Signed to All Around the World Productions, a befitting name
for this London Grime MC given his colossal potential, Sway is the latest Grime
artist on the verge of surfacing from the underground into more of a mass
market, having already featuring on Lupe Fiasco’s latest album Lasers and let’s
face it, there could be worse contacts to have than a superstar (excuse the
pun) like Lupe Fiasco when trying to break into the mass market. To describe
his potential fanbase as being mainstream would be an almost derogatory label
given to Sway, as a term normally
associated with trashy pop artists, cough cough fellow label-mate, cough cough
Alexandra Stan…
Every grime artist to ever rise up from the depths has had
an anthem launching their career into new soaring heights, for Tinie Tempah it
was of course Pass Out, Skepta’s was Amnesia and Sway has delivered the
electric Still Speedin. It’s a rousing tune, with some powerful production, fast-paced
rapping and a melodic sample from Black Box's 1989
smash-hit Ride on Time, which doesn’t overpower but intertwines perfectly
with the tune. Sway’s vigorous rapping, describes his hustle and ambition to
succeed, “Pedal to the metal on a level I ain't
gonna settle for anything less than gold.”
Parts of his rapping is so hard-hitting with an astonishingly electrifying pace
there are almost hints of a British Busta Rhymes in there!
An anthemic tune for a talented artist, just
surpassing the million views mark on youtube, give it a listen and be sure to
check out the remixes with Kano and Lupe Fiasco, which I can assure is you not
one of those fan-made rap remixes youtube is infested by! Give it a listen, I
guarantee it will get you pumped up!
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