Review

River Nelson: The Rise and Fall of... (Catapult)

Despite the retro vinyl album cover, the music on 'The Rise And Fall' conjures up the sounds and smells of the early 1990’s, as River Nelson brings forth a frothing CD cram packed with irregular grainy beats and Chuck-D-esque rapping.

Sonically harking back to the sixties and seventies, the dirty funkiness (courtesy of the Lewis Nelson production) coupled with the rhyming results in some excellent music. Brooklyn born Nelson has a great album on his hands here. Top marks for the basic no frills quality Hip-Hop. I can almost here the sound of Trilby hats being doffed all over the UK
Words ADAM IRVING