December: 10 dubstep & grime release you need to hear this month

Jammz 'Warrior' EP (I Am Grime)

Jammz has established himself as one of the UK’s leading young grime MCs over the last year, but here he shows a new side to his make-up. ‘Warrior’ addresses the political situation in the UK, navigating through the post-Brexit, pre-Trump landscape with plenty of bite as fiery opener ‘Right Now’, in which he takes shots at the government, testifies. All self-produced (aside from Iron Soul’s superb flip on ‘What’s Man Saying’ featuring P Money), tracks such as ‘Danger’ are sculpted around the trappier, 808 grime beats emcees like Footsie eat for breakfast, and Jammz attacks them with similar velocity. Our tip is the title track, which is a lesson in quick-witted lyricism and flow, but the whole EP proves Jammz is as switched on as they come.

8/10