https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn1Bd1PUHyc
Stormzy's verse is quite good. The rest of the song is complete garbage
― paolo, Friday, 14 April 2017 09:27 (seven years ago) link
saw one of his videos on BET here in the states
― curmudgeon, Friday, 14 April 2017 16:06 (seven years ago) link
lol those are some muted guitars
― niels, Sunday, 16 April 2017 10:36 (seven years ago) link
Love this dude and maybe 3/4 of the album but I don't really see the point of trying to break him in America, especially like this.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 16 April 2017 11:17 (seven years ago) link
coachella crowd looked into it
― ||||||||, Sunday, 16 April 2017 20:43 (seven years ago) link
(Intro: Risse (sampled throughout)In your town to–In your town to–In your town to––night
Aha... and here's the original a cappella:
https://youtu.be/ZHLVZwWxo4chttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHLVZwWxo4c
From Risse's "House Train", a tune from the golden era of Chicago pet ownership.
So those are the sample's lyrics! All my guesses resembled "critics fail to transcribe hip hop".
This track's my favourite so far this year, I think.
― sbahnhof, Thursday, 31 August 2017 02:41 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNtZ5ZG9oxo
Second album coming soon apparently...
― paolo, Monday, 2 October 2017 18:45 (six years ago) link
Did he really just send for Theresa May and tell the Daily Mail to suck his dick at the Brit awards?
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 22:28 (six years ago) link
If so <3
He did! From 1:35 on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUJcK0DwOsI
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 22:41 (six years ago) link
Better night than Pogba all things considered.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 22:45 (six years ago) link
don't tell Stella Creasy, she'll be trying do a citizen's arrest on him.
― calzino, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 22:46 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ClYy0MxsU0
There's a new (non-grime) track. Fuck the government and fuck Boris
― paolo, Friday, 3 May 2019 07:48 (five years ago) link
gahhhhhhhh Vossi Bop is the best!!!! why is he so good
― Lil' Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 3 May 2019 08:54 (five years ago) link
I love that he's going to have a number one with a song that goes "fuck the government and fuck Boris".
― Matt DC, Friday, 3 May 2019 09:04 (five years ago) link
the video is awesome.
― Lil' Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 3 May 2019 22:14 (five years ago) link
So on UK radio, they edit out “Fuck Boris” but let him talk about giving someone a facial several times in the chorus. It’s a funny old world
― the article don, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 22:09 (five years ago) link
that is the best music video I've seen in forever
― rip van wanko, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 02:00 (five years ago) link
Stormzy's headline glastonbury set is pretty good, only small complaints are: wish he would tone down the god stuff a bit, the band is worse than the original beats, also rapping over Shape of You was very much not good, could he please never do that again.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 28 June 2019 22:36 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBwaflYUYrM
The new single is basically gospel with rapping. He's really not that great of a singer but big him up for trying something different.
― paolo, Saturday, 29 June 2019 07:30 (five years ago) link
only small complaints are:
also I realise it's churlish but dude you really don't need a union flag of any kind on your person
― nashwan, Saturday, 29 June 2019 13:43 (five years ago) link
Not even a BANSKY union jack?
― Blandford Forum, Saturday, 29 June 2019 15:57 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IHSlLIP24E
He's back doing grime again
― paolo, Saturday, 7 September 2019 18:26 (five years ago) link
!!
― ... (Eazy), Sunday, 8 September 2019 00:04 (five years ago) link
incredible video
― Simon H., Sunday, 8 September 2019 00:32 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltNm4MdykBE
He doesn't sound anything like Wiley on this btw. Nice wee kid in the dinner hall reference for all you old school grime fans though
― paolo, Saturday, 21 September 2019 18:21 (five years ago) link
New album out next month.
https://www.factmag.com/2019/11/19/stormzy-heavy-is-the-head/
Tracklist:
01. ‘Big Michael’02. ‘Audacity'(feat. Headie One)03. ‘Crown’04. ‘Rainfall’ (feat. Tiana Major9)05. ‘Rachael’s Little Brother’06. ‘Handsome’07. ‘Do Better’08. ‘Don’t Forget to Breathe’ (feat. YEBBA) (Interlude)09. ‘One Second’ (feat. H.E.R.)10. ‘Pop Boy’ (feat. Aitch)11. ‘Own It’ (feat. Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy)12. ‘Wiley Flow’13. ‘Bronze’14. ‘Superheroes’15. ‘Lessons’16. ‘Vossi Bop’
― Graham Kendrick Lamar (cajunsunday), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 21:56 (four years ago) link
I knew the Sheeran feature was inevitable but still :/
― Number None, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 22:14 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYwbGaSurCQ
Not really feeling it tbh
― paolo, Sunday, 1 December 2019 10:51 (four years ago) link
Michael Gove's been sending for him as well
I set trends dem man copy https://t.co/85mTHXaZDn— Michael Gove (@michaelgove) November 26, 2019
This actually happened
― paolo, Sunday, 1 December 2019 10:53 (four years ago) link
Unbelievable levels of cringe
― paolo, Sunday, 1 December 2019 10:54 (four years ago) link
it’s all right, dan hannah chipping in makes it better
Big man ting!— Daniel Hannan (@DanielJHannan) November 26, 2019
― Fizzles, Sunday, 1 December 2019 11:06 (four years ago) link
hannan ffs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm7Zya6Hl50
Album out Friday and it's looking like it'll be at least as good as GS&P going by what we've heard so far
― paolo, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 19:35 (four years ago) link
How big is Stormzy outside the UK?
― paolo, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 19:36 (four years ago) link
Well, he's doing a tour here in May, and playing the Fox Theatre in Oakland as his Bay Area show -- it can hold almost 3000, though it's far from sold out yet. In terms of general knowledge, no real idea, but that's definitely not a promo club level show. (Kinda reminds me of when I saw the Streets/Dizzee Rascal over a decade back in LA at the Wiltern, though that holds only about 2000.)
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 19:38 (four years ago) link
He's doing Brooklyn Steel in NYC in june which is 1800 and likely will sell out. Seemed an underplay to me but maybe he'll add other shows.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 20:03 (four years ago) link
^^ Thought the same with Chicago's Metro, which only holds 1,100.
What a day to release an album, eh?
― ... (Eazy), Saturday, 14 December 2019 02:59 (four years ago) link
This is fantastic. There's quite a lot of variety but it sounds more focused than GS&P. Even that goddamn Sheeran track has grown on me. Would have been nice to have some Spyro beats though.
― paolo, Sunday, 15 December 2019 15:06 (four years ago) link
same
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 16 December 2019 01:19 (four years ago) link
the biggest improvement is in the r&b-adjacent tracks
― ufo, Monday, 16 December 2019 02:14 (four years ago) link
ITV you lot can suck my dick for this https://t.co/Z5TybJtpbc— HEAVY IS THE HEAD (@stormzy) December 22, 2019
Stormz has been a bit vocal about politics recently, and surprisingly enough there's been something of a backlash. If I didn't know better I'd say that there's a lot of people in the UK media (and on social media) who have a real problem with young black people expressing their opinions
― paolo, Sunday, 22 December 2019 11:50 (four years ago) link
They've fixed the headline and posted an update on Twitter. All those page hits must be tempting though.
― koogs, Sunday, 22 December 2019 15:05 (four years ago) link
Boomers: where are all the politicised pop stars? The Dylan, the Lennon, the Strummer of today? In my time, musicians had something to say. Stormzy: Britain is racistBoomers: Shut up you uppity thug!Stick to rapping, no one wants to hear you speak on politics. 🤦🏿♂️— Kojo Koram (@KojoKoram) December 22, 2019
― glindr jackson (gyac), Monday, 23 December 2019 11:54 (four years ago) link
missed this story when it broke yesterday so just googled stormzy itv and got the daily mail headline ‘Stormzy launches vile Twitter attack on the UK media over reports of him branding Britain racist’clicking on the headline now takes you to the slightly less inflammatory ‘ITV apologises to Stormzy after rapper accused broadcaster of 'spinning his words' in coverage of him saying 'definitely, 100%' when Italian newspaper asked him whether Britain is racist’i guess stormzy has solved racism in the uk, good work everyone
― brought a kiss to the knife fight (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 23 December 2019 12:59 (four years ago) link
Is this a safe space to admit that the track with Burna Boy is a banger despite Sheeran involvement?
― Matt DC, Monday, 23 December 2019 13:15 (four years ago) link
He’ll be on Fallon next week, according to his Instagram.
― ... (Eazy), Tuesday, 7 January 2020 18:38 (four years ago) link
There's no time for that - he's too busy clashing with Wiley (if anyone's missed it). He's not mad, he's just disappointed
"I can hear all my stylies again" - a thread for Wiley's 'Eediyat Skengman 1 (Stormzy Send)'
― sbahnhof, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 07:11 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yN1JBYTtF8
― ||||||||, Saturday, 1 February 2020 11:38 (four years ago) link
Cheers Toddla for this essential public service.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 1 February 2020 12:30 (four years ago) link
seriously
― ||||||||, Saturday, 1 February 2020 12:34 (four years ago) link
Better than the original, but then again I could have made an edit in Ableton without Sheeran's bit and that would have been better than the original as well
― paolo, Saturday, 1 February 2020 13:35 (four years ago) link
oh joy!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 1 February 2020 18:39 (four years ago) link
That new GQ piece with Gary Younge is as good as people are saying.
There was no single moment, person, book or event that shaped his world-view. He imbibed it less through his mother’s milk than her sweat. Stormzy is a child of crises. He was nine when the Iraq war started; 15 when the financial crash hit; 17 when austerity started; 18 when riots spread through Britain like a bushfire, with young people looting and confronting the police in several English towns. He could not avoid it. His intervention is authentic. This is not the story of a musician who is getting into politics but of politics coming out of a musician.
― hyds (gyac), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 16:14 (four years ago) link
it's a good read
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 8 February 2020 03:31 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2litzsFCwkA
How's about this then
― paolo, Friday, 23 September 2022 08:04 (one year ago) link
Like a whole miniseries in 9+ minutes.
I think of Stormzy more than anyone as someone put on pause by the pandemic, at least specifically in the U.S. He had a summer 2020 tour set here, was just starting to do Fallon and an hour-long Charlemagne interview when things shut down.
Anyway, love the new video, and this seems to put it into context for an outsider like me:
Stormzy is not just a great artist but a Black-British archivist, documenting history and giving people their flowers while they are around & even when they’ve passed on too soon (Jamal Edwards💐🕊) Mel Made Me Do It pic.twitter.com/p6nlXLsfw1— tobí rachel (@TobiRachel_) September 23, 2022
― The self-titled drags (Eazy), Friday, 23 September 2022 16:00 (one year ago) link
this is........ sick
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 25 September 2022 21:34 (one year ago) link
lotta bars!
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 September 2022 05:32 (one year ago) link
new album will be very afro-heavy.
My album family 🤎 #ThisIsWhatIMean pic.twitter.com/ARZJVy7aSp— Stormzy (@stormzy) November 22, 2022
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 11:21 (one year ago) link
title track and "my presidents are black" aside, i'm finding this is what i mean mopey and difficult to engage with
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 11 December 2022 22:11 (one year ago) link
nobody listened to this huh?
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Friday, 16 December 2022 18:02 (one year ago) link
bad album tbh
― sean gramophone, Friday, 16 December 2022 18:09 (one year ago) link
i wasn't impressed by the singles, he's just not very good at that sort of saccharine soul
might get around to the album but there's a lot to listen to in eoy season
― ufo, Friday, 16 December 2022 19:17 (one year ago) link
gonna echo sean and say skip itstill really really like "presidents" tho!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5Snw1PkIKA
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Friday, 16 December 2022 19:27 (one year ago) link