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After releasing debut single 'Bloodrush', Dublin Hip Hop three-piece Creative Controle took the name of the constituent parts Messiah J & The Expert when they became a duo later in 2003. Debut album What's Confusing You was released in the same year and Now This I Have To Hear followed three years later to much praise and a Choice Music Prize nomination. Another Choice nod was forthcoming when From The Word Go landed, again via the band's own Inaudible imprint, landed in late 2008.
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 “Attention… ahem… Give me your attention,” appeals Messiah J on ‘Megaphone Man’ and with he and the Expert’s third album From The Word Go, it’s impossible not to sit up and take note. Bigger and bolder than before with knowing, swaggering self-... |
 The last time I spoke to John Fitzgerald- the deistic half of Irish hip-hop duo Messiah J & The Expert- he left us hoping that rapping would soon be his day job. Two years later his aspirations have hardened a little, “I say it every year but I want to be doing this full time as soon... |
 "Being arrogant for a second, there are bands who wish they could do that, who wish they could be so diverse but they couldn't because they'd fall flat on their face," Messiah J. "There won't be many other records this year or this decade that have as much stuff - and that'... |
 The Expert gives Ragged Words an exclusive track by track guide to From The Word Go, out today (17/10/08). 1 Year Of The Genie EX: This beat was made with only one intention for me and that was to start off an album. I knew I wanted the album to start off with a huge bang, to get... |
 Messiah J - picture right and one half, obviously, of the now twice Choice Music Prize nominated Messiah J & The Expert - gives a chronological guide through his life in 10 records. The Expert's selections are also |
 The Expert - picture right and the other half of the twice Choice Music Prize nominated Messiah J & The Expert (read Messiah J's LIR here) - gives Ragged Words a chronological guide through his life in 10 records. |
 The plan all along was for 2003’s What’s Confusing You to set Messiah J & The Expert’s blueprint allowing what was to follow to provide the rubber stamp. And while their debut negotiated the difficult blueprint that is Irish hip-hop and demonstrated more than ample... |
