Reviews
March: 18 albums you need to hear this month
Daniel Avery, Moby, D Double E and more
D Double E 'Jackuum!' (Bluku Music)
An ebullient, cheeky style and some distinctive Cockney vowels have made D Double E one of the most consistent presences in grime since its outset. For this album, over steadily trap-styled beats, he’s showing next to no attempt to mature. His storytelling and wordplay are never overly complex (they’re even borderline schoolyard in their unreconstructed dirtiness and boasting), with his rhymes piling up one on top of the other in a way that recalls the d’n’b MC he once was. But what he does have in shedloads is personality – even next to high-profile guests such as Wiley and Skepta, he dominates each track – and that’s enough to carry the whole LP. It won’t change the world, but it’s good, dirty fun. Joe Muggs
7/10
