Benga's new album Chapter II just came out across the pond in the UK and I couldn't wait to give it a listen. He had teased the fans with a few tracks last year and finally got around to putting out a full length album. The Chase & Status album is probably my favorite dubstep record of all time. I'm sure I will get smack talk for saying that. I think all the different artist on that album helped raise the bar for the dubstep genre. Anyhow, Chapter II has some really killer tracks that are easy for the mainstream. Songs like "Higher" and "Choose 1" are club ready with great beats and catchy chorus to hook you in from the first minute. Benga gives the serious dub-step fans some tireless tracks with heavy bass and for the mainstream, he gives them a handful of extremely catchy songs. That's why I say other electronica albums should strive to have that kind of balance.
"Forefather (feat. Kano)" was the first single pre-album-release. This song is definitely your classic Benga track with the bass dropping 40 seconds in. The dubheads out there will enjoy this song more than the two I mentioned previously. I like the video tracing the club scene in England from the beginning of Benga's career till now.
"Choose 1" to me is the Benga song that really resembles his work as
Chase & Status. This is the kind of song that gets me to pick up
Benga's music. I'm not a huge fan of the huge bass and wabba-wabba sound of typical dubstep. This song has more rhythm and a catchy chorus.
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