More crazy skilled flows from the inimitable DPF

The four tracks found on this EP from Def Tex affiliate DPF are nothing short of exceptional. ‘All Worked Out’ is a intricate story-telling over a parchment of sound that has classic written all over it.: the hook is laudable and the cuts are cleverly executed. Taking ‘shoddy rap clones to the cleaners’ ‘Jelly Belly’ is as big and as bashy an affair as DPF has yet created, and cats lacking backbone are deftly annihilated as a sick chorus delves into driving bass. With ‘The Inpatient’, a quirky look at psychopathology, we see a styling in sound reminiscent of (and I mean this in a good way) vintage M. Mathers, with a stamp that is completely DPF’s. ‘Can’t Stop’ is the East Anglian posse cut to die for, with Ezra (Vinyl Dialect), Tom-Tom and Mancini bringing completely different styles to the table, each bouncing about the track with professional expertise. The production here is first class and the level of skills and originality on display awesome. Buy this.

4/5
Undercover, August ’05

Top notch full strength UK hippety-hop from the ever reliable Son camp, DPF follows up his ‘Mental Floss’ EP of 2003 (in your own time, mate!) with four club-friendly new cuts featuring chunky hook-heavy beats and cheeky, tightly-crafted rhymes. If there were any justice in this world, these tunes would be all over the radio and MTV Base – alas there isn’t. So there won’t be. You should definitely still cop them though.

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Knowledge, Sep 05

Without quite cranking up the head of steam that destroyed Styly Cee’s ‘Once & For All’, DPF stays an animated mic-grabber, piecing together an extreme Guess Who character assassination as Mr Laws skips into the woods on the boards on’All Worked Out’‚ and most successfully, borrowing Slim Shady’s hospital-gowned view of the world on Temper’s ‘The Inpatient‚’. Decent, professional fare.

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Mixmag Update, Aug ’05

DPF follows up his ‘Mental Floss’ debut with four more bangers from his Norwich HQ. Both ‘All Worked Out’ and ‘The Inpatient’ make like Danny Elfman breaking beats with The Rza, where toy pianos and spooked atmospherics creep over the production. Heavy.

Notion, Oct 05

It’s been a couple of years since DPF dropped his ‘Mental Floss’ EP. The ‘Still Flossin’ EP features more of DPF’s easy flowing style. What you get on this EP is a selection of affable beats, the best being ‘All Worked Out’ with its waltzing flute and effortless Gorrillaz/Clint Easztwood-vibe. ‘Jelly Belly’ ups the intensity, although again its quite even-tempered. ‘The Inpatient’ which is the sequel to ‘The Outpatient’ from the ‘Mental Floss’ EP has a little Eminem about its chorus, and the EP is rounded off with ‘Can’t Stop’ featuring Ezra, Tom-Tom and Mancini. Solid music.

Echoes, Oct 05

Dope Poetic Flows, Definitely Positively Fresh, Devoted Poet Fiend and Deadly Pungent Feet. Yes, that’s right, we’re talking about DPF. The Def Tex lad is back again with a follow-up to his 2003 EP.’Mental Floss’. ‘Still Flossin’is a six-track affair that proves DPF has got the skills to rock the mic. The opening cut’ All Worked Out’ is written in the third person and gives us an insight into DPF’s mind. Mr. Laws produces the beats for this and the posse cut ‘Can’t Stop’ which features fine performances from Ezta, Tom-Tom and Mancini. The killer track however is ‘Jelly Belly’ which originally appeared on Son’s ‘The Last Word’ compilation. Temper’s ear-cracking beat and floor-shaking rhythm cause DPF to go into overdrive delivering punch after punch of heavyweight rhymes. Look out for an album on Son next year.

HHC, Homestyle Oct 05

East Anglia’s finest DPF is back with the ‘Still Flossin’ EP which finds him flipping syllables left, right & centre while dropping wicked punchlines, insightful asides and clever boasts seemingly at will.

HHC, Singles page Oct 05

Right then! DPF lives in Norwich, which is also the home of Alan Partridge. Now, for those of you that don’t know any of DPF’s work, he is always impressing with his supa-tight flows and has featured on loads of releases by top notch producers such as; Rob Life, Styly Cee (aka MC Pitman) and Tom Caruana. I have specifically picked one tune from DPF’s follow up of his “Mental Floss” EP in 2003, “Still Flossin’”. That tune (as it says above) is “The Inpatient”. In this track DPF has written very cheeky and extremely clever lyrics based on being a patient at a mental home, a sort of sequel to “The Outpatient” from the last EP. His dark, comical humour and lyrical dexterity rip the fuck out of this track and can make you laugh, get to almost know his character and.....if you feel like it.... have a little groove along the way. This is a great track for both your home and for playing out at bars. I played this one at my last doo and it went down a right treat. Apart from with the wankers that asked if I had any house music!! But anyway, what a track!

Check out www.sonrecords.com for more info.

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