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Review: Jamar McNaughton aka Jamaican dancehall icon Chronixx lives up to his own name, leaving us with chronic catatonia after we find ourselves all too quickly and easily engrossed in his new single, 'Never Give Up'. A stripped-back, slow-burner rocksteady exclaimer rolled through soft percussion, spaceflight keys and a quietly unshakeable hook, it carries a steadfast message, one that lends associatively well to the guesting productive hand of fellow producer and SAULT mastermind Inflo. And what do we have it: just days before mastering the A, Chronixx laid down a dub version, now also pressed solely on this limited 10". This one offers a different kind of protest compared to the earlier, brasher 'Here Comes The Trouble', one rooted in systems thought, and the long arc of change.