For her major-label debut, DJ Rap chose a surprising angle, given her long history as an excellent drum\'n\'bass DJ and producer. Learning Curve is a crossover album so complete there\'s hardly any traces of drum\'n\'bass left. Instead, most of the album (especially the radically reconfigured American version) is full-fledged \'90s dance-pop, closer to Garbage than Grooverider, with the production gloss and sneering vocals to match. What\'s even more surprising is that, taken for what it is, Learning Curve actually is a solid dance-pop album. Rap\'s vocals are better than expected, the production is inventive, and while the songs are still quite far from pop, they\'re much more than dance fodder. It\'s a radically different move compared to any other jungle artist\'s major-label debut, but still, it\'s surprisingly solid given its emphasis on pop. [The British version includes a few more drum\'n\'bass tracks, including \"Beats Like This,\" \"Audio Technica,\" and a remix of her classic \"Spiritual Aura.\"]
- Authored By John Bush