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All Music Guide - Jason Lymangrover
In 2012, with his second album for Mad Decent, Christopher Mercer, aka Rusko, intended to push the envelope on a genre that was increasingly becoming commonplace. When boiled down to its bare essence, Songs is a dubstep album with the wobbly bass bombs to prove it, but Rusko tackles 14 tracks with 14 vocalists and takes on all sorts of styles, including Top 40 pop, '90s house, grime, jungle, ragga, and even lovers rock reggae. Amidst all the territory covered, the underlying thread of dubstep is predictable, since Mercer's collaboration with Britney Spears helped introduce the genre to the mainstream -- but his decision to flip the script with what he calls his ...
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - Jason Lymangrover
In 2012, with his second album for Mad Decent, Christopher Mercer, aka Rusko, intended to push the envelope on a genre that was increasingly becoming commonplace. When boiled down to its bare essence, Songs is a dubstep album with the wobbly bass bombs to prove it, but Rusko tackles 14 tracks with 14 vocalists and takes on all sorts of styles, including Top 40 pop, '90s house, grime, jungle, ragga, and even lovers rock reggae. Amidst all the territory covered, the underlying thread of dubstep is predictable, since Mercer's collaboration with Britney Spears helped introduce the genre to the mainstream -- but his decision to flip the script with what he calls his "anti-brostep" album doesn't seem like such a stretch once you realize how effectively he can mix a wealth of musical styles into 2-step. It's just as natural to hear the sub-bass drops in a Rihanna pop song like "Dirty Sexy" as it is in the Sly & Robbie-esque "Skanker." All of the music is well executed, and the Leeds College of Music grad shows that he is a rabid music enthusiast who knows his history, and isn't afraid to have some fun bringing it to the surface. This is the perfect type of album for people who think dubstep is too singular and great proof that there are still possibilities for expansion in the genre.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 3/26/2012
  • Label: Downtown
  • UPC: 891063002984
  • Catalog Number: 158

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Intro (1:02)
  2. 2 Somebody To Love (3:01)
  3. 3 Pressure (4:05)
  4. 4 Skanker - Rod Azlan (3:41)
  5. 5 Love No More (3:52)
  6. 6 Opium (3:40)
  7. 7 Dirty Sexy (2:45)
  8. 8 Be Free (3:14)
  9. 9 Thunder (3:51)
  10. 10 Roll Da Beats (4:08)
  11. 11 Mek More Green (3:58)
  12. 12 Asda Car Park (3:39)
  13. 13 Whistle Crew (3:25)
  14. 14 M357 (4:08)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Rusko Primary Artist
Ratpack Vocals
Million Dan Vocals
Bonnie McKee Vocals
Vula Vocals
Kate Lesing Vocals
Alborosie Vocals
General Jah Mikey Vocals
Protoje Vocals
Betty Trouble Vocals
Dirty Radio Vocals
Danielle Wells Vocals
Danni Rouge Vocals
Technical Credits
Michael Mitchell Composer
Clifton Dillon Composer
Michael Dunn Composer
Bonnie McKee Composer
Nomvula Malinga Composer
Alberto D'Ascola Composer
Ted Bruner Composer
Christopher Mercer Composer
Rodney Michael Craig Composer
Alexander John William Reid Composer
Zachary Verxa Composer
Oje Ollivierre Composer
Melissa Arzoomanian Composer
Farshad Edalat Composer
Evanson Allen Composer
Elizabeth Abrams Composer
East Chubbers Composer
Danielle Wells Composer
Anthony Dolhai Composer
Ajoy Bhattacharyya Composer
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