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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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| Lyrically, Bigg Jus hasn't switched up the formula much for Machines - his flows are still acerbic, passionate attacks on inequality and established power structures - but a voice as fearless and political as his is perhaps more important now than it ever was. Musically, there is a heavy electronic influence at work here, which although not as head-crushingly forward-looking as his old Company Flow partner's recent efforts, is nonetheless an excellent match for his visceral, intelligent rhymes, and closer to the template established on Funcrusher Plus. "Advanced Lightbody Activation" contains some incredible free association: “Killer pathogens / Cryptic three letter acronyms / Triangulate EMP scalar axiom / Neurotransmitter frequency perception management...”, while Empire Is A Bitch is a clear-eyed assassination of political hypocrites: “Whether your revolution is for real or controlled descent / Believe or get co-opted.” Far from instant gratification, what this album offers is a puzzle-box of rhymes and beats to decode; at times cryptic, at others feral and intense. - The Skinny |
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