Jugganote - The Hold Up

Description: Artist:Jugganote / Genre: Hip-Hop & Rap / Label: Mean Business Records / Release Date: 2008

Newest Review: ... accent but can spin line after line of top rhymes at a fast and angry pace. Whilst bigging up Barry Town does sound a bit ... more

... like Ali G bigging up Langley Village, the band are not a novelty act at all. Topics covered on this EP range from the angry track "For my brothers" which does remind me a hell of a lot of "Killing in the Name of" and basically discusses soldiers fighting for their country but for no reason other than business, other tracks show the bands flexibility in that some tracks have a more old school sound and even reggae (Burn It Down - A dedication to smoking weed). Generally we're talking about an upb...more

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Jugganote - The Hold Up: Excellent debut EP from a great band (240 words)
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The Hold Up was an EP released by Cardiff based Hip Hop/Rock band Jugganote. The band are not widely known but are a superb group that are Britain's answer to Rage Against the Machine. Frontman "Be Spoken" raps away at a right old speed with a Welsh accent but can spin line after line of top rhymes at a fast and angry pace. Whilst bigging up Barry Town does sound a bit like Ali G bigging up Langley Village, the band are not a novelty act at all. Topics covered on this EP range from the angry track "For my brothers" which does remind me a hell of a lot of "Killing in the Name of" and basically discusses soldiers fighting for their ... Read the complete review

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