Jurassic 5 @ The Academy

By the time we get to Scotland, our show will be rock solid, Marc 7 warned us in September, and he wasn't talking no jive. Jurassic 5 may be missing a member, but that doesn't hinder Chali 2Na and co in their endeavour to lay down an agenda full of fun frolics (but don't mistake 'em for some corny-assed crew) and free of mind-numbing misogynistic mince for a thousand or so revellers in the Academy tonight. With a pair of the fastest mits to have touched an effects desk, Nu-Mark's lightning breaks twinned with the four MCs' worldly wise dexterous wordplay equates to more pumping fists than a Bon Jovi bonanza. A strong set - with a few slightly dubious newbie tunes reassuringly received equally as well as the oldies - climaxes with a roof raising freestyle frenzy. J5 don't predict riots, they bring them. [Johnny Langlands]