Extra Yard

Editorial Reviews
From URB Magazine
A decade ago, British hip-hop was mired in a funk. American funk, to be precise. Avid scholars of the stateside form, British MCs had yet to establish a viable, engaging, indigenous identity that wasn't emulative. Fast forward a few years, and UK rappers had finally found their own voice in the form of artists like Blak Twang and Skinnyman. Now they needed the beats to match. Extra Yard, then, is the sound of the scene finding its unified aesthetic, with a style they dub "bouncement." Most of the sonics, by producers such as Tomz and Part 2, border on anarchy — pop-locking electro, irregular synth dribbles, skittish two-step percussion, neck-snapping tempos — and are matched with bombastic, dancehall-influenced vocals. As a result, songs like New Flesh's "Zero Gravity Lotek Relick," Infinite Lifez's "No More Bananas" and "Born Again" by scene patriarch Roots Manuva prove more challenging than anything coming out of the States, underground or otherwise. If the hunger shown on the outstanding posse cut "Witness the Swords" is any indication, now that they've found a voice, they'll soon find an audience. As Ty says on the chorus of "Don't Care," "We don't intend to be broke, so keep your eyes on me." Jon Caramanica

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Extra Yard

Tracks:

A'la Fu Gives It To You - A'la Fu
Killer Apps - Gamma
Dreamy Days - Roots Manuva
We Don't Care - TY
Born Again - Roots Manuva
Izwha - Gamma
Life Without You - Part 2 & LSK
Barry Says - M3
No More Bananas - Infinite Livez
Fire - Lotek Hifi
Shake It Up - TY
Lie Low - New Flesh
Ear More Fruit (More Fire Revisited) - Defisis V. New Flesh
Zero Gravity - New Flesh
Witness The Swords - Roots Manuva
Niceness - Infinite Livez
Bashment Boogie (Shadowless Tomz Remix) - Roots Manuva

I'm A Hustla [+ BONUS TRACK & BONUS REMIX w/ Mary J. Blige]

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I'm A Hustla [+ BONUS TRACK & BONUS REMIX w/ Mary J. Blige]
Cassidy , Mario , Nas , Mary J. Blige , Lil Wayne , Fabolous , Quan , Swizz Beatz , Raekwon , and Mashonda
Manufacturer: J & Full Surface Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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