β A heavy, hip-hop-influenced track featuring Kool Keith. Funky Shit β A high-tempo Big Beat anthem. Serial Thrilla β Incorporates punk-rock energy. Mindfields β Featured on The Matrix soundtrack.
: These two singles laid the groundwork, with "Firestarter" becoming the band's first UK #1. They remain anthems of 90s defiance. "Smack My Bitch Up" Prodigy - The Fat of the Land - 1997 -FLAC- -RLG-
By 1996, The Prodigy was exhausted. Following the relentless touring of Music for the Jilted Generation , frontman/keyboardist Liam Howlett retreated to his home studio in Essex. He was armed with a collection of vintage analog synthesizers (Roland SH-101, Korg M1), a rudimentary Atari computer, and a seething anger toward the British governmentβs Criminal Justice Bill, which targeted rave culture. β A heavy, hip-hop-influenced track featuring Kool Keith