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Posted by: DANKENSTEIN 4th October 2017, 09:21 AM

Grime duo Krept & Konan are back with a double album coming this month.

The lead singles 'Wo Wo Wo' and 'For Me' are out now. They've still yet to come close to 'Freak Of The Week' for me, I can't see either of these giving them their elusive second hit but they both sound quite good (particularly 'Wo Wo Wo').

Posted by: ML Hammer95 4th October 2017, 09:18 PM

Excited for their mixtapes, got some interesting features on there! Not feeling these two songs massively, I'm wanting a 'Don't Waste My Time' type banger from them - I think that's what they need to remain as one of the prominent UK rap acts.

I was obsessed with 'Freak Of The Week' but I cannot see them getting chart success like that again. It was to 2015 what 'Did You See' or 'Bestie' have been this year - perfectly on trend, credible for the underground but with a huge hook that drew in the pop crowd. Basically DJ Mustard + Dancehall influence + Jeremih + heavy promotion and airply equalled huge hit back then. They'd need to do an Afrobeat influenced track with a big hook from a big artist to match that success.

Posted by: DANKENSTEIN 4th October 2017, 09:23 PM

I was hoping they'd attempt for another chart hit, I think if they did a song like Bestie they're still relevant enough with grime fans for it to take off big on Spotify.

Posted by: HissingSparkler 4th October 2017, 09:27 PM

Loved Freak Of the Week back in 2015, DJ Mustard's production with the catchy bassline makes it so much better imo than these new songs, the production of which I find rather boring in comparison.

Posted by: DANKENSTEIN 4th October 2017, 10:22 PM

Whatever happened to DJ Mustard anyway? He was so big then it's like suddenly he disappeared when all the soundcloud rappers started cropping up in the charts.

Posted by: ML Hammer95 6th October 2017, 06:56 PM

He became experimental and it sounded weaker than his signature productions. Also, I think a single producer dominating urban radio ahs a limited shelf life (Timbaland, Mike Will etc..) and he did well to have two years at the top.

Posted by: ML Hammer95 25th October 2017, 09:44 AM

Really liking this right now, got quite a good chance of going Top 40 as well which is impressive!

Posted by: 28 Brays Later 28th October 2017, 12:36 AM

Really liking 'Ask Flipz'! Impressed at these guys managing to get 2 entries in the album chart top 10 in the same week ;o