An afternoon spent with engineer/guitarist Piet "Demolition" Dalmolen and keyboardist/producer B. Swizlo, listening to an unreleased mix tape by Swizlo and the Subliminal Sabotage crew, Future Hits of that Humboldt Shit, offers a musician's take on the maturing sound of Humboldt hip hop. The musicians lounge in their gritty Arcata studio surrounded by stacks of amplifiers and half-empty bottles of water.

With Northern California's Potluck on the road half the year, Humboldt County producer B. Swizlo has taken over the duty of assembling the area's talent and spreading CDs like seeds across the land. Swizlo demonstrates astounding versatility on ...Humboldt $!?. Utilizing the electric organ and piano and a handful of talented instrumentalists, Swizlo creates many kinds of tracks, including West Coast synthesized bass-heavy slumpers, mellow twinklers, rock 'n' rollers, old-school vocal recreations and even departures from rap with The Nucleus bringing a heavy folk-rock vibe.