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Aug 19, 2011An escapist Jamaica-pop lark with a traditional bent and a big heart, in the realms of good-times bass you could do a lot worse than the classy and charming Watch Me Dance.
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Aug 12, 2011It would be a crying shame if a record so accomplished, relevant and unifying never gets to be heard. Because, right now, this album is necessary.
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Aug 12, 2011His sound has matured considerably: he's less intent on blowing your ears off with dancehall's battery, than offering his own, still highly piquant take on slow-grind R&B.
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Sep 30, 2011Watch Me Dance is a triumphant speaker-blasting party record that cements Toddla T's reputation as the U.K.'s bass wonderkid.
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Aug 19, 2011It's a different animal than its predecessor, but Watch Me Dance is a fine second outing from a promising young producer.
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Aug 15, 2011It finds Toddla T cementing an identity as a producer--10 years from now, it might be seen as an important stepping stone to greatness.
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Aug 22, 2011Watch Me Dance doesn't reconcile the clash between retro and modernism, but at least it does the past a decent amount of justice.
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Q MagazineSep 22, 2011This follow-up proves a slightly less ramshackle but equally engaging electro-powered soundclash that even finds Bell adding the odd new twist. [Oct 2011, p.130]
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UncutAug 18, 2011This traverses dancehall, lovers rock and jungle, and adds in more UK-centric bass styles, with some success. [Sep 2011, p.96]
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Aug 16, 2011A mixed bag that's perhaps polluted with Toddla's inevitable fame and fortune.
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Aug 12, 2011It's a raucous affair that mainly sticks with the jumpy dancehall/bassline sound of his first, but also includes moments of prettily soulful reflection.
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Aug 12, 2011Toddla proves himself better at preposterously high-energy dancehall tracks ("Badman Flu") than forays into early-90s piano-led vocal house ("Take It Back"). Good fun in small measures.
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Sep 22, 2011An album that vacillates between raucous and refined without losing sight of the dance floor.