- Music
- 13 Mar 12
'ill Manors' is taken from the singer's forthcoming album.
London rapper/soul singer Plan B (Ben Drew) has released his latest video, for new single 'ill Manors'. It's taken from his forthcoming album of the same name.
ill Manors follows Drew's double platinum-selling 2010 album The Defamation of Strickland Banks, and is a more politicised affair. This track is inspired by last year's Tottenham riots.
Of the album, Plan B says: "The world, and this country especially, is full of contradictions. I’m just highlighting them, I’m not condoning anything. I aired my feelings about the riots very publicly when they happened and I still feel the same way.
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What happened in Tottenham in some ways I can understand but what happened everywhere else in the country was opportunism. I won’t justify it because I don't agree with it. In fact it upset me so much I want to change it, so I wrote this song to bring the issue back to the forefront of public conversation. I feel it has been swept under the carpet and forgotten about, and it still needs to be properly addressed."
ill Manors is out on March 23.