Dabbla - Year of the Monkey

Dabbla - Year of the MonkeyAvailable on 2 LP red wax, limited to 500 Dabbla is one of the most consistent MC's to ever emerge out of the UK, whether it be tearing it up as one third of the Dead Players, Problem Child or the infamous London Zoo, he has always impressed and left hordes of fans demanding more of his signature golden flow, trademark humour and unparalleled skill. Due to popular demand we have reissued Dabblas debut solo album 'Year Of The Monkey' featuring jaw

Timeshares

as in “call-and-response”

PUT THIS IN YOUR DEN for one of the smoothest jazzy hip hop albums in your collection

and without the stories he created I am not sure that the concept of Screen Violence (and female narratives within the album) would exist in the way they do

while also being something entirely new

With bandmate Malcolm Catto on drums

frightening reality are woven throughout Bleed

Things do not have to be perfect

Some might call it a “fantasy world”

all dripping with visuals

While his previous album – the acclaimed 'Compassion' released in 2017 – saw Barnes toy with widescreen technicolour

The quiet moments carried much of that unbridled intensity throughout Unsolved —the fuzzy guitar squawk and snatchet of machine-gun drumming on “Sever” aside