When you talk about comebacks, the words Liverpool and dead and buried are the first things that come to mind. However in the end, hard work and sheer passion brought the Scousers back from the brink. Another team who had been thought to be dead buried were Metz and Trix, but boys we were in for a shock, all you desi's just forget Liverpool for the moment; this may just be the comeback of all comebacks!

Love them, or hate them, you have to respect them. After all, they are arguably the pioneers of MC'ing in what is the desi music scene today. Just before the start of the millennium the deadly duo burst on to the scene with the awesome Tappe (Metz) and Put Sardara De (Trix). These two were, and are arguably still the major reason for the recent MC'ing craze to hit the desi scene over the last six years. Nowadays you can guarantee that there will be at least one song on every desi album with MC'ing, some very good, and some quite frankly a pile of shit. Their association with RDB and Untouchables was a key influence and they had become the most sought after MC's in the industry, everyone wanted them on their tracks. However by late 2002 for reasons still unknown to us (except perhaps Mulder and Scully and the CIA) their relationship with RDB and Untouchables dramatically collapsed. Although they were voted best MC's at the AMA's in 2003, people wrote them off saying they were nothing without RDB, and that they were finished; boy were they wrong! After 3 and a half years since there smash hit debut album (Danger) the boys are back, but is their latest offering with Moviebox worth the wait? Well, Get Ready, Get Set to be told how it is!

The 10 track album opens with quite a cool, dramatic Hollywood like intro, "this is a journey...Get Ready…Get Set…" where basically Metz and Trix announce their return, and basically how they were the trend setters and how people have copied their style, and sound. It's good to see that they haven't lost any of their arrogance then! At this point initially I thought hmmm, could be "same old same old" here, but there was only one-way to find out.

Off to track one called "Dil Moulia" featuring Mr "Chaiya Chaiya" himself, Sukwinder Singh. This track, quite simply, as the intro will show you, is Explosive! Sukwinder's vocals blend superbly with a sick desi hip-hop vibe. While Metz and Trix bounce of each other brilliantly, vocally they have taken their sound and rhymes up a level and already I'm thinking of driving down Southall Broadway with this pumping in my beemer, but I quickly remember that my Mrs won't be too impressed! You'll all be pleased to find that the days of Danger and the same lyrics are well and truly over. Some top-notch production from Suspex makes this yet another Metz and Trix anthem.

Number 2 in the batting order is 'Out of Danger' (ok so they say it once-sorry) which features a sample from 'Ayee Hai Dhekne' from the film soundtrack "1942 - A Love Story" with the vocals of Kavita Krishnamurthy. Metz and Trix have graciously, yes graciously, acknowledged her efforts along with the team behind the film. Now I bet you're all thinking this just isn't going to work, but sorry folks you're wrong again! This is yet another great track, and personally my favourite. The secret here is that musically the boys haven't tried to be flash at all; they have kept the original beat and just spruced it up very subtlety with a nice hip hop/dance baseline. The track begins with a radio DJ asking the guys where they have been and what have they been up to, with the boys replying back. It's definitely a clever an innovative stance on answering all the so-called critics and haters. Metz takes centre stage on this track, and is simply crisp, undoubtedly the better MC of the two on this one, but only by an eyelash. Trix provides great support and again shows that lyrically he is a good as anyone. Usmaan who used of be part of 'The Sona Family' deserves credit for writing a fair share of the lyrics on this track. Kavita has been blended into the track superbly and this track has quite rightly been getting a lot of airplay, another great track, the boys are on hatrick!

Numero Trois is the Nach Punjaban remix featuring the prince of Punjabi pop, Abrar-Ul-Haq. I have to say I was quite looking forward to this track and it seems like the seeds were sewn for a great track. The guys move away from the hip-hop flex and we start off with a house/dance beat which initially seems to fit the track quite well, Abrar shouts before the start "Eh Change Karna eh!" (This has to be changed) and then his original vocals kick in. However the track doesn't quite do it for me, but the thing is I can't put my finger on why this track isn't working. Musically the song has been produced reasonably well, but it's certainly nowhere near as good as the first two tracks. Abrar sounds good, but lets face it although the original was a hit track en all but it now sounds rather dated. It's the old cliché of remixing a successful track; 99% of the time you will only make it worse and this is no exception to that rule. Trix becomes the main man for this one, and though I can't fault him or Metz in terms of lyrics and their sound, the track just doesn't sound right, but then again the sub continent is in the middle of a remix craze so it could work overseas but for me it seems like the guys a have dropped down a gear and quite frankly this song is simply…ordinary.

Past the disappointment is track number four called "Eyes On You", which is about chatting up a fit Punjabi girl, featuring the legend Gurdas Maan. This initially looks like another gamble but when you hear this track you'll realise that is nothing of the sort. Gurdas Maan's vocals are superbly blended into the first house and garage track of the album. The track production wise very well made, the baseline is just heavy and Trix has really come on leaps and bounds in terms of sound and takes centre stage and Metz definitely does his bit but Trix is certainly the star here. All in all a very good track, which is very likely to some serious damage during the Mela season and in the clubs. One of the best things about this track is that the MC lyrics are coherent with the Punjabi vocals, something that is very rare to see these days; Metz and Trix have certainly upped their game to refreshing new heights here.

In at number five is the "Metz and Trix Anthem" featuring Mr Riz from the Sona Family. New directions shown here as the guys slow down the tempo for this Latino style track. A lot of people have been speaking highly of the Sona Family and musically this is certainly a good track. Mr Riz shows that he's actually a very good singer but Metz and Trix let themselves down here, without being too critical, like track three, nothing is majorly wrong, but the lads just don't sound at their best on this, I don't know whether it's because they are trying too hard or trying to sound "American" when they rap, this an average track for me, but props to the guys for trying something new and with some slight modification this new direction should work in later projects.

Track Number six is "Booty Pop" featuring the man of the moment, Lember Hussainpuri. The guys go back to the hip-hop flex for this one and I must say the dholi sounds great, as does Lember, all fitted around the hip-hop beat fused with Lember's Boliyan style. The vibe is a much more gangsta style rap here and Trix pulls it off better then Metz who at times I couldn't recognise and seemed in-different, and although lyrically the guys are in tune with the desi vocals, at times I felt that Metz was interrupting the flow. A good track to chill to but it won't be talked about much.

Going further down the list at seven is "Quads" which is a proper old school garage track. The chorus is taken from "Eyes On You" which was taken from track four for those with amnesia. Metz and Trix show great versatility here and carry the track well considering there isn't any real desi intervention. The track starts with a real chill out intro (a good track to smoke weed to!) before the garage takes over, it reminds me a lot of the Tappe remix by Mike "Ruff Cut" Lloyd. Die hard garage fans will really love this song and again this is more club audience orientated, another good effort and a good show of versatility by the boys not only in terms of music but they vocally adapt very well in terms of increasing the pace with the faster music, a decent effort here.

Number Eight is Bi-Lingual, which quite frankly does exactly what it says on the tin. Metz and Trix have created a new niche, which will you could class as Urdu/Punjabi-gangsta rap, you may well laugh but this track works. You can see that once upon a time Metz and Trix were "Ache Bache" and went to Saturday school as their Punjabi lyrics not only sound good, they make sense. Metz and Trix have definitely shown they are not just garage MC's and definitely show that they are down with all things hip hop, something which hip hop fans will love on this track, a very innovative track which works. Usmaan formerly of 'The Sona Family' has an excellant flow on the tune and he deserves credit for writing alot of the lyrics, especially Metz's verses.

Finally propping up the album is the "Eyes On You - Club Mix." The guys really give this track a club feel by subtly changing lyrics through out, it feels like a live PA. Musically the track has not been given any heavy handed make over, and the pause in music before Trix kicks in is simply brilliant, this track will definitely be doing the rounds in the clubs.

As the intro right at the start says, this is definitely a musical journey. Metz and Trix have moved away from the rinsed out garage vibe and moved onto hip hop, pure bhangra and dancehall pastures and have done it very well, showing great versatility at times, especially in terms of the pace at which they MC. They have also shown a lot of innovation, some of it, which was simply brilliant. True MC's should be able to MC to many styles of music and this is what they have done.

The album does, however, have a very experimental feel to it and you have to respect the guys from moving away from all the old style that initially brought them so much success and then highly critical character assignation by the public and media, ourselves included. The presence of class vocalists like Sukwinder, Kavita, Gurdas Maan, Lember and Abrar have definitely helped the guys and tracks like Dil Moulia, Out Of Danger, Eyes On You, and Bi-lingual are all top tracks and very near the level of work put on Tappe, Put Sardara De and Sah Rukh Da. These tracks definitely make the album a worthwhile buy.

In terms of production musically the album is very well made, you can see why it took so long to produce the guys have put in a lot of work here; some well deserved credit to Suspex who have done a fair share of production on the album. Lyrically and vocally the boys are very good, the old lyrics have been banished and I think they only mention their favourite car, Lamborghini Diablo, once. It was very refreshing also to find that the desi lyrics and MC'ing lyrics were coherent which was a nice change. However there is certainly room for improvement as I lost interest on a few of the tracks, although they weren't crap album fillers, they seemed more like experiments which may work later with a few tweaks as they did sound a bit "well this doesn't sound any different to the old stuff."

They have taken the game up to another level and are still by far the best in the industry at the moment. For the doubters who said that the boys wouldn't last a day with out the production of RDB will be in for a shock. Though at times the boys seem to be trying to experiment too much and try too hard, they have ended up sound rather stale on a few tracks, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing, a lot of positives can be taken from this album, even from the negatives.

There is an old saying in football that great teams still win when they not are quite at there best, and this is the case for the deadly duo. Although they haven't quite reached the dizzy heights of 2001 these guys are approaching top gear and if this is anything to go by, 2005 could be the year of deadly duo, I personally can't wait for volume 2 if this is anything to go by. The boys are definitely back and still head and shoulders above the rest. A good, innovative, and experimental effort which at times is simply superb, though the boys can still improve a lot, there's definitely no Danger (pun intended) of these guys losing their crowns as the kings of MC'ing on the desi scene. GRGS gets a solid if not amazing 7.3 out of 10; welcome back boys.