London Town (Eng)

2007 sophomore album from the UK's hit-making Rap/Grime star. London Town is full of edgy production and Kano's engaging lyrics - served up in the form of sure-fire hits. With this effort, which features Damon Albarn, Kate Nash, Craig David and Vybz Cartel, Kano keeps with the battling ethos he learnt working his way up from the Grime scene into the mainstream, showing anything they can do, Kano can do better. The collaboration with Damon Albarn on 'Feel Free' could have come straight from the last Gorillaz album, complete with a kids choir from Kano's old school where his mum still teaches. Kano moves with ease from this epic dub'n'beats number to pure pop future hit in the shape of disco-soul 'This Is the Girl'. Kano has even enlisted Craig David to appear on it. The nostalgic number 'Me And My Microphone', meanwhile, recalls the days with him and his boys, jammed in his hot little room taking turns on the microphone, dreaming of making it big like the So Solid Crew. The track features Kate Nash on the chorus, who he messaged on Myspace way before her deal, the hype and the Number One album, simply because he thought 'that voice would work'. Warner.