Universally Dirty
Label: Big Dada
Length: LP
Media: CD
Format: Album
WorkNameSort: Universally Dirty
With synth strings darting through deep, vicious riddims, New Flesh’s Universally Dirty calls to warehouse dance floors by way of drilling beats and bass that rattles anything not nailed down. Part 2’s crisp, energetic dancehall/grime-infected production on Universally Dirty rewards the listener, while guest MCs Toastie Taylor and Juice Aleem obsess over girls’ asses. ‘Howz Dat?â?� is a prime example of rapid, cannon-fire flow from Aleem. It’s one of the record’s hottest backdrops, with hectic, scattershot beats and sub-bass that gores its prey, withdraws and moves in again with persistent, frenetic bloodthirst. In typical radio hip-hop boning chatter, Toastie’s ‘Home Movieâ?� verses might have been better lent to a Lloyd Banks mix tape, with the subsequent ‘Who’s the Daddyâ?� and short house-teaser ‘Chocolate Bubblesâ?� pulling the track list from well-trodden American mainstream sentiment. Though ‘Arms Houseâ?� propels East London grittiness in beats and shouted choruses, Part 2’s production wins out all the way through.
This article appears in Aug 16-22, 2006.