Massive Attack- Unfinshed Sympathy

Massive Attack is one of the most innovative and influential groups of their generation. The band are an English Trip Hop group formed in 1988 in Bristol. Their debut album Blue Lines was release in 1991, with the single 'Unfinished Sympathy' reaching the charts and later being voted the 63rd greatest song of all time in a poll by NME. The group has won numerous music awards throughout their career, including a Brit Award- winning Best British Dance Act, two MTV Europe Music Awards, and two Q Awards. they have also released five studio albums that have sold over 11 million copies worldwide.

 Their history dates back to 1983 and the formation of The Wild Bunch, one of the earliest and most successful sound system/DJ collectives to arrive on the U.K music scene. Renowned for their seamless integration of a wide range of music styles, from punk to reggae to R&B, the groups parties quickly became can't-miss events for the Bristol Club crowd, and at the peak of their popularity they drew crowds so enormous that the local live music scene essentially ground to a halt. When The Wild Bunch folded during the mi-80's, two of its members Andrew Vowels (Mushroom) and Grant Marshall (Daddy G) teamed with local graffiti artist Robert del Naja (3D) to form Massive Attack in 1987. The choice of "massive" was done to avoid a radio ban as its release coincided with the Gulf War. Produced by Massive Attack and Dollar, the song incorporates various musical elements into its arrangement, including vocal and percussion samples, drum programming, and string orchestration by arranger Will Malone.

Blue Lines is the debut studio album by English Trip Hop group Massive Attack, released on their Wild Bunch label through Virgin Records on 8 April 1991. A remastered version of the album was released on 19 November 2012. "Unfinished Sympathy" was released under the temporary group name of Massive. It was written by three band members Robert del Naja, Grant Marshall and Andrew Vowels, the songs vocalist Shara Nelson and the groups co-producer Jonathon Sharp. The song was released as the second single from the bands debut album Blue Lines, on the bands Wild Bunch label
distributed through Circa Records on 11th February 1991. The single was accompanied by a memorable music video, directed by Baillie Walsh, featuring a single continuous shot of Nelson walking through a Los Angeles neighbourhood, oblivious of her surroundings. Recognised as a pioneering song in the development of British dance music, "Unfinshed Symapthy" was acclaimed by music critics for its distinctive production and Nelson's vocals. "Unfinished Sympathy" also included an element of street culture within its music video. Street Culture, also known as a primary issue for urban sociologists is the disproportionate poverty in ghettoes, defined as parts of American cities that are composed of mostly poor African Americans.