After a meandering, seagull-strewn string intro, Snoop Dogg phones in his contribution to lounge rap number Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach. Not that you�d think that from the first couple of tracks. Only behind such a distracting smokescreen could Damon Albarn get away with conducting a project as sprawling, daring, innovative, surprising, muddled and magnificent as Plastic Beach: not just one of the best records of 2010, but a release to stand alongside the greatest Albarn�s ever been involved with and a new benchmark for collaborative music as a whole. Listen, though, and it makes more sense than ever.
The Plastic Beach back story � colourful fluff about cyborg bassists, kidnapped singers and islands made of trash � might make you think the whole cartoon band conceit is wearing a bit thin. Gruff Rhys and De La Soul)' and 'On Melancholy Hill'. Bobby Womack and Mos Def)', 'Superfast Jellyfish (Feat. The album includes the singles 'Stylo (Feat. Smith, Lou Reed, Little Dragon, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, The Lebanese National Orchestra for Oriental Arabic Music and more. Produced primarily by the group's co-creator Damon Albarn, the album combines several musical genres, including pop, trip hop, electropop, alternative rock and hip hop, and features collaborations with such diverse artists as Mos Def, Snoop Dogg, Bobby Womack, Gruff Rhys, Mark E.
Third studio album by the English virtual band.
