Turntable legend Rob Swift tightropes between genres on his first solo offering in seven years, The Architect. The record sounds like the hip-hop tinged soundtrack to a Humphrey Bogart detective flick. Dramatic horns and strings provide the cliffhangers that are deftly picked up by furious drums and scratches. Over the course of the 34 minute record, Swift ambitiously takes aim at the unlikely pairing of hip-hop and classical music. While it's not a genre-fusion-nightmare a la Limp Bizkit, the marriage of hip-hop and classical music isn't exactly made in heaven. Whenever a track appears ready to take off behind expert scratches, the classical aesthetic grinds the momentum to a halt. "Rabia - 2nd Movement" is one of few tracks where the juxtaposition succeeds. Swift's cuts are masterful; the beats themselves are somewhat dull.