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Tricky: Maxinquaye (Island)

James Hunter, Rolling Stone, 15 June 1995

TWENTY-SEVEN-year-old English rapper, writer and producer Adrian Thaws has been known as Tricky since he roughed up bits of Massive Attack's milestone 1991 LP Blue Lines. On his debut, Maxinquaye, he introduces an abrasive mix of animated beauty and technological skank.

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