Responsible for the amazing cover to B-Side, Kid Acne was best-known for his graffiti skills when this single raised his profile. Part-financed by Lex’s label dalliance with EMI, it allowed the South Yorks rapper to significantly beef-up the sparser beats of previous outings, with MIA producer Ross Orton and local bass legend Rob Gordon joining forces. Nowhere is this more concentrated than ‘Oh No You Didn’t’, from its thundering real drum intro and declamatory “Oi!” to the distorted bass figure that pervades thereafter. It’s driven forward by Acne’s animated raps and aerated zingers, whether pillorying the inked idiocracy (“Nincompoops, what do you do?/Get tattoos and think your Zulus”) or just spitting nonsense rhymes for the sheer thrill of it (“Captain Caveman wearing Raybans/Wasting spraycan down the wastelands”). While a stuttering chorus that plays off Catherine Tate’s catchphrase is a little obvious, it’s more than compensated for by the more oblique references (Cillit Bang, welly-wanging) that became a scholastic feature of wonky parent album Romance Ain’t Dead. Slowthai’s ‘Doorman’ would tap into a very similar energy over a decade later, creating the festival anthem Acne was denied.