The Bug - Bad / Get Out The Way

The Bug - Bad / Get Out The WayContinuing his style of big hittin double headers begun last year with the D Double E Riko Dan face off, Box Iceman The Bug has invited Flowdan, and Killa P & Irah to get grimey on their respective Riddims. 'Bad sees both Flowdan and The Bug stretching their parameters and turning up the heat, with Flowdan summoning a fresh singjay style, the most glaring indication of his fam's Jamaican roots as he echoes Cham's classic 'Ghetto Story' with his

That this all holds together into a coherent whole that nods back to the legacy of roots reggae and classic jungle without being in thrall to either is down to the clear-eyed vision of the pioneer behind it

a further attestation to their status as one of the most influential bands of their era

‘Remember Your North Star’ continues Bey’s personal and artistic evolution as she strives to be a soundboard for Black women everywhere

There’s an obsession with the surface texture of sound

King Midas Sound

With themes of misogynoir

Chipmunk and just about everyone else

“I’ve reached back into history to relate some of what is largely forgotten to directly look into the ravages which continue to echo

drives us forward

Thematically

And then I got into the songs

or at least