Review: The Movement

The Movement came through with some of the biggest mixtapes of 2006, including the likes of Scorcher, Mercston and Ghetto. The thought of all these guys on one record should have had me drawing for the credit card as soon as Tempo Specialists dropped, but there was something about the chatter of chipmunk vocal samples and sanitised grime that put me off.

My mistake though, cos it's actually pretty hot. There are more than a few chipmunk vocals on here, but at least The Movement make the style their own. R 'n' G tunes are usually a mixtapes weakest point, but The Movement lads are on point with it here. Whisper is an interesting take on the ballardy end of the genre, dropping some original lyrics about taking a girl back to your mum's place...

Criticisms are the usual aimed at Grime artist's mixtapes and for a start there's not enough Grime. Most of the tunes sound like HipHop to me. As usual the diamonds are well lost in the rough and there's a fair bit of a fight to separate the wheat (Actual Artist, Whisper, Can't Go On) from the chaff.

Perhaps not up there with their best individual efforts, but worth a look despite the chipmunk invasion. Grab it off of Juno or UK Record Shop.