Review: The Defamation of Strickland Banks

The Defamation of Strickland Banks, by Plan B (2010)

Ben Drew presents to us a very different direction in his musical tone. While his prior efforts had been gritty street-rap, he has now exploited the more high-pitched side of his vocal range and created this piece of brilliant modern music, a sort-of fusion between soul and rap.
     And even better, that fusion works. It works perfectly. His lyrics and almost supernatural sense of rhyme portray a gritty urban reality, clear and persuasive. The religious themes of some of his songs occasionally make him sound like a one-man gospel choir.
     One often finds that there are too few ways of saying that something is good. And that applys here. It's sylish, modern, and yet it's got something sincere to get across about our urban culture and how that has influenced his music and his life. Simply brilliant.

Thanks.