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'The Interview' - Funky DL (album review)
'The Interview' - Funky DL (album review)
Funky DL must be the only UK MC who has been allowed to get away with an American accent – if you didn’t know he was British, his music would leave you none the wiser. Listening to the album without the constant interview snippets (thankfully they’re their own tracks) is probably the way to go ...
Is It Funky Enough?
Is It Funky Enough?
wayneandwax.com — When Guillaume was here last week, we discovered in conversation that we both had long been sitting on posts that centered on the question of Africanness and UK funky. I joked that we should both finally get around to finishing these posts ... Is It Funky Enough?
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