ill Manors (Deluxe Version)
Plan B has been heralded by liberals - but in Ill Manors, Josh Hall finds little but misogyny, lazy storytelling, and dangerous faux-leftism.
Plan B has been heralded by liberals - but in Ill Manors, Josh Hall finds little but misogyny, lazy storytelling, and dangerous faux-leftism.
<p>Ben Drew graduates to a new level with these ferocious yet compassionate dispatches from the British underclass, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong></p>
<p>Ben Drew graduates to a new level with these ferocious yet compassionate dispatches from the British underclass, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong></p>
<strong>Alexis Petridis</strong>: No more retro-soul for Ben Drew – he's back to hip-hop and sink-estate reportage. It's impressive, but pretty harrowing too
<strong>Alexis Petridis</strong>: No more retro-soul for Ben Drew – he's back to hip-hop and sink-estate reportage. It's impressive, but pretty harrowing too
Plan B's new album, Ill Manors, puts hip hop back where it really makes sense, as the urgent poetry of the mean streets, writes Neil McCormick.
Plan B's new album, Ill Manors, puts hip hop back where it really makes sense, as the urgent poetry of the mean streets, writes Neil McCormick.
The Strickland Banks follow-up touches similar themes but is a tougher, uglier creature. CD review by Thomas H Green
The Strickland Banks follow-up touches similar themes but is a tougher, uglier creature. CD review by Thomas H Green