British hip hop with a difference (EQ - Queens English)

Member Name: dangaroo

Product:	EQ - Queens English
Date:	10/02/09 (29 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: A lot of variation with some good tracks

Disadvantages: Not as good as their 2 earlier EP's in my book

EQ is Queen's English first full sized album, the South East London based group who originally met up at Leeds University. The hip hop genre is not one that I dabble with too often unless the bands are either unique, alternative, great lyrically or preferably all three, this means I give much of the main stream a wide berth.

Queen's English are a band whose EP "Mind the Rap" was one that appealed a lot to me, the lyrics in particular were pretty cool, their 17 track album EQ doesn't quite live up to the standards I'd expected to hear from them but there's still plenty of variation in the styles used and with female vocals, several MC's, a beatboxer and a DJ, it's quite a line-up they have on offer.

Personally my favourite track would have to be the mellow and infectious "Just", that's not to say that the other tracks aren't a little bit different but they sound a bit more mainstream than I recall from the earlier work of the band.

This album retails around 10 quid but the band members have their heads screwed on tight, involved in numerous projects from a charity focusing on mental health issues through to workshops UK and worldwide on English Literature and music, specifically hip hop and widening the realms of a previously and potentially still awesome style of music.

Summary: Excellent lyrics, good variation