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April 3, 2006

Massive Attack Box Their Trip-Hop

Nearly two decades of the influential U.K. dance pioneers pack one set
November 1, 2003

412) Mezzanine

Massive Attack
March 24, 2003

Massive's 3D Cleared on Porn

rug charge still pending against Del Naja
February 27, 2003

Massive's 3D Busted for Porn

Robert Del Naja free after questioning on porn, drug charges

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Their old jogging buddy tricky may have been the one who used Pre-Millennium Tension as an album title, but no one captured the creeping dread of the 1990s better than the Bristol, England, group Massive Attack. Slowing hip-hop's funk down to a crawl, delivering dyspeptic raps in raspy whispers and...

2006 RS: 4of 5 Stars

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With their roots in the Bristol, England, club scene of the early '80s, the members of Massive Attack originated trip-hop, one of the most influential sounds of the '90s, combining the rhythmic urgency of hip-hop, the freewheeling samples of the DJ's craft, soul-rich melodies, and dub-reggae?s hefty, intoxicating bottom end. The group began in 1983 as a loose collective of singers, rappers, DJs, a...

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