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Extra Yard
Extra Yard
Various Artists / CD / 2002
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Far and away Britain's finest
hip-hop
label (and one of the finest in the world),
Big Dada
spent its first five years assembling a crucial stable of producers and rappers who forged a fresh style owing surprisingly little to
rap
music of the American variety. The
Big Dada
sound is a meld of digital
ragga
with
hip-hop
breakbeats and a distinctly British West Indies style of rapping -- heavy on the flow
and
the verbiage.
Extra Yard
, the label's second compilation, is all unreleased and excellent from start to finish, the perfect way to sample the
Big Dada
style without risk of release overlap. Flagship rapper
Roots Manuva
gets no less than four tracks, two of them solid remixes (
"Bashment Boogie,"
"Dreamy Days"
), one a version of his massive track
"Witness"
rejuvenated with a posse of rappers, and the last a new track (
"Born Again,"
with new name
Wildflower
). Veteran
Ty
wins the best-track sweepstakes with
"We Don't Care,"
driven by a deep, distorted bassline and his awesome vocal turn fading into a great group vocal on the chorus. Ace producer
Part 2
makes a specialty out of excellent tracks, and all of the ones he directs here get the nod as well:
"Life Without You"
(a sleek
R&B
tune featuring
LSK
on vocals, with a bit of a
2-step
bounce to it) and two
New Flesh
songs,
"Lie Low"
and
"Eat More Fruit,"
both studded with deep, stuttered beats. The raps are top-notch, the productions next-level, and the whole package is mixed into a fine froth by
DJ Excalibah
, on loan from the Beeb. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide
Artist
Various Artists
Format
CD
Genre
Rap
Label Name
Big Dada
Producer
Wayne Bennett, Part 2, Ty
Release Date
2002 10 01
Song List
1: A'la Fu Gives It to You (Skit) (0:57)
2: Killer Apps (4:01)
3: Dreamy Days [Lotek Productions Bonanza Relick] (3:48)
4: We Don't Care (4:25)
5: Born Again (3:24)
6: Izwha (5:05)
7: Life Without You (3:13)
8: Barry Says... (Skit) (1:26)
9: No More Bananas (3:34)
10: Fire (3:49)
11: Shake It Up (3:16)
12: Lie Low (3:18)
13: Eat More Fruit [More Fire Revisited] (3:17)
14: Zero Gravity [Lotek Productions Relick] (3:21)
15: Witness the Swords (3:54)
16: Niceness (4:35)
17: Bashment Boogie [Shadowless Tomz Remix] (3:20)
Style.Categories
Underground Rap, British Rap, Electronica, Ambient Breakbeat, Hardcore Rap, Ambient Techno, Club/Dance, Dub, Dancehall, Modern Electric Blues, Hip-Hop
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