“Not a lot of people get a second chance….The Solid Team is back.”
Hear ye, hear ye, all those who mourn the demise of Mis-teeq, Artful Dodger, Sweet Female Attitude… (I could go on, but I won’t), you can stop dusting off the Craig David posters. The crew that were and are the most solid around have returned with this tune I can only describe as bangin’, bruv. Romeo ain’t dunn.
Kicking off 2010 with a bang bigger than knife crime levels, So Solid Crew have brought it back to the old skoool…which they never really left. Since You Went Away is big, juicy melange of classic mid tempo garage tunes which dominated the charts in the early Noughties; some sarf
Top marks to them on the video. If I were in a garage crew, I’d defs be picturing a High School Musical opening sequence remake. It’s an oh so typical example of a low budget Brit attempt to emulate their much richer American counterparts. If this was some kind Wu Tang Clan ting you can bet yo ass there would be Bentleys and bitches all up in the scene. As it is, you get Brixton Community Centre and a few cheerleaders who can’t even be bothered to strip below pulling their tops up a bit and miming at the camera. Let’s not even mention the dodgy interlude where the acting exudes more cringe factor than a year’s worth of fart stories from Sugar magazine.
Masssssssssssive props have to go to my girl Lisa Maffia for not only rocking the 2 foot circumference hoop earrings (bling is back fyi) but dusting out the Kylie style hot pants and insouciant attitude. Love. It.
Good fare from the Crew though. Not quite as edgy as 21 Seconds (t t t), but then again, aside from a triangle, what is?
© Miranda Thompson 2010
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