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MH-283 Bigg Jus - Machines That Make Civilization Fun  On Machines That Make Civilizations Fun, Bigg Jus assaults the growing ugliness and inequality of society with a fury and intelligence that are unparalleled in these bleak times of perpetual war and economic fatigue. It makes sense, perhaps, that those coming of age in the diminished hope of the years post-9/11 have gravitated towards the escapist choices of the new generation: beachy chillwave and materialistic rap. Bigg Jus has a longer memory, though. His first project, Company Flow, stood at the top of underground hip-hop during an era when it was actually about something, and he’s still haunted by the events that leveled his home town a decade ago. He doesn’t see the point in rapping about greed or girls, and Machines That Make Civilizations is for those who have been paying attention during the decline and who are hungry for music that aggressively addresses the problems that are right in front of our faces. As cities across America and the world begin to awaken, Bigg Jus offers a soundtrack that speaks truth to power with a profundity that is worthy of the moment. |
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| Juss plants bombs in leftfield and comes up with funk-rotting blooms snapping heads back. - Clash / Hip-hop still has a vital voice to act as the social conscience of the nation. - DJ Mag / Bigg Jus returns in true futuristic fashion speaking on today’s political issues with tomorrow’s sound. - NME / A paranoid glitch-dub masterpiece - Stevie Chick |
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| Wäre die Feder wirklich mächtiger als das Schwert, dann würde die lyrische Entschlossenheit eines Bigg Jus im Alleingang die World Order umkrempeln. Wie postmoderne Blitze im globalen neuronalen Netzwerk gleißen Versatzstücke aller thematischer Couleur in dystopischen Soundgewittern hervor, vermengen Sozialkritik, Verschwörungstheorie, Physik und abstrakte politische Philosphie zu einer aggressiven Assemblage, atemlos, ohne sich je bei einem Gedanken aufzuhalten. Jede Zeit scheint die musikalische Reflexion zu bekommen, die sie verdient, im Falle der »post 9/11«-Dekade kann sie in der Tradition des früheren Company Flow-Mitglieds nur pessimistisch, wütend und anprangernd ausfallen. Mit »Machines That Make Civilization Fun« meldet sich Bigg Jus nun im Albumformat zurück, um zu zeigen, dass die Idee des »independent underground« noch nicht vom Tisch ist. - Hip-Hop Vinyl |
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