This new
album 'Don't Rush The Process' opens with an intro of sweet strings on 'Mystery
Solved', ahead of lead title track, which is on a mid-tempo boom bap vibe,
before switching to a more uptempo boogie vein, with the assistance of The Easy
Access Orchestra, who also appear on 'We Chillin' Out', which is on a similar
boogie tip. 'All I Need' is some gospel flavoured hip hop, whilst 'Knocknee
Donkey' steps things up in a jazz-funk fashion. The second half of the album
takes on a very Brazilian flavoured stance, with a set of delicious latin
flavoured grooves on 'Any Flavour', 'Runnin' Tru', 'What A Dream' and
'Sooretama', the latter featuring the additional prowess of pianist Robert
Mitchell. There's a touch more of the hip hop beats thrown in via 'Funky Fool'
and the album closes out in inimitable Kaidi style with a short message: 'Mind
Yourself'.
A hugely
prolific artist, here he adds to an already impressive catalogue, a body of
work that falls within the cracks of jazz and dance music, exemplifying modern
British black brilliance; uncompromising, innovative, groundbreaking,
intricately sophisticated and deeply funky. His fanbase expands on every
release and it's no surprise that that fanbase includes a diverse set of peers
such as Madlib ("ahead of his time"), Gilles Peterson ("a key
part of an entire movement"), K15 ("a limitless source of
inspiration") and Kyle Hall.