Overcome

Tricky: “Overcome” (Island)

Craig Fitzsimons, 08 Feb 1995

Tricky: “Overcome” (Island)

Sensual, sinister and spooky, ‘Overcome’ beats the shit out of your run-of-the-mill hip-hop song because it has some kind of soul to it, a claustrophobic aura and a sexy groove. Lyric of the fortnight: “I will fuck you in the ass/Just for the laugh.” There must be something in the chemicals in Bristol.

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