Fresh from Flirtin’ with Terri Walker, Rodney P has teamed up with The Sea (Corin Pennington) to remix four of the best tracks from Zephaniah’s Naked CD.

It’s an interesting mix of poetry, hip-hop, reggae and dub. ‘Slow Motion’ is taken to a slower depth of UK bounce whilst ‘Rong Radio’ gets taken to the Middle-East which enforces Zephania’s anti-right wing media broadcasting propaganda stance; “I was beginning to believe I was listening to the ‘rong radio station”. The self-mockery of Zephania’s rap on ‘Superstar’ would make him a prime candidate for daytime TV interviews but then those ‘Rong Radio’ types wouldn’t risk it. Seems like it’s his audience is somewhere between on Radio 4 review shows or 1Xtra (now there’s a odd couple?).

‘Uptown’ isn’t a great improvement on the original but an instrumental version is included on the reverse. Also on the B-side are the dub versions and an ambient mix of ‘Slow Motion’. It appears this is the first collaboration of Rodney P and The Sea as ‘The Landscapers’ and they have excelled themselves on the dub versions. This is my type of ambient dub chill out, more please.

The EP was picked as a ‘Sureplayer’ in a recent DJ magazine in their ‘Leftfield & Chill’ section. You can’t argue against it. Hectic Mix nomination: ‘Slow Motion’ (Ambient)

Benjamin Zephaniah vs. Rodney P - Naked & Mixed Up (One Little Indian) Cat No. 710TP 12 Release date: 20 March 2006

Tracklisting:
A1. Slow Motion (5:18)
A2 Rong Radio (7:59)
A3 Uptown (4:35)
A4 Superstar (5:09)
B1 Slow Motion Dub (3:21)
B2 Slow Motion Ambient (4:49)
B3 Rong Radio Dub (7:55)
B4 Uptown Instrumental (4:33)
B5 Superstar Dub (5:10)