Massive Attack - Blue Lines

In the beginning there was hip-hop. That's where Massive comes from, and it's still in that territory that they build  Blue Lines . But, be warned: it's hip-hop assimilated from the British and multicultural perspective of the Bristol underground , and that makes all the difference ("English upbringing, Caribbean background," Tricky defines himself in the title track). The result is an original and mixed hip-hop, which sounds like Bristol and not the Bronx, and whose rap is whispered indolently in an English, working-class accent . The contrast between this expressionless rap and the warm, soulful voices of Shara Nelson and Horace Andy is one of the secrets to the charm of Blue Lines .

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