There's something much more cynical about this than Dizzee's "Fix Up Look Sharp" or "Dream", both solitary compromises on otherwise ruthlessly focussed albums. But on the day-glo R&B of "Brown Eyes" he hardly sounds convinced himself. Halfway through "Reload It" you hear a hungry young MC pushing his skills to demonstrate the flow that prompts crowds to demand the rewind. His major label single debut, "Ps & Qs", showed more than a little promise, managing a stalking and sinuous sound without resorting tothe alienating avant-minimalism of Grime's more leftfield outings.īut over the 15 tracks that make up Home Sweet Home, Kano and his people throw so much at the wall that the resulting twists and turns dilute the album's impact. On that album he had the last word with "Mic Fight", a track that has since become a UK hip hop anthem and one that makes Skinnyman, Blak Twang and Roots Manuva sound parochial and quaint. Kano, in common with so many of the artists featured on last year's genre-defining Run The Road compilation, has a style unique enough, accessible enough, to stand out in the pop landscape. Strange that Grime seems so desperate for a mainstream crossover star right now.Haven't the past couple of years seenDizzee win a Mercury and ship a bunch of albums on his own terms?
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