Skuff And Inja – The Skuff And Inja Show
November 1, 2009
Releases this year from the likes of Kyza, Juice Aleem and even Speech Debelle demonstrate that UK hip-hop is alive and well. Skuff and Inja (who have been together for 10 years now as part of Cambridge crew, Delegates of Culture), continue to dazzle with taut verbal delivery and lyrical content.
Like any good hip-hop, ‘The Skuff And Inja Show’ carries with it a solid social conscience. Where Juice Aleem’s philosophy seems to stem from a nascent sense of imagination, Skuff and Inja like to deal in everyday observation. ‘United Kingdom’ for example is a four-minute address about the state of the nation: “I’m not talking about the Government, I represent the scum and the underage mothers in the U.K.” states the strangely languid Skuff whose delivery makes for an unusual juxtaposition against Inja’s prolonged machinegun flows.
Familial UK Brit-hop squad Taskforce appear on ‘Famslam’ with former Scratch Pervert, Mr Thing, cropping up on ‘Witness’. Though ‘The Skuff And Inja Show’ makes for a good 40-minute showcase of the MCs’ skills, the quality of production is not a consistent enough fit. Nevertheless, Skuff and Inja’s styles slot perfectly into the two dubstep remixes on offer here (‘Side Effects’ and ‘Hat Low’).
(3/5)
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