The long awaited full length album by one of Dubstep's original pioneers and golden boys has arrived. Having been signed to Dilpo's super dirty label Mad Decent this is a slight change in direction. If you were expecting 12 tracks of Cockney Thug variations then you will be sorely disappointed. Dubstep purists too will probably bemoan the more 'cross-over' tracks on the album but then again if they had their way no one would know about dubstep except them so who gives...?
Any album that features Dirty Projectors vocalist Amber Coffman singing on a garage track has got to be worth a listen! And it is.
This a big album, with an epic foundation wobbling tone of voice, similar to the Crookers' debut earlier this year, in that it is going to be melting the speakers at a million parties for the duration of summer.
When Rusko makes dubstep he is of course a master having been very much responsible for making the genre known to a wider audience with his earlier releases, but here he stretches his producers muscles a lot more, covering old skool rave, garage and bassy ghetto party music that doesn't really seem to be have a specific label. With so many collaborations there's a lot of genre blurring making this a very interesting beast at times. It's always compelling listening; with moments of filthy bass heavy fun (Rubadub Shakedown) sitting alongside some breathtaking moments of deftly ambient beauty (District Line) and some just plain freaky (My Mouth and Oy featuring Crookers).
All in all a very satisfying experience, maybe not the album people were expecting, but OMG what did you expect?!
Download Oy feat. Crookers here
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