ALBUM REVIEW okayplayer.com DJ NANA - The World Inside My Head Volume 3 Reported by: Jason Reynolds [80] Toronto’s own DJ/Producer DJ Nana has decided to let us in to the world inside his head, for the third time. The eighteen-track album, appropriately titled, The World Inside My Head, Vol. 3, is laced with ambient hip-hop, reggae, and African grooves (some with vocals, most without). Nana’s intro is a brief dedication to all the listeners, music lovers, and innovators. His voice comes across raw, and you can even hear him brush against the microphone, in what I would imagine to be a basement studio. I like the unmixed quality of it, and even like the continuity between the intro and the first song, “Motorcity Vibin’,” a short, bass- heavy space funk. “Motorcity Vibin’” flows directly into “Sound is the Weapon,” a more mastered track, introduced by a barrage of sound bytes, and a driving snare drum. The Bside Playas then lay their heavy, and slightly dragging voices over the beat, dulling it a bit. Not necessarily because the Bside Playas are bad, but because the quality of the vocal recording taints the cleanness of the instrumental. As a DJ/Producer, I like DJ Nana. I think he’s a solid maker of music, and shows glimpses of innovation. The biggest ill of this project is the one I just stated - that often times the vocals taint the otherwise strong instrumentals. There are instances when it works, like on “Simple Man,” featuring Lep Noel, as well as “1chill-earF.O.R.C.E.” featuring Luke F.O.R.C.E., but for the most part, the vocals fall flat. Luckily, most of The World Inside My Head, Vol