Children Of Possibility

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Amazon.co.uk Comprised of St Petersburg-born Ninja Tune turntable stalwart DJ Vadim, New York rapper Blu Rum 13, and Yarah Bravo – a honey-voiced female MC of mixed Chilean/Brazilian heritage – One Self are as good an example you’ll find of hip-hop’s present global scope. Their debut LP, Children Of Possibility will first turn heads thanks to Vadim’s lush production - a melting pot of twanged sitar, lazy bass, stylus crackle and African-percussion sounds channelled into beguiling, shimmering soundscapes that match the crispness of sequenced hip-hop with the organic feel of a live band. However, it’s the MCs who make this something more than just another epically-blunted son-of-Entroducing, unleashing impressive, tongue-twisting flows on the eerie "Paranoid", and dissecting relationship politics over skeletal beats on "Be Your Own". As with most Ninja Tune product, One Self prove more proficient at maintaining fuzzy, stoner-friendly atmos than holler-along stand-outs. But as a blurry, good-times postcard from indeterminate foreign climes, however, Children Of Possibility should be a welcome addition to any leftfield hip-hop collection. --Louis Patterson