Example: The Evolution of Man – review

(Ministry of Sound)Judging by the readers' comments, Example won few friends in a recent Guardian interview. But the consensus – that the Fulham singer/rapper is an unpleasant hardnut – could be overturned by his fourth album, which is loaded with gloomy soul-searching. It's almost an answer record to his 2011 album, Playing in the Shadows, which partied until it was sick, yielding two No 1 singles in the process. The Evolution of Man is more sombre: minor-key melodies flicker bleakly and...

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