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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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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, 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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Jul 11, 2013Interjected with dusty dubplate samples, gun-finger shots and clashing MCs throughout, what Jungle Revolution lacks in variation it makes up with genuine spirit.
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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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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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Jul 11, 2013Although there are plenty of adrenaline-infusing moments on Jungle Revolution, Congo Natty fails to keep up the momentum throughout
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Q MagazineJul 11, 2013His ambitions, and trademark gruff delivery, are here assisted by a new generation of drum'n'bass producers. [Aug 2013, p.96]
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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]