I think the moment this fella nabbed me was about a minute into the first verse of 'Juggle Tings Proper' where he talks about wrapping his head with foil a la Joe Wicks in 'Enders... UK Hip-Hop has always had a bit of a chip on it's shoulder when compared to the slicker US version. This album seems to sidestep all of that. A scratchy, silly, murky dubby re-tooling of hip-hop, recalling that thick early Wu-Tang Clan basement tapes sound. Roots has one of the best voices in rap, best since Chuck D anyway, and there's not a fake American syllable on here. Fancy tracks: 'Juggle Tings Proper', 'Movements', 'Wisdom Fall'.
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