Few artists have polarised fans and critics as much as Tricky, the elusive producer and MC credited with the birth of the Bristol-scene in the late 1990s along with Portishead and Massive Attack. Knowle West Boy, the eighth studio release from Tricky, documents the artist's formative years through a collection of musically diverse excursions. From the punk and ska inspired single Council Estate, through the dancehall pop of Bacative and the tenebrous beats of Past Mistake, Knowle West Boy is an intensely satisfying and revealing album from one of modern music's more enigmatic characters.