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Wednesday 3 July 2013

Trampoline - Tinie Tempah

It has been just shy of 3 and a half years since Tinie Tempah Disturbed London. He's never been a stranger to big tunes - throw yourself back to 'Tears' and 'Wifey' - but what was originally just a demo, Pass Out, had an unexpectedly HUGE impact. It dropped back in the first months of 2010 and ever since then Tinie has been riding that shockwave of success to a double platinum album, touring in any country Virgin Airlines could take him and all the while sitting comfortably in charts all over the world. There is no doubt that he has broken boundaries, one of which was the barrier between our underground urban scene and the Top 40. Recently the UK music scene has transformed and Tinie's disturbance is partly responsible.

With such effects, it's only natural he's had a considerable amount of weight on his shoulders over the past 2 years. The Demonstration has been pushed back further than Jamie Foxx's hairline (Sorry Jamie) and, unlike the hair near Jamie's forehead (Soz again), the anticipation has grown and grown. His silence since his debut album was tapped at with his 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY EP' and collab on Calvin Harris' 'Drinking From The Bottle'. But it was only after yesterday's Monday-Evening-Lull was shaken when he uploaded the final installment of his teasers, that the silence was shattered on Mista Jam's show tonight as 'Trampoline' met our ears and violated every cell in our bodies...

Now, I'll give you 3 words: TURNNN IT UPPPPP!

And I'll give you 3 more: REALOAD IT YOOOOO!

The same cheeky personal plastered over the track. The same crazy energy invading your body from the speakers. But this time over a ridiculous instrumental, courtesy of Diplo. And to help tame the beast, a rapper - who lets face it, is used to featuring on a banger or two - 2 CHAINZZZZZZZZ (if you didn't read that in the proper voice then please re-read and try again).

The sound is interesting. It's hot and fresh. It didn't come as a total shock to me, but that didn't stop it from hitting me and making me reload it so it could hit me again. I would say it dropped at the perfect time as summer has now started, but whatever the weather, whatever you are doing and wherever you are if the volume is up loud, you can be stiffer than Wiley and still be moving as fluid as the petrol igniting the fiyaaaaa that is 'Trampoline'.  It's lively. It's strong. It's proof that Tinie hasn't lost the ability to switch it UP and make you get DOWN.












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