• Lynn may yet prove to be M.I.A.'s Jamaican counterpart. That's saying something.

The reggae mecca of Waterton in Kingston, Jamaica, where Terry Lynn was born and raised, serves as the focus for her unflinching, punch-to-your-gut debut. Although some reggae and dance hall is scattered here and there, Kingstonlogic 2.0 has more in common with Public Enemy's kick-some-ass lyrics and Chemical Brothers' DEFCON 1 beats than the relaxed, rude boy stylings her ’hood is known for.

Lynn paints a dire image of the seemingly inescapable poverty and violence that have gripped her city. With palpable anger, she sets her lyrical crosshairs on everybody, from the drug lords and corrupt cops at the street level, all the way to the national government and International Monetary Fund, for their near-laughable ineffectiveness at improving the situation. The title track is the centrepiece, borrowing its lyrical structure from Daft Punk's "Technologic." Over a perfect, military techno beat, Lynn describes a rather savage and anarchic means of survival: "Earn it steal it beg it buy it/ Can't stay broke you got to try it.... Live it note it say it quote it/ Logic laws and rules we wrote it." That the CD is devoid of any expletives ironically makes Lynn a smarter, tougher and scarier artist than any thug rapper in existence today. Now that's gangsta.