‘UK Hip Hop is LIVE‘. This may well be a rather bold statement coming from the little, sky-blue skinned creature’s mouth; but surely someone with a knighthood wouldn’t lie to you? Not a chance. Especially when one of the notorious four horseman of The Colony, Sir Smurf Lil’ is packing solid evidence that the UK Hip Hop scene is not just heating up, but boiling over uncontrollably. All that in just four minutes with his new single, Candlelight.
Don’t let the obscure pseudonym discourage you either – Sir Smurf is the real shit. When a rapper is tipped by easily-the-best-affiliate-you-can-have-in-UK-hip-hop, Jehst, to be the next-big-thing then this is most definitely not a case for claims direct. You’re paying attention, right? You should be.
Candlelight is in no way the same shade as his moniker suggests. In fact, this track steers into the dusty path of jubilance: a road less travelled by the usually-bleak, hard-time-injected hip hop lyricists from these dreary shores. Smurf’s twang still treats your ears like an entry-wound, penetrating at bullet pace with the harsh phonetics of reality – the kind of accent that not only chases cars, but robs them, subsequently chasing faster cars with a never-ceasing acceleration. Lay that on top of joyful piano loops reminiscent of that wonderful early 90s hip hop era, and the result is Smurf serving up a dish of mad oxymoronic proportions. I don’t know about you, but I’m fucking gagging for seconds.
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