That one is next on the list, plus many others of course. Analyzing this type of music is definitely something I can best accomplish in the night.

Not liking this mostly due to just not liking the repeating motif in each song. They all sound a bit plain and bare bones.

Title track from the latest album: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6CngiY3rKs

Bah, don't rush me. I'll get there soon!

i disagree i think this one has a stronger theme and executes it better

some tracks just fuck it up though

I really really like the newer album, but you definitely have to be in the right mood to enjoy it. I like a few tracks on this one just as much but Can't Sleep is such a strong listen from start to finish and dark as hell.

i suppose i appreciate the almost callous simplicity of this album

I know it's kind of cliche to think this, but Badman VIP > *

I know it's kind of cliche to think this, but Badman VIP > *

Album Rating: 3.5

^ True

Album Rating: 4.0

They need to release that VIP right NOW!!! Everytime Youngsta drops it on his Rinse shows I go nuts

I know it's kind of cliche to think this, but Badman VIP > *

I hear people express that opinion all the time, plus it won the DSF awards SOTY by a wide margin.

Album Rating: 3.5

With good reason though, what a tune!

Yeah, BTW Jash they're never going to release it.

Album Rating: 4.0

A guy can dream cant he? I could always send Younx a facebook message and ask him for it ;)

That version with Toast as MC gets passed around a lot but there are way cleaner mix cuts you could get, that version is a bit muddy.

Though it sounds kind of wrong to not have "we roll with the deeper minimal sound listen" before the sample.

what are VIP remixes btw?

Remixes and VIPs are two separate (but similar) things. VIP stands for variation in production, and
it's when the original producer of the track does a re-work of it instead of it being a different
artist. You wouldn't see something like Kryptic Minds - Badman (Kryptic Minds Remix), it's just
Kryptic Minds - Badman (VIP).

Compared to remixes, they're done much more to be played out in a live setting to surprise the crowd
with a new (and a lot of times bigger) version of a track they know, as opposed to tweaking a track a
bit and then releasing it again.

VIP's aren't limited to the original artist. Basically, instead it of it being a remix where it becomes an entirely new song, one aspect of the tune will be changed (tempo, key, add a section maybe) to (like TM said) surprise a crowd who may have gotten tired of hearing the same tune, or to convince a a member of the public to buy a certain comp (but I've already heard all those tracks!)

at its roughest idea VIPs are gimmicks that are used live to surprise a crowd then?