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Man Like I | 
| Artist: Natty
Label: Warner
Category: Music
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Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 1187
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5051442859829
ASIN: B00191XCWM
Release Date: August 4, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | July | | • | Cold Town | | • | Stoned On You | | • | She Loves Me | | • | Revolution | | • | Badman | | • | Burn Down This Place | | • | Hey Man | | • | Bedroom Eyes | | • | 10 Last Night | | • | Coloured Souls | | • | Say Bye Bye |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
It’s a sleepy, laid-back kind of vibe that runs through Man Like I, the debut album from North London’s Natty, but don’t mistake it for laziness. The tales we find within mark our narrator out as neither saint nor sinner, bouncing round London’s streets with a badman swagger and an eye for the ladies, but with a skill for a deft, lyrical narrative and a social conscience learnt from his heroes, “Marcus, Mandela and Marley”. And while Bob Marley is a fair reference point to Natty’s shuffling, light reggae skank, it’s just as easy to locate these tales of life, love, and misadventure on the streets of London in the neighbourhood of Lily Allen, Kate Nash, and their attendant clan of new-school songsmiths. Some of it, then, is pretty simple fare--see “Last Night”, a break-up number that sees Natty reach for the spliff and the bottle--but elsewhere, there’s politically charged numbers like “Burn Down This Place”, a lament for his slave ancestors, or “Hey Man”, which sees our narrator lash out at the political apathy displayed by his peers. “My father’s generation had fires in their belly, man/We sat there like living room furniture, in front of our tellys, man”. --Louis Pattison
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| Customer Reviews: Read 34 more reviews...
 Smooth as butter voice and rhythm. September 18, 2008
A smoky voiced crooner from north London, 2008 has been Nattys summer with this his debut album selling well here and abroad and being widely acclaimed as a 'Soundtrack to the Summer' by major English tabloids.
Kicked back tunes and songs that actually mean something give this album the edge over most of the summers output; It is ideal music for driving in London traffic, as well as cruising down the motorway with, allowing you to sing along to its easy beats and words ,letting the miles fly by while scaring the locals with your inevitably strangled renderings of this already classic performance.
If your not too sure of the artist but like the genre of laid back funky reggae-lite than give it a try, I can almost be certain you will not be dissapointed.
Really good August 28, 2008
Anyone expecting to find the future of roots reggae or dub on Natty's debut album will find little to please them. A friend of the Adele and Kate Nash set he offers instead engagingly breezy, reggae-fied feel-good vibes that go down well with a cold glass of cider and a barbequed sausage and only occasionally lean on Rasta-man cliches. The 24-year-old North Londoner is being pitched as our answer to Jack Johnson and on occasion he's as chilled out - but his fusion of social commentary and pop is closer to 80s UK ska acts like The Beat than US surfer dude.
Current single July - with its memories of "girls in skimpy bikinis" and summers long gone in "Costa Del Southend" - is sweet, radio friendly and by no means a fluke. If anything the rapid-fire MC-ing of Badman and exuberant ska of Bedroom Eyes are even more accessible and irresistibly catchy.
 I was expecting better August 21, 2008
I'd heard a lot of good things about Natty, so was looking forward to this album. But i was left a bit disappointed. Whilst there are some very good and intelligent lyrics, i felt that musically it is lacking a little. The tunes weren't anthing exceptional, and it didn't add anything to reggae. It felt a bit dated. 2000s lyrics to 1970s music.
We need more men like these August 20, 2008
Natty has produced a record of varying and imaginative styles brimming with intelligence and soul. Surpising strong lyrically, most of the songs revolve around the British experience. "Burn Down this place," is a biting critique of British life. Maybe it's a little pessimistic, but there's real feeling there. The chorus really rolls. "Hey Man" is another excellent track, exposing the apathy of our young generations. Added to these you have the cool, melancholic "Last Night," and the fine opener,"July."
Listen to this and try to imagine it's summer!
A Good album once you've seen him live August 18, 2008
I have to admit, I had never even heard of Natty until 3 days ago when I went to see Newton Faulkner in concert and where Natty was the support. And I thought he put on a great performance. Some of the lyrics are great and I loved that and more importantly at a gig, he made people dance. The performance was basic, raw and powerful. So I bought his debut and I personally love it. But that's because It reminds me of the fantastic performance he put on. I can understand why people consider this too poppy and the album is a bit too overproduced (some of the songs are), but there is definite potential here. A good example is on "Badman". The backing vocals during the Chorus are quite nice vocals. When you hear it live however, they shout out the words a bit more and it made the song, overall, more powerful.
So,(If you read that rambling, random use of words I like to call a "review") overall, this album is good but a bit overproduced and not raw and powerful enough. But if you saw him live you will get more out of it than those who haven't.
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