ARTiST: Plan B
TiTLE: Who Needs Actions When You Got Words
LABEL: 679 Recordings / Warner
GENRE: Hip-Hop
TiME: 62:47 min
SiZE: 82,2 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Jun-23-2006
RELEASE DATE: Jun-26-2006
WEBSiTE: n/a
Track List:
01. Kidz 04:08
02. Sick 2 Def 04:45
03. No Good 04:56
04. Dead And Buried 04:39
05. Mama 03:57
06. Charmaine 03:46
07. I Don't Hate You 05:15
08. Everyday 04:24
09. Tough Love 05:03
10. Where You From? 03:43
11. No More Eatin' 04:41
12. Missin' Links 03:53
13. Couldn't Get Along 05:44
14. Who Needs Actions 03:53
Release Notes:
Plan B is, as they say, no ordinary MC. He's as
likely to be playing indie venue or folk clubs as he
is hip hop jams or raves or R&B gigs. He can spit
rhymes and hold his own against any MC or rapper,
but can then suddenly switch into a delicate, sweet
while soul croon that would shame any boyband
member. He accompanies himself on an acoustic
guitar, playing in a curiously folksy, finger
picking style. But the killer punch is the lyrics -
bleak, cinematic, X-rated urban poetry laced with a
mordant wit and a strong dose of pathos. Ben Drew
got his first guitar when he was 14. He ditched the
soul ballads and moved into a more experimental
narrative territory working with characters like a
novelist.
'I Don't Hate You' is about his father, from whom
he's been estranged for nearly 20 years. Other
tracks, like the more reflective 'Every Day' was
inspired by Saul Williams, the slam poet who Plan B
Supported. It sees him enacting a bleak conversation
with God over a mournful piano and cello
accompaniment. Many of these tracks started life on
a mix tape that sampled his broad range of
influences. 'Missin Links' is influenced by
Radiohead's 'Pyramid Song', while other tracks
reference Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen and the Red Hot
Chili Peppers. Paul Epworth takes over production
duties on some tracks while others see Plan B
working with his drummer Cassell the Beatmaster - a
musician who grew up a few streets away from Ben in
Forest Gate. While he's rhyming, half-remembered
riffs from pop songs will come into his head. 'No
Good' sees him referencing a line from 'No Good
(Start The Dance)' by the Prodigy while 'Mama' uses
fragments from Hall and Oates 'Say No Go'. Utterly
unique and scarily talented Plan B may well rewrite
the rule book for 2006.