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Hip Hop in America has no qualms about pushing/pimping Gangsta Rap to its mainstream - in the UK, however, it’s a different matter. Various government organisations and politicians have been vocal and proactive in their attempts to censor gratuitous music from flooding the charts - which makes for a very interesting scenario as the UK’s answer to Mobb Deep and Jeezy launches his album to the masses... Giggs’ metaphoric rise has been a bumpy one; whilst his maniacal raps and gutter production have created a buzz which any bigshot American rapper would be proud of, rumours of censorship within various industries have been rife; something the south London rapper has been very vocal about. Nevertheless, the SN1 General lets us have it. Just how it resonates with the public remains to be seen.

February 2010 revealed a jewel in the crown of super-sonic XL Recordings – whose coat of arms reads: Radiohead, the White Stripes, Basement Jaxx, Vampire Weekend, Ratatat, to name but a few - with the musician, poet, novelist, activist, the extraordinaire and un-classifiable Gil Scott-Heron. Music messenger Richard Russell, XL's founder, sealed the production of Gil Scott-Heron's first album in 16 years: I'm New Here, a 28 minute LP of 15 tracks. 60 years-old in body, ageless in Soul and perhaps even soul. The poet has returned, bearing an aura on a par with that of the most ancient and potent, wise and mischievous gods. But had he ever left?

February 2010 revealed a jewel in the crown of super-sonic XL Recordings – whose coat of arms reads: Radiohead, the White Stripes, Basement Jaxx, Vampire Weekend, Ratatat, to name but a few - with the musician, poet, novelist, activist, the extraordinaire and un-classifiable Gil Scott-Heron. Music messenger Richard Russell, XL's founder, sealed the production of Gil Scott-Heron's first album in 16 years: I'm New Here, a 28 minute LP of 15 tracks. 60 years-old in body, ageless in Soul and perhaps even soul. The poet has returned, bearing an aura on a par with that of the most ancient and potent, wise and mischievous gods. But had he ever left?