{"title":"Rocks Foe","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"fight-the-good-fight-1","title":"Fight The Good? Fight","description":"\u003cp\u003eRocks Foe returns to Black Acre with new, eight-track project \u003ci\u003eFight The Good? Fight\u003c\/i\u003e - a dark and conceptual record built around the notion of, according to Rocks himself, “everything being an internal and external battle”. A powerful lyricist and complex story-teller, Rocks’ sound combines hyper-fierce spitting with his own, abstract beat sketches. Having released his impressive debut EP, \u003ci\u003eLegion\u003c\/i\u003e, back in 2015 - a raw, self-produced grime-rap hybrid - he has since remained dormant to the outside world, bar a quick-fire feature on Commodo’s \u003ci\u003eHow What Time\u003c\/i\u003e LP in 2016. Written over the course of that period and entirely self-produced, \u003ci\u003eFight The Good? Fight\u003c\/i\u003e digs deeper than ever before into Rocks’ psyche, drawing on both religious elements — “I was more or less force fed it when I was younger” — and his own experiences for much of its lyrical inspiration. He talks money, love, confusion, happiness and ambition to tell the story of his own every day battles. Musically, \u003ci\u003eFight The Good? Fight\u003c\/i\u003e also broadens horizons, with Rocks widening his scope to take in sounds from beyond the sprawling urban landscape of his home town of Croydon. On tracks like \u003ci\u003eNitty Gritty\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInto My Own Hands\u003c\/i\u003e for example, the two tracks that bookend the record, he flows at trademark lightning speed over crunchy rap beats, but its on cuts like \u003ci\u003eDownpour\u003c\/i\u003e and the wandering spoken-word of \u003ci\u003eRed Hand Of Ulster\u003c\/i\u003e that he unmasks a new, more vulnerable guise. Toning down his flow to reflect and take stock, it is in these solemn, inward moments that Rocks shines the brightest. Comfortable spitting acapella, off-beat or even in spoken word - over straight-up rap beats or woozy Commodo instrumentals - he has long been considered one of the UK’s most compelling young lyricists, but on \u003ci\u003eFight The Good? Fight,\u003c\/i\u003e Rocks addresses his demons, calls out bullshit and comes of age proper. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Acre","offers":[{"title":"LP | x2","offer_id":50497869513035,"sku":"1022538","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/8df6ac41-e00e-4e21-bee0-1ed73e34d617_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727734241"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/rocks-foe.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}