This album, like no other, takes it back to the mothership, even further than Parliament did. Available on enhanced CD (including the video clip of 'Doin Damage In My Native Language') or vinyl, make sure to pick this up because this is regained classic material, guaranteed to make a fan’s day.

While the stereo is turned up another notch when the joyful rap dedication –when Brand Nubian meets KMD- 'Gotta Do…' blows through the speakers, celebrating the long-awaited comeback of a group that remained too long in the shades. Meet real rap, meet real Brothers from The Motherland, meet their steelsolid comeback.

MC Zumbi gets more introspective and poetical than on previous Zion I releases, putting the finger on his biological clock, instead of rhyming about things that tick him off.

Despite the fact that Amp twitches the most electronic moves out of his keyboard, and Zumbi is on a quest for the deepest idles of the human spirit, this exquisite earworm still sounds accessible and refreshing.

An intertwinement of progressive, multidimensional production by Amp Live, the imagery raps of Zion and The Grouch’s earnest raps make them heroes of their own kind, leaving behind a sonic legacy that belongs to the best in hip-hop for 2006 and beyond, a mixture of the emotional and the raw, of passion and consciousness.

The soundtrack to this recruiting campagne is a sonic adventure. With beats that buzz and synths that sizzle...