Raw as Fuck by Freestylers

Raw as Fuck, the third album from British breakbeat merchants the Freestylers, dropped in July 2004, and for all the swagger of the title there's so little actual cursing on it that it went out without a Parental Advisory sticker. Producers Matt Cantor and Aston Harvey had been road-testing the name for a while: "Punks", "The Slammer" and "No Replica" first surfaced on singles they put out as Raw As Fuck in 2002 and 2003.

It's a party record built from chunky breaks and big, rubbery bass, loud and unsubtle in the best way. "Get a Life", "Push Up" and "Boom Blast" were the singles, and "Push Up" went off in Australia, climbing to No. 2 there, even if the album itself barely dented the charts in Australia or at home. A remix album followed almost a year later.

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