Aspects - Correct English

If the name Aspects strikes you as familiar but you can't figure out where you've heard the name before, they are a set of the many rappers that have done guest vocals on previous DJ Format records. Format being a man that recruits musicians based purely on their skill and not any superficial reason, you can understand what to expect. A set of incredibly plain in appearance (one of them looks like my old Physics teacher) but incredibly proficient rappers. The more I think about it them more I consider Format records to be more of a showcase for his collection of rappers than an exercise in his own Disk jockeying. His loops and beats pride themselves on being simple and not overly imposing and therefore giving the rappers present a chance to really shine. You could consider the whole thing an act in hip-hop proficiency if the music wasn't so damn catchy.

So this is Aspects debut and probably finest record and it once again shows them as an incredibly skilled set of MCs. The one main problem I've seen many hip-hop obsessives complain about with Aspects and with the whole Format crew is the lyrical content. Not that it's possibly offensive, the exact opposite in fact. There's always going to be the issue of the toning down of a genre that was intended to be hard hitting and powerfully messaged to begin with. Whilst Aspects are happy to just wise crack, play with words and be lightly mocking, the argument could be made that they're toning down a genre to make it more palatable for people who might find the more aggressive hip-hop acts hard to swallow. But then there's that old phrase "would you rather be inside the tent pissing out or outside the tent pissing in" and with Aspects constantly mocking rappers who've chosen cash over artistic creativity, pimping a popular cartoon series at the expense of your records quality for example, it's easy to see the route that Aspects have taken.

Aspects - Top Choice
Aspects - Intrigue

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Unexpected bonus:
This is one of the DJ Format tracks featuring Aspects from his record "Music For The Mature B-Boy and to be honest, it's easily the best track. I've posted it before but that's long since expired and this hasn't become any less enjoyable since.

DJ Format feat Aspects - Charity Shop Soundclash

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