“I’m on a spiritual journey that will take you to the inner depths of your greatest ambition and unravel your inner most anxiety’s. No ego, no bravado; the answer’s to why we exist lie between the lines of this album... – The Purpose Is The Process” James Gill for www.ukhh.com

James Gill is one of the few lyricists with a real message whose armoury is thick enough to stand up in the commercial arena. The Mancunian mc pairs clever soul- sampling with a refreshing outlook on the world, giving as many questions as he has answers. Lyrically comparable to hip hop’s philosophers; the Kweli’s, Lupe Fiasco’s and Common’s, James has also taken heavy influence from their counter parts this side of the Atlantic, such as Sway, Jehst, Klashneckoff and Skinnyman. “For a big part of my writing life I couldn’t sit down and just write a song. For me I either had to be asking a question or giving an answer. For a long time this limited my song writing ability as I was obsessed with the significan