The Bug - Jah War (ft. Flowdan) (Ninja Tune)

This one's been out for a while but deserves a mention for its sheer awesomeness. Roll Deep's Flowdan joins The Bug for some dark, twisted dubstep action. Not as hectic as previous Bug outings, it nonetheless features the requisite amount of machine gun 808 riddims to bring out the full stretch of Flowdan's Babylon-burning flow. With potent and insightful lyrical content, this is the kind of collaboration that erases the need for genre distinctions between ragga, dubstep, grime and the rest of it. Loefah adds a digital sheen to proceedings on the flip. [Bram Gieben]