Assa describes this nine-track collection simply and accurately: a gathering of tracks he featured on between 2009 and 2013, pulled from other artists' projects across the UK underground. The roster — Chris Leese, Deadline, Spider Jaroo, Sleaze, Pro P, Bobby Esmund — reads like a cross-section of the regional British hip-hop circuit during a period when UK underground was operating with significant creative energy but minimal mainstream attention. Assa's feature appearances on those projects reveal an MC who was considered a strong enough lyricist to be worth calling across multiple scenes and settings. Dr. Syntax, Antidote, and Bonez among the names on the credits. The acknowledgment in the liner notes — "massive thank you to all the artists that gave me the opportunity" — lands without sentimentality. This is an MC accounting for his own history honestly.
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