September 11, 2000 17:09

MAXIM COOKIN' WITH GAS!

[a]Maxim[/a] gets a little help from [a]Skin[/a], [a]Sneaker Pimps[/a], [b]Gravediggaz[/b] and, erm, [b]Liam Howlett[/b]...

Prodigy rapper Maxim has announced details of his long-awaited solo album.

The LP, 'Hell's Kitchen', will be released by XL, the label that is home to the Prodigy, on 2 October. As well as the collaboration with Skunk Anansie singer Skin, 'Carmen Queasy', which was a Top 40 hit when released as a single earlier this summer, the album includes guest appearances from Gravediggaz rapper Poetic, militant Jewish band Blood Of Abraham and highly-regarded underground MC Divine Styler, as well as UK trip-hoppers Sneaker Pimps.

Liam Howlett, the Prodigy's musical mastermind, co-produced one of 'Hell's Kitchen''s tracks - 'Scheming' - and mixed vocals for another.

The full tracklisting is as follows: 'Hadrian's Wall' 'Killing Culture' (featuring Diamond J) 'Carmen Queasy' (featuring Skin) 'Spectral Wars' (featuring Divine Styler) 'Hell's Kitchen' 'Scheming' (featuring Trina Allen) 'Worldwide Syndicates' (featuring Diamond J and Tony Titanium) 'Soul Seller' (featuring Trina Allen) 'Universal Scientist' (featuring Blood Of Abraham) 'My Web' 'Dominant Genes' 'Backward Bullet' (featuring Sneaker Pimps)