i have listened to "Energy" about a dozen times today already btw
― big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 November 2020 18:49 (three years ago) link
haha nice. I just started over at the beginning, and No Warnin is still mind-blowing, big up Boy Boy, reminds me I need to look into the Trini dancehall scene
― rob, Friday, 13 November 2020 18:52 (three years ago) link
is "Active" a single? "Active" wants to be a single
― big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 November 2020 19:30 (three years ago) link
This is cracking.
― Mr Andy M, Sunday, 15 November 2020 17:12 (three years ago) link
lads i still can't stop listening to this
― big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 15:51 (three years ago) link
otm. Listening now while reading this not-bad pitchfork review: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/pa-salieu-send-them-to-coventry/. I did not know about the drive-by...wild
― rob, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 16:17 (three years ago) link
i was talking to my eldest - who grew up in Cov - about him last week and he mentioned the shooting and said "lol Drillers gonna Drill"
― big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 16:21 (three years ago) link
another thing in my head this week has been echoes of early Tricky in some of the production, depending on mood it's very intimate at the same time as it bangs
― big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 16:32 (three years ago) link
don't know that it would ever have occurred to me but that slide whistle/flute sound on "B***k" definitely has a Maxinquaye feel
― rob, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 17:50 (three years ago) link
I've been lukewarm on Mahalia before, but she really makes "Energy". The video that just came out does a simple but otm trick by switching from b&w to colour when she comes in.
Also, in line with the 80s pop drawing on African sounds production notes, "Energy" reminds me a little of Lizzy Mercier Descloux's Mambo Nassau
― rob, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 17:58 (three years ago) link
oh i don't know her, thanks
― big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 18:14 (three years ago) link
there's a LOT of 80s pop/r'n'b on this, the more i listen to it
Mambo Nassau is great, though I won't be surprised if you don't really hear what I'm hearing there (for one thing, it has a heavy US funk/disco influence that is not at all present on the Pa album).
― rob, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 18:26 (three years ago) link
"Over There" is really sick, I like how malleable his voice is on it. The beats on this whole album are wild as hell. People who like this should check out M1llionz, the guy featured on "Informa" - he's probably my favourite UK drill rapper right now, has a really subtle, slippery delivery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOzb7zWfJeM
― Rollie Pemberton, Thursday, 19 November 2020 01:01 (three years ago) link
M1llionz is sick. Y Pree is my fave of his tunes.
― paolo, Thursday, 19 November 2020 09:16 (three years ago) link
Only just got round to listening to this album and I'm loving it, I've been really impressed by how he's been making this drill/Afro hybrid and I'm really impressed that he's been able to keep the levels up over the course of a mixtape.
Even though I am into drill I can find it quite monotone/relentless so I tend to listen to it for only a short amount of time rather than sitting with it for an hour or so. There's enough variety on this that it can hold my interest for that sort of time, so that's good. Same applies to the Headie One album.
Here's another feature of his from earlier this year because why the hell not
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My05cYX_2iM
SL x Pa Salieu - Hit The Block
― paolo, Thursday, 19 November 2020 09:23 (three years ago) link
this is miles better than headie’s album
― la table sur la table (voodoo chili), Thursday, 19 November 2020 12:41 (three years ago) link
Love this.
"Energy" bassline is Pino Palladino ffs
― big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Friday, November 13, 2020 12:48 PM (six days ago) bookmarkflaglink
Oh really? Is it a sample or did they get Pino?
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 19 November 2020 16:36 (three years ago) link
Headie One album really faltered when he got away from drill. The straightforward rap tracks tend to fall flat on that album. This record does variety in a much more organic way that really works. I enjoyed that SL EP with Kenny Beats earlier this year
― Rollie Pemberton, Thursday, 19 November 2020 16:38 (three years ago) link
xp sorry Jordan i just meant the sound of it
― Bandscamp Fryday (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 19 November 2020 16:41 (three years ago) link
i like the Headie One album well enough but it feels very slight compared to this one
― Bandscamp Fryday (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 19 November 2020 16:42 (three years ago) link
headie's alb was somehow both slight and overlong, with great moments spliced in (mostly the drill tracks and the more playful moments like the aitch collab)
his gang ep w/ fred again, on the other hand, is the only competition with salieu's latest when it comes to visceral, cohesive sonic experiences in uk rap.
― la table sur la table (voodoo chili), Thursday, 19 November 2020 17:05 (three years ago) link
That Gang EP was awesome. “Charades” is one of my favourite songs of the year and the Jamie xx collab actually worked really well
― Rollie Pemberton, Thursday, 19 November 2020 17:20 (three years ago) link
such an addictive album is this, lots of ear-worms on it - as they say.
― calzino, Friday, 20 November 2020 10:33 (three years ago) link
lol just played Betty 3 times in a row
― calzino, Friday, 20 November 2020 10:38 (three years ago) link
might as well go
BOOM NO WARNIN'
on here again instead of Blue Saturday
i'm evangelizing this thing
― Bandscamp Fryday (Noodle Vague), Friday, 27 November 2020 19:04 (three years ago) link
Everyone otm, this guy rules.
― pomenitul, Friday, 4 December 2020 16:23 (three years ago) link
yep
― Uptown Top Scamping (Noodle Vague), Friday, 4 December 2020 16:24 (three years ago) link
i gotta say to voodoo i thought GANG was the Headie album, missed out on the full thing, got to catch up
there's not much on it that sounds like gang, it's a real major label debut kind of thing with features from future, skepta, etc. there are some great moments woven throughout, but it is a bit unwieldy.
― la table sur la table (voodoo chili), Friday, 4 December 2020 17:29 (three years ago) link
only got around to this last week, but I'm loving it.what *is* that 80s sound on "Active" tho? thought it might be a sample, but apparently not.
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Sunday, 3 January 2021 20:02 (three years ago) link
i completely missed this thread but yeah this album is fantastic. manages to cover so much ground in a pretty short time. i do love how it finally goes full on summery afroswing at the end with "energy" after kind of teasing that direction amongst all the bleaker sounds
hadn't heard "bang out" until now but it's fantastic too
― ufo, Monday, 4 January 2021 00:31 (three years ago) link
does anyone know which david sylvian or japan track is sampled on "betty"?
― ufo, Monday, 4 January 2021 00:55 (three years ago) link
I do not, but that reminds me I’ve been meaning to mention that after NV said he heard Tricky in this, I couldn’t stop hearing it. This might be my aoty
― rob, Monday, 4 January 2021 01:16 (three years ago) link
I don't know either, but you could ask Mixmag, they seem to know what's what:
You can feel the diasporic influences pulsing through Pa Salieu’s songs. He recently explored the Black-British experience in his drill cut ‘Bang Out’. “I come from a place where feds label you gang-related / sorry if you look like me, somehow you’re just gang-related” he spits over a lively beat which samples the song ‘Japan’ by 80s indie pop band Ghosts.
(this piece has only been up for six months now)
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Monday, 4 January 2021 08:04 (three years ago) link
winner of the BBC Sound of 2021!
― monotony, Thursday, 7 January 2021 11:27 (three years ago) link
well deserved but maybe a little unfair since he's already released a critically acclaimed mixtape that's an album in all but name, that's much more fully formed than most sound of nominees are
― ufo, Thursday, 7 January 2021 12:20 (three years ago) link
he was on jimmy fallon last night?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLdQI7KAYl8
― voodoo chili, Friday, 22 January 2021 15:25 (three years ago) link
Love it, he deserves the exposure
― the scamp has a thousand fries (Noodle Vague), Friday, 22 January 2021 15:48 (three years ago) link
Loving Energy
― Ray Cooney as "Crotch" (stevie), Friday, 22 January 2021 15:50 (three years ago) link
great, performance too, with those pitbulls and the fuzzy red knife lady haha
much more lively and creative than, say, playboi carti's performance from the other night
― voodoo chili, Friday, 22 January 2021 15:51 (three years ago) link
Can't remember if it was here or another thread where someone told me I should give him a try despite my general antipathy toward the heavy accent on a lot of grime and drill emerging from the UK, and I finally downloaded this record...fucking brilliant stuff, love it!
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Thursday, 11 February 2021 22:06 (three years ago) link
it’s a fantastic album. one of my favourites from last year.
― Lord of the RONGS (Fizzles), Thursday, 11 February 2021 22:10 (three years ago) link
Truly— been bopping it today whilst doing arduous editing work, and its been excellent
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Thursday, 11 February 2021 22:30 (three years ago) link
very happy you like this, but honestly far more interested to hear how you do editing while listening to music? I can't even do instrumental stuff lately
that aside, I listened to this again recently after a little time away and it's really deep sonically (not just bass-heavy, I mean lots of layers). I don't have a problem with accents in grime etc., but I do think the way Salieu uses his accent is super musical and one of my favorite aspects of the album
― rob, Thursday, 11 February 2021 23:01 (three years ago) link
It's so so good. I find with this kind of thing I can generally appreciate it on a track by track basis but I can listen to this whole album without feeling exhausted and usually Judy want to put it straight back on again
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Thursday, 11 February 2021 23:05 (three years ago) link
Just, not Judy. This phone
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Thursday, 11 February 2021 23:07 (three years ago) link
rob, at the moment, I'm doing a lot of medical editing and proofing work. Doing word-for-words and fixing references and whatnot just doesn't require much in terms of concentration, at least in my world.
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Friday, 12 February 2021 22:10 (three years ago) link
(For this particular record, I was doing a word-for-word of a powerpoint with 140 slides lol)
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Friday, 12 February 2021 22:11 (three years ago) link
this album's secret is that it is so breezy and likeable
― imago, Friday, 12 February 2021 22:28 (three years ago) link
fyi: the new Backroad Gee tape is pretty great, especially the first half
― rob, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 19:30 (two years ago) link
i need to give it another listen, it seemed solid but didn't really wow me?
― ufo, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 22:00 (two years ago) link
I enjoyed the harder first half more than the (afro)poppier second for sure, but the production sounded v cool to me—otoh, I don't listen to much UK rap/grime/drill, so it's possible the better-versed won't find anything special about it—and I love hearing his voice
― rob, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 22:22 (two years ago) link
Late to the party but Style & Fashion is so amazing
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 23:00 (two years ago) link
Amapiano !
― Nabozo, Thursday, 2 December 2021 11:08 (two years ago) link
“Style & Fashion” is used in the current Zalando commercial:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkoS8wdMATY
― middot • is • my • middle • name (breastcrawl), Monday, 11 April 2022 11:14 (two years ago) link
new song with mura masa and skillibeng is good as hell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c14merZbEzs
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 25 May 2022 19:29 (one year ago) link
Like it!
― paolo, Thursday, 26 May 2022 08:19 (one year ago) link
Most consistent UK rapper? Could be
― paolo, Thursday, 26 May 2022 08:20 (one year ago) link
terrific track
― butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Thursday, 26 May 2022 13:34 (one year ago) link
yeah he's great on that! we need a new album
― rob, Thursday, 26 May 2022 14:17 (one year ago) link
Technically a first album
― what doesn't kill me makes me Hongroe (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 26 May 2022 15:38 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znO2iRtWnpo
Pa Salieu - Mista / Lennon Freestyle - the second beat is quite 90s, not what you'd expect from. It totally works though
The content of the first part may be related to this unfortunate news - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-62401973
― paolo, Friday, 5 August 2022 08:03 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prf0GTmKX4o
Blessing Me has a video too
― paolo, Friday, 5 August 2022 08:04 (one year ago) link
Jailed for 33 months
― I did see Xhaka crotchgrab (breastcrawl), Saturday, 3 December 2022 23:13 (one year ago) link
was working in cov at the time and it was a ridiculous rise in violence, thankfully calmed down a bit now but yeesh
― nxd, Saturday, 3 December 2022 23:48 (one year ago) link
damn
― ufo, Sunday, 4 December 2022 00:24 (one year ago) link