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Plan B - 'The Defamation of Strickland Banks'

Plan B
Feb 11, 2011 Updated Feb 18, 2011

The second studio album from the UK singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and director Ben Drew.

The album tells the story of fictional UK soul singer Strickland Banks, whose fifteen minutes of fame is cut short when he ends up in prison for a crime he didn't commit.

Track List:

   1. Love Goes Down
   2. Writing's On The Wall
   3. Stay Too Long
   4. She Said
   5. Welcome To Hell
   6. Hard Times
   7. The Recluse
   8. Traded In My Cigarettes
   9. Prayin'
  10. Darkest Place
  11. Free
  12. I Know A Song
  13. What You Gonna Do

External Review:

"Defamation is a great little album which could steer Drew towards being one of the year’s biggest pop stars, and further onto realising his film ambitions...Tremendous work".

Ian Wade, BBC Music

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Benjamin Paul Ballance-Drew (born 22 October 1983), primarily known as Plan B or Ben Drew, is a British rapper, singer-songwriter, actor and film director from Forest Gate, London. Plan B first emerged as a hip hop artist releasing his critically acclaimed debut album Who Needs Actions When You Got Words in 2006. His second studio album The Defamation of Strickland Banks (2010) was a soul record...

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On Apr 7, 2011. 9:32pm
Anonymous said

great album- i loved the single as played on radio-she said-but listening to the whole album puts a new perspective on the song. couldn't wait to hear the outcome of the judgement. one of the best new albums around. get it and enjoy!!

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