virus syndicate lp
got sent copy of the virus syndicate cd , (markone's crew of mcs from manc,)and fuck me it's ace.
k-punk praised the last markone lp that featured these guys in his top ten of last year, he's gonna love this..
as k-punk pointed out virus have enuff distance from london to not get entangled in the whole scene, the intercrew merking and the scramble for a big label deal, and they've made an album for planet mu of really good imaginative beats with some wicked mcing, and it's all grimey.
the album is ghetto reportage in the best sense, with that whole vibe that good hip hop albums have of a gangster movie. tunes about getting into debt cos you're trying to show off, shotting drugs (with no remorse) girls that get screwed over by men and get fucked up and into drugs, what goes around comes around mentality, and robbing banks, as well as some good old fashioned boasting. and its not social worker style like ms dynamite or depressing lefty stuff either.
i really really hope that the press pick up on this fkr and some of the people that write on this board, it's easy to push the london side cos they're close etc, but this is a top album, and it's not coming out on a label that's got the cash for big money videos and street campaigns and all that shit. But it's really fucking good.
even my girlfriend enjoyed it and she thinks grime mc's are mostly idiots.
