In some ways, the personnel on this album may be slightly superior to the first outing, but the music also seems a tiny bit blander. Dancehall reggae princess Patra is included on a track, as are Chaka Khan and Me'Shell N'Degeocello Jamiroquai helps out in another. Underground rapper Kool Keith (at this point still a member of the Ultramagnetics) also makes an appearance. Some of the big guns of jazz found their way into the album, including Branford Marsalis (who, of course, had already experimented with urban beats a bit with his Buckshot Lefonque project), Freddie Hubbard, Ramsey Lewis, and Kenny Garrett. This album might not have quite as much jazz-rap power as the first volume did, but it's still quite good. The follow-up to the heavily acclaimed Jazzmatazz, Vol.
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