Friday night and all I see over twitter is the date 4/3/13. Now
be being the cat the curiosity killed and a big fan of Mr Wretch 32 I was hype
hype hype at the thought of new music especially from the new album he’s going
to drop this year. So come 8pm I was sat with my laptop listening to Mista Jam’s
show. I even missed the start of Eastenders for this so you know it got real.
Evolution is the key word. You’ll hear the intro and think “is
this going to be another rapper spitting over a dance beat?”. Well if you
thought that:
1) shame on you
2) I bet your ears weren’t prepared for that.
If I asked you to name 1 track that Blackout sounded like, even with the
combined musical repertoire of every DJ in this whole wide world, you wouldn’t be
able to. This is something different to any song that has graced our ears – and
note I used the word “graced” implying that different isn’t just good but MAD
good.
The beat for me is the most significant part of this track,
and is the work of Knox Brown, part of the Renowned Collective. Often I feel
producer’s input to a track is overlooked but with his work, it’s hard to
ignore what he has created – not made, created. It’s pretty hard to describe
what he has done with the beat, but I love that. It doesn’t stop surprising you
and as well as keeping you intrigued to the track, it transports you somewhere
else. Then we have Shakka. Now Shakka is an artist I hadn’t come across before
but this is a perfect example of the hidden talent the UK has been hiding for a
too too too long. His vocals are on point. Clean. Subtle. Powerful. I’ve known
about him for 5 minutes but I am actually ecstatic (yeah that happy!) that
Wretch has given him this platform because his voice breathes “gifted”. Wretch
has been doing his thing for years now but never fades. The track just reminds
you why you, and even gives you more reason to, love Wretch. He has kept it
real and while taking a risk and going down a different lane he hasn’t strayed
too far from the road on which he started – and this is why it works so beautifully.
Evolved sound – Check. Lyrics that can’t be touched, just felt – Check. Mention
of his beloved Disarano – Check. Heartist.
The 3 of them have done what music is made to do, but only
few can actually carry out: produced a fresh, hot, new vibe that takes you somewhere – I don’t
know where, but I don’t care. Now just wheel that yo!