This is the debut album from Dublin, Ireland producer Pitch 92. Known for being the in-house beatsmith of The Mouse Outfit, he would go on to produce the group’s first couple full-lengths Escape Music & Step Steadier until getting to jump behind the boards throughout Verb T’s 8th album Good Evening. He eventually signed to Hove, East Sussex, United Kingdom imprint High Focus Records for the Lost in Space EP preluding 3rd Culture in preparation for the main course arriving 5 months afterwards.

After the “Start It Off” intro, the title track by Jehst hops over a boom bap instrumental with some organs breaking it down for those who don’t know what it is whereas “Swoop” by The 4 Owls works in some pianos so the quartet can bring it live. “Humanoid” by King Kashmere, Mysdiggi & Verb T finds the trio spitting hardcore verses without a hook on top of this glossy boom bap beat while the aquatically funky “Drama” by The Mouse Outfit featuring the Foreign Beggars talking about playing hostilely.

“Overly Fresh” by Fliptrix co-produced by Beat Butcha speaks of never sleeping in addition to murdering beats leading into “I Need That” by Dr. Syntax, Dubbul O & Harleighblu blending boom bap with neo-soul talking about feeling like the music calls them when they’re rollin’, smokin’ or drinkin’. Micall Parknsun & Verb T tell fans who think they’ve “Heard It Before” to think again while “Follow Me” by Dr. Outer & Sparkz calmly trades the mic back-&-forth with each other for a bit.

Tyler Daley gets his own track with the soothing boom bap heater “Confused” talking about not knowing to do regarding this woman who isn’t good for him at all while the hypnotically funky “Kingdom” by Jehst, LayFullStop & Sparkz finds the trio rocking their own realms with their individually distinctive cadences. “Makes No Sense” by DRS brings the keys back in the picture addresses people who judge the things we love failing to understand why they do it while “How We Living” by Karl Sage & Manik MC funkily talks about being stuck up in the ground.

“Criminalized” by Coops begins 3rd Culture’s final act recalling him getting arrested for the 1st time when he was only 8 while “Wise Men” by Confucius MC fuses soul & boom bap wondering if he should laugh or cry inside of his mind. Prior to the 87 second compositional “FFM” outro building itself upon sampling a woodwind, the final song “Worth It” by Jerome Thomas sends off the LP with a luxurious R&B ballad finding him unsure of whether this relationship’s worth the risks it has or not.

Amassing some of the most well respected national & international names within the genres of both UK hip hop & R&B artists for a lengthier successor to Lost in Space, the studio debut in Pitch 92’s solo discography prioritizes the half of that extended play where the guests were doing their thing over his Jaylib-inspired instrumentals created using an MPC except a huge contrasting difference would be the small handful of moments that felt like filler as opposed to 3rd Culture’s predecessor cohesively demonstrating his talents with & without a performer.

Score: 3.5/5