Sons Of Kemet’s third album is where they really hit their stride. A searing investigation into white patriarchy embodied in British Royal and political institutions, and the rampant, systemic racism they represent, it pulls no punches, with poet/rapper Joshua Idehen spitting incendiary bars on the lingering 21st century evils of colonialism and oppression. There’s a harder edge to the music than on previous releases, borrowing the urgency of grime and the expansiveness of dub reggae – yet it remains as joyously upbeat as ever, packing in dancefloor grooves touching on soca, South African township jive and other African diasporic rhythms.
Tracklist
My Queen Is Ada Eastman
My Queen Is Mamie Phipps Clark
My Queen Is Harriet Tubman
My Queen Is Anna Julia Cooper
My Queen Is Angela Davis
My Queen Is Nanny Of The Maroons
My Queen Is Yaa Asantewaa
My Queen Is Albertina Sisulu
My Queen Is Doreen Lawrence
Recorded - Total Refreshment Centre London, and Livingstone Studios, London
Producers - Dilip Harris and Shabaka Hutchings
Tracklist:
Side A
My Queen Is Ada Eastman
My Queen Is Mamie Phipps Clark
Side B
My Queen Is Harriet Tubman
My Queen Is Anna Julia Cooper
My Queen Is Angela Davis
Side A
My Queen Is Nanny Of The Maroons
My Queen Is Yaa Asantewaa
Side B
My Queen Is Albertina Sisulu
My Queen Is Doreen Lawrence
Recorded - Total Refreshment Centre London, and Livingstone Studios, London