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Album Review: Ghostpoet - Shedding Skin

Christopher H James
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"Ghostpoet version 2.0 is a revolution, but the beta release might be the keeper."

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Shedding Skin is an appropriate title as it uncovers a whole new side to Obaro “Ghostpoet” Ejimiwe.

Stepping away from the grimy London streets stagnant with economic depression and resentment, album number three features a balance of light and shade. Ghostpoet’s patented old-man-at-a-bus-stop mumble is cleared up significantly and the whole shebang has much more of live feel. Ejimiwe’s personal sounding lyrics take new, almost optimistic, directions, however in amongst a handful of crackers there’s some slightly awkward moments. Ghostpoet version 2.0 is a revolution, but the beta release might be the keeper.