X-Posse Theme
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X at his
best - alone in the studio. Sad to say but this is my favourite
track on the whole album because the production is classic X.
Shame about the rubbish which follows. For now, at least, enjoy
a tuff bit of street beats and a tantalising glimpse of what UK
hip hop could have been if it wasn't (allegedly) shafted by Westwood. |
 Kickin
It Live
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Shit. The backing
track is great, but who knows or cares who Freski Dames is or
was? Just wait till you hear the lyric "give no respect to
a man who's a homo". "Sharper than Columbo". Er,
no. This is an insult to rap. |
The X and The V
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Back on track with
everyones favourite double act - streetwise X and downright scary
V tell it like it is. This is a portent of the tight rhymes to
come with X & V on "X Versus The World". Once more
they are unsure about beating racism and achieving peace - maybe
they should have a word with Freski Dames about homophobia too. |
X Army |
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Lovely beats - X
hasn't lost his touch on the freeform production tip - man I wish
I knew where he found his beats - one of the X Posse works the
lyrics while DJ Vietnam works the wax. Tough. |
Aint Got The Time
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Regular X-Posse collaborator
Kandy - (who needs to have a word with Latifah if she thinks she
is the Queen of Hip-Hop) grabs the mic and impresses us with her
timekeeping. |
Return Of The Breaks
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X steps back from
the faders and lets his deejays work it out - nice one. Old school
hip-hop and scratches galore! I don't know how many decks are
on the go but it's all here - trademark dub pressure on the beats,
funk samples. Nice. |
Project X
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Stingray gets the
title track. Shit. |
I Got Talent |
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Yes - Midrange does
not dissapoint - the militant rocker brings it on over a tuff
beat to shake your bassbins. This track would have been great
were it not bookended by shit tracks. Midrange had talent, but
some of his X Posse co-conspirators needed to do their street
homework.... |
Suckers |
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Mysteriously sounds
like X. But whoever "Sam" is - apart from a touch of
comedy at the end of the track, this just didn't do anything for
me. Sorry Posse. |
X-Posse Resprisal |
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Wait for it -
exactly the same as the opening track. There's no excuse for
this - maybe they ran out of studio time, I don't know, but
when you spend your cash on a record then, sure, you might not
like all the tracks - but duplicating tracks ??
A disappointing end to a mediocre
album. |
