05) - Single Review

05 July 2005

** ** ** Kevin Mark Trail**

** Kevin Mark Trail
last night After collaborating with Mike Skinner on a couple of The Streets singles and always on live backing it seems that a bit of the vernacular has rubbed off. Easily lumped in with the council estate poetry of Skinnyman** and Skinner, KMT brings a slice of Jamaica into play too…it sort of… works.

“Bruv let me tell yabout, a little drama mixed wiv a little karma makes a prat out ov yow, makes a prat out ov yow”

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Paul Smith