‘Hidden Beach Recordings Present Unwrapped Volume 1’ was released in 2001 as the brainchild of DJ/Producer Tony Joseph and Musician/ Producer Daryl Ross. It put together some of today’s most
accomplished instrumental soloists to reverse the process followed by hip hop producers and offer up infectious renditions of such rap standards as LL Cool J's ‘Lounging’, Biggie's ‘One More Chance’, and OutKast's ‘Ms. Jackson.’. An outstanding track listing plus great performances from, among others, Patrice Rushen, Paul Jackson JR, Everett Harp and Mike Phillips ensured that the project was an absolute winner. Indeed, such was the success of the album that volumes two and three followed in 2002 and 2004 respectively. Now Tony Joseph is back with his next project, ‘Def Jazz’, a collection of smooth jazz interpretations of rap, hip hop and R & B classics this time all drawn from the house of Def Jam Records.