Fats: The Singing MC
2009-02-01 by The Double K
Apologies to all readers – I’ve just realised how terribly remiss I’ve been. Having a look at the Jungle category I’ve just found it’s a full seven months (to the day) since we had any jungle here. I knew I hadn’t been posting much but didn’t realise it had got quite that bad.
So to put things straight, an absolute stormer from back in ‘96: Peace, Love & Unity was the first release on DJ Hype’s True Playaz imprint, and is (thankfully) devoid of the sometimes excessive scratching that marks out many of DJ Hype’s productions and remixes. What we do have is rolling beats, sinister ambience and one of the fattest Reese basslines you’re likely to come across, all accompanied by the legendary MC Fats – the singing jungle MC. I first came to know Fats from his MCing alongside GQ at AWOL – some of my favourite mixtapes from around ‘93-’94 have him singing along to killer jungle, and he’s still strong on the scene, MCing raves (he toured Japan and USA a few years back) as well as featuring on D’n’B tracks.
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