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VA - An England Story: The Culture Of The MC In The UK, 1984-2008

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Following up Soul Jazz's 2006 Dynamite Dancehall collection (a compilation that was in heavy rotation here in the store, especially those Lady Saw tracks) with this UK-focused set, An England Story highlights the influence of Jamaican dancehall on Britain's ever-evolving mutant forms of black beat-based music, from hip hop, trip-hop and ragga jungle to 2-step, grime, dubstep and beyond. In the words of London Posse's Rodney P, "This is a UK thing, it's hip hop and it's reggae...and those Americans don't know about that".
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