ARTiST: Kid Acne
TiTLE: Romance Ain't Dead
LABEL: Lex Records/EMI
GENRE: Hip-Hop
TiME: 30:25 min
SiZE: 33,4 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Jul-25-2007
RELEASE DATE: Sep-10-2007
WEBSiTE: www.kidacne.com
Track List:
01. Eddy Fresh 02:58
02. Oh No You Didn't 02:15
03. Don't Pity Me 02:19
04. Roc Roc Radio 02:25
05. Fcuk All Lately 03:46
06. 2, 3 Break It 02:29
07. You're Not Wrong 02:50
08. South Yorks 02:41
09. Worst Luck 02:23
10. Shut Your Mush 03:05
11. Sliding Doors 03:14
Release Notes:
The MC, graffiti writer and out-n-out chatty bastard
first appeared on the Lex radar as an illustrator,
designing flyers for local club nights and sleeve
artwork for Warp Records' electronic pioneers,
Plaid. Rolling dues-deep with fellow graffiti
veteran Req One - the duo subsequently featured on
the 2001 Lexoleum compilation with a raw, lo-fi
offering, Rap Dracula.
Continuing the partnership, with Req handling
nocturnal-beat-programming and Kid Acne (AKA Ackers,
Ken Acid, Kidney Ache) taking care of
microphone-grappling and wobble-gob duties, the next
few years saw a string of releases on Acne's own
Invisible Spies imprint such as Council Pop (2003),
Reality Raps (2004) and various 7"s & long players
with in-house collective, Toah Dynamic (featuring a
rabble of cohorts including Chips for the Poor,
Supreme Vagabond Craftsman & Earl Shilton).
A modern day renaissance man, Kid Acne is an
internationally acclaimed artist having created his
own comic book (Zebra Face 2001), designed numerous
record sleeves for the likes of Big Dada & Chocolate
Industries, customized spray cans for Montana
Colors, an entire T-shirt range for Prada and
exhibited in galleries throughout the world.
Don't worry about all of this for now, just concern
yourself with is his latest set, Romance Ain't Dead
- a short, sharp shock to the lug-holes from a
punch-drunk MC messed up on spray-paint fumes,
nicking a moped to write his girlfriend's initials
and a love heart in her front garden with the back
wheel. The 11 track banger, laced with hip-hop, punk
and old school rave is the sounds of a illegal party
held in the village hall, while someone sicks up
Buckfast inside their friends dad's car, listening
to Mike Allen on the radio.
With beats programmed by Req and production held
down like unwanted puppies in the local river coming
courtesy of Ross Orton (the man responsible for
M.I.A's hit single, Galang), Romance Ain't Dead is
the realization of South Yorkshire Tourist Board's
worst nightmare and one the funniest, yet slickest
album's you'll hear all year, or at least until his
next one...