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Posted by: Y'all Starlight 21st January 2023, 03:12 PM

It looks like the highly anticipated follow up to Dave critically acclaimed sophomore album "We Are All Alone In This Together" could be on the way. He has been posting some new snippets to his instagram...

Posted by: Y'all Starlight 19th March 2023, 09:03 AM

We may or may not be getting a Central Cee collaboration on this project.

Posted by: Y'all Starlight 28th May 2023, 10:37 AM

The Central Cee collab looks real, they have been spotted filming together.

Posted by: Bjork 29th May 2023, 05:24 AM

Nooooooo

Posted by: steve201 30th May 2023, 06:28 PM

So BJ will unfort hate him now 😬

Posted by: Y'all Starlight 31st May 2023, 08:01 PM

It's Coming, Tomorrow. Dave X Central Cee

Posted by: Y'all Starlight 1st June 2023, 08:20 PM

'Sprinter' with Central Cee is out now and is not bad!

Posted by: gooddelta 1st June 2023, 09:08 PM

Sounds big, we've had curiously few big British rap hits so far this year, but this sounds like a big summer track.

Posted by: denz98 1st June 2023, 10:14 PM

Nice. They both could have come a bit harder lyrics and flow wise, but it has replay value. The sample and production is exquisite.

Posted by: Jessie Where 1st June 2023, 11:02 PM

Why has Dave felt the need to do this? It's literally like pairing a Bentley with a Skoda.

If he's responsible for gifting Central Cee a number one, I'm going to hold a serious grudge against him.

Posted by: denz98 2nd June 2023, 02:59 PM

They are the 2 biggest urban UK rappers at the moment with albums due to be released this year. Regardless of how much we like or dislike Central Cee’s ability as a musician, he is undoubtedly a big name artist in his own right now.

I think its long overdue that the UK urban rap scene had far more big name collabs which have not been possible due to every rapper picking a side due to situations away from music.

Dave also gifted Fredo a number 1 with Funky Friday back in 2018, but I guess you could argue Dave hadn’t really taken off then as it was his first number 1 too.

Posted by: Brer 2nd June 2023, 03:03 PM

Not sure if this is for Dave's album or not, the video is on Central Cee's channel and bills him first (though Dave is billed first on streaming platforms confusingly).

The label is listed as Neighbourhood / Live Yours, Neighbourhood is the label Dave's previous albums were on but I think Live Yours is a Central Cee founded sublabel (though he's not released any of his own previous music on it).

Posted by: LiamSime 3rd June 2023, 11:30 AM

1.2 million on its opening day on Spotify!! Could be a huge smash

Posted by: Y'all Starlight 4th June 2023, 07:34 PM

Surprise! It looks like Central Cee might drop a new track at midnight, and it may be another Dave collab!

Posted by: platinum 4th June 2023, 11:05 PM

Split Decision EP is out now

Posted by: LiamSime 5th June 2023, 11:02 AM

Wow very interesting! Includes 4 tracks featuring the 2 of them, one being the new single sprinter

Posted by: LewisGT 5th June 2023, 12:10 PM

I've combined the two threads seeming that they both been released on the same EP.

Sprinter is a massive banger and deserves the massive success. The other tracks sounded decent on first listen but I will need to hear them more before I decide on what's the best.

Posted by: Brer 5th June 2023, 02:03 PM

Well I guess the mystery around this is solved! (The label listing being a bit of a spoiler of it being from a joint project).

Guessing these songs probably won't be included in the next Dave solo album whenever that arrives, and I imagine 'Starlight' will end up being an orphaned single too as it'll be way too old.

Posted by: denz98 5th June 2023, 07:48 PM

Trojan Horse is probably my favourite. Every rapper that collabs with Dave raises their level because they know it’s one of the biggest of stages. (Fredo and Stormzy come to mind) Central Cee definitely came good on all of the tracks. Dave still a class above lyrically and flow wise, and this was quite obvious as they went back to back on 4 tracks, but Central Cee was more than respectable.

Posted by: Mack. 6th June 2023, 01:21 PM

What's the Real Madrid Brazilian player got to with 'Trojan Horse'.

This in 'UK Rap'




This in 'Our 25th Birthday'

Posted by: LouisL 13th June 2023, 12:26 PM

Sprinter debuts at #10 on the Hot 100 bubbling under chart - i know it doesn’t seem like much but I think it’s quite a rarity for a UK rap song to even get that close to being a top 100 in the US
It’s also still too 10 on the Global Spotify chart

Posted by: Brer 13th June 2023, 01:16 PM

Yeah there have only been a small handful of UK rap songs that have made the Hot 100 ever so even making Bubbling Under is definitely a noteworthy achievement!

From the current generation I think the only 2 that have made the Hot 100 were 'Don't Rush' and technically Jnr Choi's 'TO THE MOON' (which was actually a bigger hit in the US than the UK so a weird case). 'Body' and 'Doja' both looked like they might become hits but stalled on Bubbling Under, while the likes of Stormzy and AJ Tracey (and Dave until now) have never even got to Bubbling Under. Tinie Tempah did have a couple of Hot 100 hits too if you go back a bit further.

edit: KSI and Lil Wayne's 'Lose' made the Hot 100 too, although that's barely a rap song and ofc is a collab with an American rapper (there have been a few more UK rappers that charted as features like Giggs with Drake and Skepta with A$AP Rocky)

Wondering if 'Who Told You' could make the Hot 100 next week, it debuted in the top 40 on US Spotify although it has fallen quickly and is actually now already back behind 'Sprinter' (which has so far peaked at #117, almost dropped out of the top 200 yesterday but has rebounded back to #166 today).