There seems no artist more befitting to pay tribute through rap to London in the Olympic year than Devlin. Whilst he does have a permanent expression of rage, he seems to have a soft-centre and more importantly compared to the likes of Tinie Tempah, fame hasn't forced him to lose touch with the working man.
The track is a little heavier than the first part, released over a year ago, the guitar riff's echo those in "Fight Music" by D12, with Eminem of course one of Devlin's key inspirations. He raps with purpose, pace and power. "LON DON you can tell by the way that its spelt this place is a long gone out for its self with the streets of manic grid lock traffic." It acknowledges, London is by no means a perfect city, but the rollercoaster ride of living in arguably the most important city in the world is almost beautiful. Devlin raps, "I've worked all over the capital North, South, East, West If you like the city's my wife." The perfect example of a city that makes dreams come true, in a less romantic way than Paris or New York!
London is real, genuine people, concoction of cultures and background and Devlin embodies that. The video is shot using a reversing camera, with a gritty-grey artistic tinge, passing through the streets with Devlin rapping in front. Scenes of hard-working men and women are thrown in at various points and that's the key message he wants to get across it seems. Those people make the city so great; real, hard-working people and he is one of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMI8efVEYeM&feature=relmfu
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