by John BushAs well as being one of the ablest solo turntablists on the globe, Cut Chemist is also a member of two highly rated crews: underground rap kings Jurassic 5 and the Los Angeles Latin funk band Ozomatli. He came up with the L.A. rap group Unity Committee, and debuted on wax with the B-side of UCs 1993 single Unified Rebelution. The track Lesson 4: The Radio was a tribute to and continuation of Double D and Steinskis seminal hip-hop collage masterpiece Lessons 1-3, and included nods to Indeep, Bob James, Spoonie Gee, and Dan Ackroyd.Soon after the records release, Unity Committee came together with another group, Rebels of Rhythm, to form Jurassic 5. Cut Chemist kept quite busy with the group, contributing Lesson 6 to the groups eponymous EP and producing the entire record. He also delved into remixing (DJ Shadow, Liquid Liquid) and outside work (scratching for Less Than Jake; appearing with Ozomatli). In mid-1997, Cut Chemist recorde...