Dead Residents Keep Britain Tidy LP
After releasing two little teasers, Dead Residents unleash the ‘Keep Britain Tidy’ LP on the unsuspecting public, and what a release it is too! It’s not often you get an album that has no ‘skip-it’ moments and when you do, they tend to be branded as classics. Whilst I wouldn’t go throwing the classic status at this just yet, ‘Keep Britain Tidy’ certainly holds great promise for the future.
Production wise this LP is streaks ahead, with truly inspired sample choices, including the many lyrical sound bytes used. Case in point is the cut & paste track ‘Walk On Glass (Remix)’, which sees Junior Disprol rhyming in turn with lines cut from some well known emcees. The sample arrangement is fantastic, with the female vocal sample used for the hook being the icing on the cake. This high standard of production from JD and Chud Jackson is a reassuring theme throughout the LP and rarely dips off form. The guest producers Optimus Prime, Sir Doofus and The Squire add that little extra variety in style too.
The quality of beat-making is matched by J.D.s lyrical ability, who displays so many styles over the course of the LP. Humorous, thoughtful, dark or just down right outrageous, ‘Keep Britain Tidy’ is verbally varied to say the least. In my view, J.D. saves the best to the very last, with the hidden track after the outro displaying unbelievable energy and a faultless flow.
So many highlights such as the aging bboy anthem ‘Fresh Fresh Again’ or the middle-eastern grime of ‘Douche and Bounce’ add up to make an LP that is essential. ‘Keep Britain Tidy’ is not only a good environmental message; it’s the name of one of the best LPs to have been released in 2005. Whether or not this becomes a hiphop classic remains to be seen, but this will definitely be played on systems for a long time to come.
‘Keep Britain Tidy’ is not only a good environmental message; it’s the name of one of the best LPs to have been released in 2005
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