Two decades after Jon More and Matt Black reconfigured Eric B & Rakim’s Paid in Full for people with tiny attention spans, unpredictability remains their trump card. Topics such as globalisation are lubricated with fruity soul syncopations and arrangements that update Gil Scott-Heron’s funk template. Cameos from Roots Manuva and Saul Williams prove that Coldcut’s address book is as thick as a brick — though neither comes close to Robert Owens, whose appearance recalls Massive Attack at their distant peak.
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