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Track Listings
| 1. Beat That My Heart Skipped |
| 2. Development |
| 3. Look For The Woman |
| 4. Rapper's Battle |
| 5. Tommy C |
| 6. Fixed |
| 7. Angles |
| 8. Letter From God To Man |
| 9. Magician's Assistant |
| 10. Back From Hell |
| 11. Thou Shalt Always Kill |
| 12. Waiting For The Beat To Kick In |
| 13. Reading My Dreams |
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Upon first listen some dismissed Thou Shalt Always Kill as a new version of Baz Luhrmann's utterly hateful Sunscreen, aimed squarely at ironically-coiffured Shoreditch residents. Repeated hearings actually revealed the debut Dan Le Sac VS Scroobius Pip single to be a lyrically dexterous celebration of independent thinking and hilarious condemnation of lazy bandwagon-jumping. It also included arguably the greatest line of 2007, ''Thou shalt not question Stephen Fry''.
Although !Kill became an alt-anthem in spite of itself, it could have easily been the last eager fans heard of Essex MC Pip and production ace Le Sac, were it not for their abilities behind both microphone and mixing desk.
Pip, the man with the densest, most imposing beard in UK rap, has a similarly formidable set of rhymes that delight throughout Angles. On Development, Scroobius praises Mos Def for rhyming the alphabet, before a mid-song switching of beat sees him rap the periodic table to hilarious and exhilarating effect.
This smart spitting, redolent of a suburban Skinny Man or more long-in-the-tooth Mike Skinner, is used to effectively elicit poignancy on Tommy and most notably on Magician's Assistant. While a moody soundscape sounds like a scary stagger away from consciousness, Pip chats about self-harm. The result is a better anti-suicide ode than REM's Everybody Hurts.
Le Sac's production highlights include cutting Dizzee Rascal grime beats into Fixed, meaty trance throbs on the malevolent shoplifting tale of the title track and his inspired use of a sample from Radiohead's Planet Telex on Letter From God To Man. It's to his credit there's as much deft imagination in the music as there is in the lyrics.
Few could have expected this album to include more than a couple of passable songs on the back of what seemed like a novelty hit. That Angles is worthy of careful, repeated listens is as pleasant a surprise as a hangover-free Saturday. --Lou Thomas
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
After hearing quite sometime ago the lyrically brilliant `Thou Shalt Always Kill' by Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip I always wondered if these two would do an album proper and low and behold here it is. `Angles' is simply fantastic, if `The Streets' are hip-rap then this is punk-rap, beat poetry with humour and edge. If you have heard the first single and wondered like me how they could stretch the idea to 13 tunes, don't worry, they can and do very well, making this record a joy from start to finish. As well as heartfelt tunes like `Beat that my heart skipped', there's the interesting juxtaposition of Tommy cooper and relationships in `Tommy C' and a fantastic use of samples in `Fixed' (Fix up look sharp) and `Letter from God to man' (Planet Telex). Never shy of dealing with dark subjects the humour and forked wit balance out the harsher moments especially the 11 minute 3 part tale that closes the record. It's easy to make comparisons to `The Streets' because of Dan's vocal delivery but the beats owe more to the likes of Mark B and Blade or Money Mark, but that said this pair do seem to have a style all of their own. If you like semi-spoken word sticking to the man, woman and child music with a message, that doesn't take itself too seriously then you will probably get a lot from this album. Taking in styles ranging from funk, hip-hop, R&B, soul and dance expect to hear this a loads as the summer approaches and people start to realise just how much fun Dan and Scroobius are, it's the DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince its ok to like.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Have heard about half the album through various sources online and haven't been this impressed with an album for a long time. Lyrics are cleaver, witty and often touching and the beats are full of hooks that won't leave your head for days.
There will be obvious comparisons to The Streets but in my opinion, Dan and Pip are far superior.
The stand out tracks on the album are Look for the Woman, Beat that My Heart Skipped and Tommy C.
I can't recommend this highly enough, I suggest you give it a go.
There will be obvious comparisons to The Streets but in my opinion, Dan and Pip are far superior.
The stand out tracks on the album are Look for the Woman, Beat that My Heart Skipped and Tommy C.
I can't recommend this highly enough, I suggest you give it a go.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is the most unique album ive ever heard. I hope artists start to follow this type of hip-hop, instead of talking about guns drugs etc..., im not sure you can compare this to any other band tho, Fantastic album!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Angle of the dangle
This has to be one of my top 10 albums full stop. Musically interesting and catchy - some dirty mixes that some appear to have interpreted as not so good. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Michael G. Evans
Excellent
Bumped in to Scroobius Pip on the London Underground, so decided to get this CD afterwards. Excllent intelligent lyrcis delivered with great beats. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Rob
Lyrical genius...
Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip make a great double act. Scroobius Pip flows effortless rhyming and reciting his way through a collection of unique and intelligent tracks. Read more
Published 16 months ago by DRGD
Lyrical genius...
Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip make a great double act. Scroobius Pip flows effortless rhyming and reciting his way through a collection of unique and intelligent tracks. Read more
Published 16 months ago by DRGD
Fab
I'd heard just two tracks before I bought this album, "Though shalt always kill" and "Letter from God to man" and I really liked them both. Read more
Published 18 months ago by jessica
explosion of emotions track by track, amazing!
The first time I heard this album it totally blew me away, intelligent lyrics, melodic catchy tunes and banging beats, what more would you want? Read more
Published 19 months ago by Matt Brenton
everyone must hear this album
its not easy listening melodic and its not that well produced but tyou have to hear this album if you listen to the lyrical content i dont believe anyone would regret hearing it. Read more
Published 21 months ago by D. M. Boulden
Great album and lyrically clever
This has some great tunes, I love Scroobius Pip's vocal delivery and the cleverly witty lyrics are a delight. I am enjoying the album more on each listening. Read more
Published on 7 May 2010 by D
OMFG and other such phrases
I only recently discovered this gem of an album, I just wish I had before :)
Funky tunes with an old school feel that at times reminds me of things like Schooly D, Young... Read more
Funky tunes with an old school feel that at times reminds me of things like Schooly D, Young... Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2009 by D. Hussey
Interesting!
These guys are great, first got into them through seeing them live and have seen them a further three times since. Read more
Published on 8 Nov 2008 by Mr. Aj Cran
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