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The album features the previously released single ‘Grime Scene Saviours’, a high-powered posse cut that harkens back to the days of Lethal Bizzle’s ‘Pow! (Forward Riddim)’. The song holds a lineup that’ll hit big with grime fans, including D Double E, Frisco, Flirta D, Skepta, Bruza, JME, Jendor, Novelist, Jamakabi & Flowdan.

Also on the record are second single ‘Davinche Code’, an old-school, glitchy track with classic grime-riddim synth sounds, and third single, ‘Function Riddim’, a smooth, floaty song where Chip delivers a long verse reflecting on his status and career, with lyrics like “I’m from London, I moved to London at 21, got me feeling like 21”.

In the run-up to the album, Chip staged a sold-out show at Outernet London in February. The show saw countless classic grime heads and new-school names locked into a cypher, including Jme, Skepta, Frisco, D Double E, Jendor, Flirta D, Novelist, Jamakabi, Bruza, P Money, Riko Dan, Kruz Leone, Desperado, Jammer, SoLarge, RB, More Fire Crew, Duppy, Logan, Double S, Big Narstie, Ruff Squad, and DJs Mak 10, Maximum and Sir Spyro.

London-based music publication Trench had high praise for the show: “One after the other, a plethora of MCs enter the stage and at this point, it’s largely a who’s who of grime. The energy in the room is electric as Chip passed the mic to Jme, who passed it to P Money, who then passed it to ad-lib king D Double E. As you can imagine: it’s straight-up reload central, with every MC spitting their iconic one-liners and whipping the crowd into a frenzy.”

Chip has certainly carried this energy onto his new album, with a full tracklist of 130-140bpm bangers and long-form verses. While earlier releases in his career catered to more poppy, radio-friendly audiences, in recent years he’s pivoted to pure grime, with albums like ‘Snakes & Ladders’ and freestyles for Link Up TV and GRM Daily putting his high-tempo, punchline-heavy style on full display.

Other tunes on the album feature Scorcher and Jastin Martin, and a roster of renowned beatmakers including Teddy Music, Dexplicit, Ace Beats, Sir Spyro and Jammer handled production for the record.

Chip is set to appear at Skepta’s Big Smoke Festival 2025, alongside JME, Frisco, Chy Cartier, Jordss and others at Crystal Palace Park later this year. You can read our writeup on that here.

On talking to NME, Dizzee said about his new album, “This album is making a statement – I’m a fucking serious rapper.” He added that,  “East London influenced me, but I was also on pirate radio in Tottenham. South London influenced me as well. If it wasn’t for music, I would never have met anyone from Leeds or Manchester or Liverpool. They were the only places I knew about because of football. Music took me out.”

The album is made up or elements of British music including grime, trap, drill, dubstep and garage. There are also moments of dance-pop with the track, ‘Body Loose’ which samples Architech’s chart topping hit ‘Body Grove.’ The track, ‘That’s too much,’ features other rap legends ‘D Double E’ and ‘Frisco’ as they bounce off of each other trading verses over the music.

Tottenham rapper Chip is another feature on the album, with the first track ‘L.L.L.L‘ (Love Life Live Large). Dizzee also collaborates with London dancehall singer Alicai Harley and as she opens the track, ‘Energies and Powers’  NME describes it as being, ‘a respite from five intense tracks of Dizzee spitting bars over hyped-up, frenetic beats. Her warm vocals are the refreshing summer air outside a sweaty club night.’

For the track, ‘Don’t Be Dumb’ he is joined by London rapper Ocean Wisdom who beat Eminem’s ‘Rap God’ by rapping at 4.45 words per second. Dizzie’s own verses are fast paced enough but as Wisdom deliver’s another line, Dizzie reacts with, “Jesus that’s a bloody mouthful.” – The Times

Dizzee told NME that he had named the album as a, ‘calback to a derogatory term Dizzee was called growing up in London: ‘E3 African’.’ There is no doubt that Dizzee is well routed to his hometown in East London. It was during lockdown that Dizzee returned to Bow to distribute food parcels to support local families. He told NME, “To be fair, they were dishing out the food parcels. I don’t want to claim it because child poverty is one of those things that needs to be highlighted.” 

He has certainly payed tribute to his roots in this album by staying true to the grime sound of East London. He has been named, ‘for at least eight years Britain’s best rapper,’ by The Guardian and there is no doubt that this title is well and truly deserved after releasing this album. His versatility and creativeness can be heard throughout the ten tracks on the album and there are high hopes that this won’t be the last from Dizzee.

Track List

1. God Knows
2. That’s Too Much
3. L.L.L.L (Love, Life, Live, Large)
4. Body Loose
5. You Don’t Know
6. Energies + Powers
7. Eastside
8. Act Like You Know
9. Don’t Be Dumb|
10. Be Incredible

Flowers was one of two tracks that the Tottenham-born rapper dropped last night, the other entitled Killer MC. This release follows 0420 (R.I.P BLACK THE RIPPER), Chip’s latest single which premiered on August 20th in honour of the recently deceased grime artist, Black The Ripper.

Biting and brazen, Flowers has all the key ingredients for a powerful diss track. Chip premiered the accompanying music video to Flowers on the popular channel GRM Daily last night. The music video opens a black screen with the exciting words “mixtape coming soon…”

Chip is filmed waltzing around an empty Shell petrol station, brazenly dissing the Vossi Bop rapper. The North London rapper wastes no time taking lyrical shots at Stormzy, rapping the bold lyrics: “I know where you live too, but that is not the point of this/Pull up, catch me lackin’, plan failed, there’s no avoidin’ this.”

As the volatile verse progresses, Chip pulls no lyrical punches, saying: “So let me ask you this, Mr. Road Man cause you don’t get the programme/It seems like you wanna lose it all”. The music video to Flowers has elicited a strong reaction from fans, as it has received over 785,000 views on YouTube since its premiere. The music video for Flowers can be watched in full here.

Chip claims that he approached Stormzy for a collaboration, “Gave you a chance to spin me on a tune beside me/You objected, I said ‘cool and God bless’ and kept it moving.” Chip then jabbed at Stormzy’s song, Blinded By Your Grace, by asking “but it seems you won’t be satisfied until you see a shootin’/Can you believe this is the same boy that does gospel music?”

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Fans are speculating that Flowers is a response to Stormzy dissing Chip during his verse on Tion Wayne’s song, I Dunno, in May of this year. In the song, Stormzy rapped the accusation “Is he sending for me? I dunno/What them boy there sell first week? I dunno…Wait, look, I thought I heard shots but the shoe don’t fit”, which fans were convinced was directed at Chip. 

Chip confirmed fan theories on the meaning behind Flowers on social media today (October 8th). In a post to Instagram, the Diamond Rings rapper outrightly addressed Stormzy in the caption, writing “I dare man hit me with that 48 hours to reply s***”

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Chip’s post has provoked a flurry of support from fans, receiving over 59,000 likes. One fan wrote: “Stormzy might as well just apologise for the misunderstanding.. and call it a day.”

Chip also released Killer MC last night, sharing the music video to GRM Daily. Chip raps “Skengman shoot me, then get your wap out/It’s all cap till I snap, throw your cap out”. Killer MC seems to also reference Stormzy, who has a song called Mr. Sken on his album Gang Signs and Prayer. The music video to Killer MC can be watched here. 

Flowers and Killer MC are out now.

NSG is made up of six members – Kruddz, ODG, Papii Abz, Dope, Mxjib, and Mojo – and their collective name has many meanings, including ‘New Sound Group’ and ‘Never Stop Growing’, both of which are very apt given the group’s work. They wrote a message to their followers upon the release, which reads, “Our debut mixtape ‘Roots’ is out now! Thank you for having faith in us and our journey so far!”

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With themes from political rebellion to influential women, the rappers offer insightful lyrics set to strong beats, making it clear why their music is so popular. But, for listeners who are just hoping for a good time, track 6 ‘Why Stress’ is a chilled out embodiment of summer.

Lead single ‘Options’, a collaboration with Tion Wayne, came out all the way back in 2018, and is their biggest song to date, reaching number 7 on the UK Singles Charts and 79 million streams on Spotify. This was followed by ‘Ot Bop’, ‘Trust Issues’, ‘Ourself’, ‘Porshe’, and ‘Grandad’, released throughout 2019 and 2020. The last has only been out since yesterday, already gaining over 80,000 views on YouTube.

Each single came with a music video, as the group was lucky enough to film before the lock-down was put into place. ‘Options’ has 28 million views and shows the group members in various London scenes – some are with fans or at gigs, while some are in front of city landscapes.

While ‘Roots‘ is NSG’s first mixtape, they have an album entitled ‘Grown Up‘ which came out in 2017 after the release of first singles, all of which were taken from the album. As said by member Kruddz, NSG is “a lifestyle, it’s a movement” which symbolises their journey.

For the remix Chip featured other artists like Stefflon Don & Alkaline making sure to keep Red Rat on the track. The video was shot in Miami showing the beautiful scenery and flashy cars. Stefflon Don doesn’t disappoint with opening the song by bringing her Jamaican roots into play with her fiery lyrics. Alkaline brings a new sound to the track making it very versatile. Throughout the video it showcases bikini-clad models having fun in the Miami heat while Chip joins in.

No doubt does Chip and Red Rat keep the same energy in both videos which we always enjoy and can’t wait for further music from both artists. Make sure to watch the video down below.

Mid October Chip announced his Chip Ten10 UK tour on Instagram. Tickets are on sale so make sure to grab your tickets here.