Wax Poetic is the hip-hop project behind Turkish-born musician
Ilhan Ersahin, the ever-changing entourage of singers and musicians in which he founded in the N.Y.C. club scene in 1997. Their stumbling jams of urban electronica, acid jazz, and pop music mold the 16-member group, and their Atlantic self-titled debut is trip-heavy on beat-driven doses of jungle loops and sultry vibes of drum'n'bass.