- Audio CD (27 Oct 1995)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Nation
- ASIN: B000007X8R
- Other Editions: Audio CD | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 101,088 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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This is the album that put ADF, the five-member Asian band from London's East End, on the musical map. Mixing art with activism, they weld protest rap to breakbeats and ambient dub. "I grab the mic", chants their diminutive MC Master D in rapid-fire ragga style, "To.../ Supply rhymes, man / You never thought an Asian could do this." More dance-orientated than the distorted guitar and punk attitude of their follow-up, 1998's Rafi's Revenge, this album includes the declarative "Rebel Warrior" (about Bangladesh's national poet Kobi Nazrul Islam); the gentle percussive tabla groove of "Journey", and "Thacid", an experimental piece of dub techno. Lacing their hardcore rap with sardonic use of nursery rhyme and popular song, along with deep bass beats and swathes of sampled Hindi film music, ADF here made a compelling debut. --Lucy O'Brien
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
My ears seem to love this album because I just cannt keep away from it. It may be harsh, political, and contain more sample and sounds I dare count, but all the better for it! This is the first album, and is obvious from it's explosion of creativity. Listen to the albmum once, even twice and you might miss the point due to the great sounds vibing into your ears, this work of art can only be truly understood and appreciated over repeated listening. As a film student I cannot help but create images when I lisen to the tracks, what a mind trip, you gotta buy this!
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Musically this album is excellent. Brilliantly laid out breakbeats and bass, funky melodies, plenty of beatiful tabla and some nice Indian samples. Master D's lyrics are good too - I just have one complaint: nearly all of the tracks are about racial disharmony in Britain. Of course this is an important subject and clearly a very strong influence to the band, but after the nth sample stating political statistics I found myself wishing for some different topics.
Personal faves: 5 - Journey. 8 - Tu Meri.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
There are a lot of good points and a few bad points about this record - nothing serious though. It's certainly a bit too long. At 68 minutes, it's almost impossible to listen to in one session. It's also let down by long "dub" versions of two of the other tracks. Seems a bit lazy to me, since all they are is the same track... without the vocal. Fair enough if you want to freestyle to it... but I don't really. Probably my only other gripe is that I'm not fond of the beats. Most are drum and bass style whereas I like banging hip-hop drums. But nevermind.
Aside from all this, it's a classy record, a brilliant fusion of sounds that showcase the band's asian roots within a western framework. Great samples... Journey, particularly is magnificent. Three and a half minutes of plodding along only serves to accentuate the excitement that kicks in when the vocal sample starts, then a couple of bars later... Master D: "So good to live!.." Unfortunately I always end up disappointed when the sample stops.
Well, there are some great tracks on here so it's well worth getting.
Aside from all this, it's a classy record, a brilliant fusion of sounds that showcase the band's asian roots within a western framework. Great samples... Journey, particularly is magnificent. Three and a half minutes of plodding along only serves to accentuate the excitement that kicks in when the vocal sample starts, then a couple of bars later... Master D: "So good to live!.." Unfortunately I always end up disappointed when the sample stops.
Well, there are some great tracks on here so it's well worth getting.
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