Jamie Reed tweeted that Ill Manors “really does remind of What’s Going On”, but it’s different in two crucial respects. Marvin Gaye was, by 1971, an established soul star observing the Vietnam war and inner-city deprivation from a distance; Drew still sounds like the product of a turbulent environment in north-east London. And Gaye’s response to turmoil was transcendent, healing beauty; Ill Manors, which resembles hip-hop produced by the Prodigy, reflects the raging unease of its subject matter. It has more in common with Public Enemy or the Clash: music that addresses a riot and sounds like a riot. “As an artist who’s trying to convey a message I need to get under people’s skin,” he told Mistajam. “The song needs to have that visceral energy … just like those horrible pictures we see on cigarette packets that are designed to shock us into being aware of our actions.” (It’s based, incidentally, on Peter Fox’s 2008 German hit Alles Neu, which in turn samples Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony).
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Plan B – ill Manors [OFFICIAL VIDEO] (by planbuk)
Oi!
I said,
OI!
What you lookin’ at, you little rich boy?
We’re poor round here,
Run home and lock your door,
Don’t come round here no more.
You could get robbed for real
Because my manor’s ill.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)