scratch together a selection of deep and funky underground tracks... Great music for cruising."
--gridface.com"Cutler and Prime definitely did their thing with the turntablism..."
--thickonline.com"Blue Collar Funk is a massive blend of rare soul, funk, hip hop and even some psychedelia produced in the blue collar burgh over the past few decades. The mixed cuts are filled with deftly blended grooves -- often within the same track -- spun from decades of wax that was either privately pressed or quickly released on tiny regional Buffalo labels. A labor of love from Scott Down & DJ Cutler -- mix mastery of the first order!"
--dusty groove america"Guys like Down and Cutler get feverish for funk on strange, obscure labels and limited, self-released ’private press’ soul recordings. Blue Collar Funk speaks not only to this duo’s years of dedication to the art of unearthing rare records but also represents a loving homage to lost, forgotten and unheralded moments in the Queen City’s music past."
--artvoice
