- A full ten years on from his first Ubiquity album and Greyboy has begun recording full vocal songs, adding a soulful edge to his hip-hop and funk sensibilities. A big part in this is played by the singer Bart Davenport, who guests on three of the tracks here. His cover of Cymande's 'Genevieve', as included on the excellent Rewind 3 compilation, is a catchy bass line hook and a languid vocal beautifully done. Stevie Wonder's 'To Know You Is To Love You' taxes his range further in a powerful performance, while the introspective 'Make Music' adopts a hip-hop stance.
Greyboy proves himself a good exponent of raw soul and funk too, with Sharon Jones belting out 'Got To Be A Love' and 'Gotta Stand For Something'. Some of the instrumental passages are a little less effective here however, and you feel that there should be a little more going on in tracks such as 'Big Titto'. On the other hand however there are tougher rap numbers like 'Bronson', with Mainflo providing the rhymes and Greyboy supplying some moody hip-hop beats. A softly rolling percussion track provides the backing for 'See My Eyes', and at the end there are two bonus remixes which are well worth the trouble - a faster Quantic remix of 'Genevieve' particularly fine.
So there's plenty to get from this new album, a well planned and executed set of hip-hop, soul and funk that reaffirms Greyboy as a producer of some repute and broadens his target audience. Recommended, both for background and foreground music.