Chopps Derby comes from Manchester and makes hip-hop rich in social observation of UK working class life. He’s also got a mouth like a sewer. And when I say ‘sewer’, I’m thinking of one so filthy even turds balk at having to enter – as you’ll realise if you check the Down The Dogs video – below. His laid back northern mumbling and late night jazz bar loops and beats are a bit like those peanut butter and jam sandwiches the Yanks are so fond of – sounds terrible in theory but in reality goes down a treat. If the video doesn’t offend your soft southern sensibilities the You Don’t Know What Broccoli Is? EP is out now on The Gulls Trunk Records.

Chopps Derby – Myspace

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