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Although 19-year old Kane Robinson is the latest product of the vibrant UK Garage scene commonly dubbed "grime", his deceptively named debut full-length album, Home Sweet Home travels far beyond the East London boroughs most grime MCs make their ends. Boasting collaborative work with The Streets’ Mike Skinner, M.I.A associate Diplo, grime faces Terrah Danjah and D Double E, and even producer du jour Paul Epworth – the Bloc Party knob-twiddler, who contributes Black Sabbath-sampling rock banger "I Don’t Know Why" – this is an album that reflects Kano’s charismatic, multi-faced style: or, as he neatly puts it on frothing junglist number "Reload It", "I make love music/And I make thug music".
Skipping styles like hopscotch, we see Kano tackle assured, chugging rap-rock ("Typical Me"); Latin-tinged, Hennesy-sipping party vibes ("Remember Me"); reflective garden-gate philosophy ("How We Livin’"); and thuggish, slice-of-London-life drama (‘Ghetto Kid’) with equal charm and proficiency. His debut single, "Boys Love Girls" – a bouncy, comical encapsulation of playground sexual politics, included here as a bonus track – still sounds like perhaps his finest moment. But on Home Sweet Home, Kano has grown in many directions, and somewhat miraculously, every one suits him --Louis Pattison
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Home Sweet Home + 1 Bonus Track: Boys Love Girls (CD Album) by Kano (Kane Robinson) - 16 Tracks: 1. Home Sweet Home 2. Ghetto Kid 3. P's And Q's 4. Reload It 5. Typical Me 6. Mic Check 7. Sometimes 8. 9 To 5 9. Nite Nite 10. Brown Eyes 11. Remember Me 12. I Don't Know Why 13. How We Livin' 14. Nobody Don't Dance No More 15. Signs In Life 16. Bonus Track: Boys Love Girls - Produced by The Streets - Format: CD, Album - Label: 679 - Bestell-Nr./Catalog#: 679L097CD / 50467 8887 2 - VÖ/Released: 06/03/2006 - Land/Country: UK - Interpret/Artist: Kano (Kane Robinson) - Titel/Title: Home Sweet Home - Genre: Rap - EAN/UPC: 5050467888722
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
If you don't see my location on here yet, believe it or not, I'm from the US, out of all places, reviewing this album. Kano is literally, a U.K. continuation of Jay Z, except he is much better. "I love money, don't get me wrong, but its more what the songs like ." - Has jay Z ever said that? Don't think so. But everything else on this album has Jay Z's trademark all over it, from the way Kano does the chorouses, to the way he suddendly slows down in his verses, to the way where he acts so cocky to the point where he really just is the s**t.
Whereas Jay Z has been in mainstream for a while, this guy is just coming up from the UK underground scene, supposedly, yet he spits fire better than many mainstream rappers in the US who have been around a long time - "I got punchlines / and I got kick lines / And I aint commericial but I got hit lines." While I'm not saying that the UK rap scene is better overall (sorry people), this and the new Mitchell Brothers album really hit me hard due to how suprisingly unique these albums were, and why some other people in the U.S. just don't "get it."
Production on the other hand, is a pure gem. I've never heard original MIDI production with no sampling this good in my life. Whoever produces for Kano (I know Kano does some himself and the Mitchell brothers do some) really, really knows what they are doing with MIDI and has an excellent background in music theory, especially for "grime" hip hop beats.
Highlights:
Nite Nite (mitchell brothers beat for this is crazy)
The title track
P's & Q's
Signs in life (this track hits hard as hell and Kano rips it for 6 minutes)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I originally ignored this album due to my slight prejudice against mainstream acts such as the streets. Since being subjected to it in my mate's car i have come around to recognise Kano one of the better UK rappers out there. His flow and the number of times he switches it up is sick. The beats are good too. He is easily up there with the UK's finest Jehst, Life, Cy Philly, Klashnekoff, Kyza, Chester P, Scor-zay-zee, Cappo et al. And thats one of the good things about him, he appeals to fans of seriously good rappers such as those i have just mentioned, and also talentless wastemen like lethal bizzle (a complete joke!). Hopefully he can convert a few grime fans to real hip hop. Before anyone tries to defend lethal drivel plz check out some tracks from the above MC's and hear some actual talent on the mic.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I have waited in anticipation for this album ever since December last year when I first heard the infectious 'Ps & Qs' on Chanel U. Six and a half months later, Kano finally drops his debut album 'Home Sweet Home'. This is without a doubt the most original LP to come out of the UK and will beat any modern US hip hop album hands down. Kanos lyrics are sublime, each line he drops contains typicaly British matters such as football, cups of tea, clubbing and Eastenders! Kano touches on his days as a Chelsea apprentice in the fantastic 9 to 5 (which is far to short at just 2 minutes 10 seconds). Kano blames his laziness and the fact that his always in bed for his turn to the mic ("Then I gave up, now i'm in the music biz and i wont ever let my laziness ruin this"). The beats are very original, mixing rock and hip hop together to produce a very original sounding grime. This album is better then i anticipated, its wonderfully crafted and unlike other albums such as 'The Massacre' or 'Showtime', Kano has obviously tried to introduce something new to Hip Hop and has devouted himself entirely to the project. A hot album that will be very difficult to top by any artist this year!!
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Kano
Kano began in the GRIME scene and is doing more hiphop stuff.Kano is sick and this is worth buying.His bars are sick. Read more
Published on 25 Nov 2006 by Mr. D. L. Mooresmith
UK at its best.
There are alot of UK rappers out there, mostly they are underground rappers such as Lethal Bizzle, but they offer a different underground style of rap that follows the same story... Read more
Published on 10 April 2006 by H. P. Kirby
Some Real UK Rap Talent!!!
I've always favoured US Rap and was yet to find a UK Rapper that i found apealling, til i bought this album, Kano is the future of UK Rap, he could break it mainstream in the... Read more
Published on 19 Dec 2005 by "benadamz"
A solid album
It's always good to hear more UK hip hop and Kano delivers a fine set of tracks on Home Sweet Home! Read more
Published on 5 Dec 2005
Brilliant album
This album is so good. Usually i listen to US hiphop/rap but Kano's lyrics and beats show a pure talent over the rest. Read more
Published on 22 Oct 2005 by "millenium_babe56"
Very good album, any1 who disses this album is..well stupid!
Very good album, I originally heard 'Typical Me' on Channel U and just thought itz another artist trying to act hard, but I then heard the album round a mates house a realized how... Read more
Published on 21 Oct 2005 by Well that's obvious
Good..... But not amazing
Decent album, I wouldnt go as far to say that this is top draw but definatly not a bad debut. I know terms such as "The Best Lyricist in UK Hip Hop" are being thrown around, but I... Read more
Published on 12 Oct 2005
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.
When I first saw this album advertised I was really excited that it featured the song with the streets. Read more
Published on 5 Oct 2005 by Carlos
UK HipHop finally has a break through
Right, Kano, what can I say: Quite possibly the best lyricist in UK Hip Hop, in fact judging by the album...possibly one of the best lyricists in Hip Hop. Read more
Published on 3 Oct 2005 by "diddyhopkins"
the nxt big thing???
i saw theese reviews that said 5 star this 5 star that and i thought it was just thoose people who give anything good fivestars and anything bad one! Read more
Published on 30 Sep 2005 by mehul
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