Beautiful and brutal yard

"Still Britain's most adaptable, charismatic MC: Back after three years away, the east Londoner is polarised between feelgood summer tracks and bleak reportage - but he makes it all cohere, despite some terrible sex puns ... If 'Beautiful And Brutal Yard' feels more like a sharpening of his style than the innovation of his debut 'Common Sense' - that authentically groundbreaking stew of rap, bashment and Afrobeats - it's an exceptionally classy end product".

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"An elongated, yet joyous return from J Hus. Splintering the sonics between drill, dancehall, Afrobeat and hip-hop, he allows himself to explore more musical terrain than ever before, while the rapper channels his lyrical potency, struggles and romantic pursuits into one unified portrait".

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"The London rapper's third album extends his carnal and philosophical investigation of masculinity against lush, robust beats that evoke a distinctly Black British take on G-funk".

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