Having accumulated a wide array of critical and mainstream acclaim with his previous album, The Defamation of Strickland Banks, Plan B is back and angrier than ever. Leaping away from the soulful backdrop of his most recent material, to return to his harsh grime roots.The new track – iLL Manors is a flippant dose of rebellious angst, purveyed through an aggressive rap that explores the political activist rage of London’s gritty “mean streets.” With digs at the media portrayal of the common man, council estate “scum” and last year’s riots. All accompanied by a stabbing staccato violin, with each bow stroke enveloping an ominous, frightening atmosphere.
iLL Manors is a shocking piece of revolutionary protest song, but perhaps not quite the Common People of this generation, as has been previously cited.
Jonathan Hatchman.
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