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The hip-hop trio of Fast, Huey and Steve emerged from New York to register chart success on both sides of the Atlantic with their debut album Come Find Yourself. The top 30 hit 'Fun Lovin' Criminals' [sic] was the third hit from the group nominated as Best International Newcomers.Of all cultural phenomena of this era, there weren't many I found more tiresome than gangster chic. Of course it mostly revolved around London gangsters from the Sixties (presumably there were gangsters in other parts of the UK too, but they must have had less smart suits); however FLC represented a sort of New York wing, combining self-consciously cool rap lyrics with AOR. Generally I couldn't stand them but I did have to make an exception for this track mainly because of "Fast" (Brian Leiser)'s contributions on trumpet and harmonica, which make the backing track enjoyable enough for me to put up with Huey Morgan's posturing. Admittedly, even he isn't that annoying on this track, but it's not really him I'm listening to. It's a pity this wasn't among their bigger hits, although reaching the chart at all is more than any of their releases has managed in their homeland.
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