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Various 'Inna NICE UP! Fashion' (NICE UP!)

The British and Jamaican dancehall released on the London-based Fashion label in the 80s and 90s forms one of the most recognizable strands in underground music. The voices of Daddy Freddy, Top Cat, Tenor Fly, Cutty Ranks and co have been sampled and re-sampled through untold jungle tracks and beyond. Here, loads of big, bashy dancehall tracks get re-rubbed into d’n’b, dubstep and other more experimental shapes by the likes of The Bug, Machinedrum, Special Request and Toddla T (the latter in impressively raw form), while all-time junglist classic ‘Incredible’ gets turned back into retro dancehall by Wrongtom.

7/10