Lead The Way A Cappella Snippet - Music

Producer Mark B And MC Blade Hail From South London UK. Their Debut The Unknown Is A Concept Album Without Arty Pretensions Aiming To Celebrate Home-Grown Hip-Hop. Conceived As A Call To Arms Mark B And Blade's Collaboration Deserve Plaudits Outside US Comparison. Alongside Big Dada's Gamma They Have Mounted A Rap Attack On Hip-Hop's Dumbed-Down Status Quo With An Album That Is Lyrically And Sonically Superb. Although The Subject Matter May Be Monotonous For Most The Under-Appreciation Of UK Hip-Hop The Delivery Certainly Is Not. Though Elderly In UK Hip-Hop Terms Blade's Baritone Breath Control Is Timeless. He Rhymes With A Furrowed Brow Straight Across Battle-Scarred Lines Assaulting Conformists On "From The Wordlab" Or Criticising The Music Industry's Predilection For Fads On "Ya Don't See The Signs". The Ever-Prolific Mark B Profits From Eccentricity For Him All Music From Polish Folk Music To Elmer Bernstein-Style Brass Is Relevant. His Desire To Search And Utilise The Ultimate But Strangest Breaks Marks Him Out As An Innovative Talent Who Can Produce World-Class State Of The Art Hip-Hop. Listening To Their Signature Tunes The Unknown Is An Affirmation Of This Blade Is The Everyman Tripped Up By Life's Ups And Downs Chasing His Demons And Flitting In And Out Of Reveries. Instead Of Providing A Melody That Stinks Of Dank Basement Isolation In The Manner Of Such Arch-Miserabilists As Company Flow Mark B Provides A Tidal Wave Of Sublime Funk And Choppy Beats And He Does It Over And Over Again. The Unknown Is A Great Album That Proves Again That Quality UK Hip-Hop Is Not A Contradiction In Terms. Originally By Maxine Kabuubi Taken From Http //www.Amazon.Co.Uk/Mark-B/dp/B00005JI7N read less