Time for Something New by Essa - First Word Records [FW95]

Time for Something New

Essa

A 5 track alternative rap/hip-hop ep (19m 52s) — released November 5th 2012 on First Word Records

#hiphop #alternative-rap-hip-hop

First Word are proud to present Time For Something New, the FW debut from Essa. He's no newbie though - under his former name, Yungun, he rose through the UK Hip-Hop ranks to reach a worldwide audience winning praise from Nas, Mark Ronson and Cody ChesnuTT. With a new label and a new(ish!) name comes a new musical direction... Time For Something New! He's roped in collaborators as diverse as Simbad (Gilles Peterson Worldwide Family), Waajeed (Slum Village / PPP), Finn Peters (Bansuri / Accidental Records), plus UK Hip-Hop legend Skinny Man and Wu-Tang Clan's Inspectah Deck. Add in a remix from Hyperdub rising stars LV and you have a release that leaps over musical boundaries.

The EP takes in latin-fuelled bass music (Something New), low-slung anthemic hip hop (Let's Start Living & Panache) and nu soul (A Walk in The Park) with LV's Panache remix adding minimal, claustrophobic club beats to the mix. Tying it all together is Essa's powerful lyrical flow, his on-point rhymes effortlessly blending serious subject matter with witty one-liners. The EP is a taste of things to come, showing that, beyond tight rhymes and banging beats, there is real song-writing ability here. Look out for his new album 'The Middle Man' due in 2013.
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