As most of you will know Scroobius Pip just released an album with Hip-hop producer Dan Le Sac entitled "Angles" which has been received with open arms.What most of you wont know is that Scroobius Pip released a solo album several years ago which consisted of him, a few unknown artists and his 16 track recording desk set up in his home in Stanford Le Hope, This was called "No Commercial Breaks".
This low-fi, badly recorded solo project comes across dull and thin to those more accustomed to his collaboration with Dan le Sac but when you get past the idea that there are beats missing and no relative singles on there you can start to enjoy it for it is, Lyrical genius.
It opens with 1000 words possibly the most well known of all his solo tracks which consists of nothing more than a piano and Scroobius' mellow voice and yet it becomes much more accomplished as the track plays through. The album then goes into "Muses" and much more welcoming tracks such as "Development" and "Angles" both of which have been re-recorded and added to the Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip roster. "First Time I Met Musik" is one of the finest on this 10 track disc and speaks of his unsettled attitude to the current music scene in the form of a lady called Musik.
All in all this has nothing on "Angles" but for anyone out there willing to listen to Scroobius Pips spoken word minus the input of Dan le Sac "No Commercial Breaks" is the place to start.
7/10
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