Fun, energetic stuff from Quebecois Ghislain Poirier on his Ninja Tune debut, NO GROUND UNDER. "Blazin" gets the thumping dancehall party start in no short order, but "Jusqu'en Haut" relies more on hip-hop, replete with French lyrics. The instrumental "Hit & Red" goes for more hip-hop, but this time abstracted, whereas "No More Blood" puts some Jamaican toasting over a slower beat. But "Go Ballistic" picks up the pace with a 4-on-the-floor, and the dancehall and hip-hop crash together in digital sparks with "Ladies & Gentleman." Alas, there are some duff tracks too, like the trying-too-hard-to-be-deep "City Walking" or the bland "Dem Nah Like Me," but "It’s A War War" with its messy abstraction and "Exils" with its Arabic instrumentation help make up for it. "Mangnen L'boulé" ends the album on a slower, African note, a polyglot capper to a good selection here.