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- Summary: Jungle producer Michael West's first album since 2005's Born Again as Rebel MC includes production from Benny Page, Serial Killaz, and Boyson & Crooks.
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- Record Label: Big Dada
- Genre(s): Electronic, Rap, Reggae, Jungle/Drum'n'Bass
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 9
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Mixed: 3 out of 9
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Negative: 0 out of 9
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Jul 11, 2013The result is an LP that manages to look forward while honouring the past simultaneously, which is no mean feat these days.
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Jul 11, 2013Some Congo Natty regulars, including vocalists Nanci Correia and Phoebe "Iron Dread" Hibbert, give the album a proper family feel, and with all these things in place, it's just natural to explain the album's worth with an old-school exclamation like "massive."
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MojoJul 11, 2013An unapologetic blast of tough breakbeats, deep bass, roots consciousness and with guest appearances from veteran MCs like Tenor Fly, General Levey and Tippa Irie, history lessons of how jungle grew from reggae and raving and influenced later forms including garage and grime. [Aug 2913, p.96]
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Jul 11, 2013Apart from that and ‘Micro Chip (Say No)’--which succeeds ‘Rebel’, closes the album and suffers from autotune abuse and the claim to be “the sons and daughters of Bob Marley”--Jungle Revolution consistently hits bullseyes.
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The WireJul 24, 2013Congo Natty always brings confrontational or cultural elements to set the context of the tracks. [Jun 2013, p.48]
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UncutJul 11, 2013West and his Congo crew hook up with On-U Sound's Adrian Sherwood for a familiar set that marries reggae spirituals to the fortified jungle of the soundsystem. [Aug 2013, p.69]
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Jul 11, 2013Although there are plenty of adrenaline-infusing moments on Jungle Revolution, Congo Natty fails to keep up the momentum throughout
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Oct 7, 2013
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