Underdog Records Collection

Underdog Records presents three albums from the great Montenegrin-French multi-instrumentalist and composer Janko Nilovic, reissued as three-CD set. Soul Impressions (1975), Pop Impressions (1972), and Super America (1976) each present a particular strain of Nilovic's compositional wizardry, which has encompassed the styles of jazz, funk, Latin, psychedelic, easy listening, classical, and pop over the course of his prolific career. These genre-blending arrangements have more recently become a rich source of samples for contemporary hip-hop artists, including Jay-Z, Dafuniks, and Guts. Here are the original tracks, three landmark albums from one of the greatest European studio talents of the '70s.