He may have been ruthlessly upstaged by the old guy with the loafers on the Movement Documentary, but Semtex's blog isn't bad and I might just have a look at it sometimes. I had a brief look earlier, and saw that Wiley's forthcoming album, See Clear Now, has been delayed until January 2009. Bravely ignoring the fact that Semtex was probably right, what with his contacts in the scene and all, I looked on play.com and the worst of nightmares was confirmed.
Unlucky if you pre-ordered.
It's not that long to wait, but all the same I was eager to hear what the final product would sound like. With January and a new year not being far away, it's unlikely the CD will be changed, so hopefully lots of people will buy the tracks and download them onto their new and shiny ipods, and that youngsters will get the CD with the tenner they got from their auntie Sally. And so on.
I don't know if there will be any repercussions, since the delay isn't that long, added to the fact I'm not sure of the anticipation for See Clear Now, but it doesn't sit that well in the process that's led up to the album's release. Surely someone could have had a eureka-moment and realised that yeah, Christmas isn't long after November 10, maybe we should take this into account, rather than giving a date and not sticking to it.
I'm not that fussed really. Even if the title track is ridiculously catchy. As long it doesnt affect Race Against Time, which it shouldn't, then I'll be happy.
Showing posts with label See Clear Now. Show all posts
Showing posts with label See Clear Now. Show all posts
Saturday, 1 November 2008
Tuesday, 21 October 2008
'There's No Way On Earth You Can Hear Me And Say That You Don't Rate Man'
I'm painfully aware that Wiley has been the topic of the day for probably too many days, so surely one more won't hurt before I have a little rest and write about something else. On the other hand, there is interest in See Clear Now from places because I've been getting a ridiculous amount of hits recently. I thought I didn't care about that sort of thing but, apparently, it appears I do.
With it being Monday yesterday Logan Sama was on the radio, even though he's not next week. The tears were about to flow but he promised to do an old-school grime mix instead, so it's all good. For once I actually stayed up for the whole two hour grime extravagaza and, despite no set, the show was decent, which I can only put down to the host's inimitable style and slick radio broadcasting skills. Logan still wasn't finished, putting a caller's number on the internet after the show for saying racist things. Humble pie for the people who doubted the man's cameo appearance on Roll Deep's Racist People.
The show kicked off to a flippant start, with Logan saying that Wiley had a new album out, so 'might as well play some tracks'.
Fair enough.
I was eagerly waiting for the new offerings, until I was interrupted with a message from one of grime's few entrepeneurs, the internet tycoon Hij. Inexplicitly, Hij decided that it was no longer appropriate for me to be a 'Super Shower Moderator' on the grimeforum. Whether the power has gone to his head or not, I painfully accepted the decision against the backdrop of the new Wiley track Can't Stop Thinking which, bar for some elements of the production, was comprehensively deadout. The song has now been inherited with bad connotations, a personal soundtrack of failure, and the realisation that I've been dropped back into the pit of forum runts.
*waves at grimeforum users*
Generally though, the music wasn't conventional pop-music. It was quite bizarre really, and I don't know what to make of it. It wasn't straight pie which is what some may have expected, and there is barring rather than sparse, minimalistic vocals that have little to no worth. I might buy See Clear Now just out of intrigue. Intentional or not, intrigue isn't a bad marketing ploy.
Wiley - See Clear Now
The album being released on Asylum is a one-off, with Wiley leaving and going independent on Eskibeat Recordings. I said a while back what I thought about the label, but at least it has some releases now, if not much else.
Ice Kid was supposedly a member but, after finally making a track, it appears that he's 'Eskibeat Recordings... Director'. Really, you can't get away from why. Wiley can do what he wants, but the idea of giving something to someone for nothing makes no sense whatsoever. The camp has to make movements regardless for the title to mean anything so, as an Ice Kid fan, hopefully being the director of Eskibeat Recordings will get him out of bed in the morning to make some tunes.
The 'I'll melt ya igloo so retire' talk is over. Everyone's happy. They see clear now.
With it being Monday yesterday Logan Sama was on the radio, even though he's not next week. The tears were about to flow but he promised to do an old-school grime mix instead, so it's all good. For once I actually stayed up for the whole two hour grime extravagaza and, despite no set, the show was decent, which I can only put down to the host's inimitable style and slick radio broadcasting skills. Logan still wasn't finished, putting a caller's number on the internet after the show for saying racist things. Humble pie for the people who doubted the man's cameo appearance on Roll Deep's Racist People.
The show kicked off to a flippant start, with Logan saying that Wiley had a new album out, so 'might as well play some tracks'.
Fair enough.
I was eagerly waiting for the new offerings, until I was interrupted with a message from one of grime's few entrepeneurs, the internet tycoon Hij. Inexplicitly, Hij decided that it was no longer appropriate for me to be a 'Super Shower Moderator' on the grimeforum. Whether the power has gone to his head or not, I painfully accepted the decision against the backdrop of the new Wiley track Can't Stop Thinking which, bar for some elements of the production, was comprehensively deadout. The song has now been inherited with bad connotations, a personal soundtrack of failure, and the realisation that I've been dropped back into the pit of forum runts.
*waves at grimeforum users*
Generally though, the music wasn't conventional pop-music. It was quite bizarre really, and I don't know what to make of it. It wasn't straight pie which is what some may have expected, and there is barring rather than sparse, minimalistic vocals that have little to no worth. I might buy See Clear Now just out of intrigue. Intentional or not, intrigue isn't a bad marketing ploy.
Wiley - See Clear Now
The album being released on Asylum is a one-off, with Wiley leaving and going independent on Eskibeat Recordings. I said a while back what I thought about the label, but at least it has some releases now, if not much else.
Ice Kid was supposedly a member but, after finally making a track, it appears that he's 'Eskibeat Recordings... Director'. Really, you can't get away from why. Wiley can do what he wants, but the idea of giving something to someone for nothing makes no sense whatsoever. The camp has to make movements regardless for the title to mean anything so, as an Ice Kid fan, hopefully being the director of Eskibeat Recordings will get him out of bed in the morning to make some tunes.
The 'I'll melt ya igloo so retire' talk is over. Everyone's happy. They see clear now.
Monday, 20 October 2008
'Going On Dirtee Going On Stank, Robbing MCs Like Barclays' Bank'
The title to this has no relevance. Sorry about that. Firstly I just weant to say a few things about yesterday's post. Wiley made his own thoughts clear, saying:
I respect he can make any music he wants. If you have the opportunity to collaborate with artists of international recognition, like Mark Ronson, your name will get out there even further. You might not get the chance to do a project like that again. You have to seize opportunties when they float by.
Some things that were mentioned, such as Lily Allen appearing on the album, were taken from sources. Some of them could well have been wrong. Wiley says that Allen actually won't feature on the album.
I'm in the library and I've already been chucked out for getting hype to D Double E's vocal of Anger Management this year, so I can't hear it. The ITN Youtube channel doesn't mince its words though - the message is clear enough.
Talking of DEE, it seems Newham Generals tracks are finally doing the rounds. Spyro played a few tracks last Saturday, one of which could well have been the 'Head Get Mangled' vocal. The tune Just Know That was played on Logan Sama's show last week, and hopefully there will be some others tonight.
Wiley does get props however for finishing his album before the Gens, because they did have a bit of an unfair headstart. The tracklist was posted on the forum earlier today, so 'Randy Marsh' your time.
Tracklist:
1. Ryder Intro
2. Wearing My Rolex
3. I Need To Be
4. Summertime
5. See Clear Now Feat. Kano & Scorcher
6. Cash In My Pocket Feat. Daniel Merriweather
7. 5AM Feat. Scorcher
8. Step By Step Feat. Hot Chip
9. Turn It Up
10. Cant Stop Thinking
11. I Am The Sea
5AM could be promising, and so could See Clear Now. The jury's out until the November 10.
air thats all air if i didnt make another song again i would still be happy trust me music is something that i live tho and thats why no blog or article can dictate my career watch i will do any music i want including grime nobody cant chat to me
I respect he can make any music he wants. If you have the opportunity to collaborate with artists of international recognition, like Mark Ronson, your name will get out there even further. You might not get the chance to do a project like that again. You have to seize opportunties when they float by.
Some things that were mentioned, such as Lily Allen appearing on the album, were taken from sources. Some of them could well have been wrong. Wiley says that Allen actually won't feature on the album.
I'm in the library and I've already been chucked out for getting hype to D Double E's vocal of Anger Management this year, so I can't hear it. The ITN Youtube channel doesn't mince its words though - the message is clear enough.
Talking of DEE, it seems Newham Generals tracks are finally doing the rounds. Spyro played a few tracks last Saturday, one of which could well have been the 'Head Get Mangled' vocal. The tune Just Know That was played on Logan Sama's show last week, and hopefully there will be some others tonight.
Wiley does get props however for finishing his album before the Gens, because they did have a bit of an unfair headstart. The tracklist was posted on the forum earlier today, so 'Randy Marsh' your time.
Tracklist:
1. Ryder Intro
2. Wearing My Rolex
3. I Need To Be
4. Summertime
5. See Clear Now Feat. Kano & Scorcher
6. Cash In My Pocket Feat. Daniel Merriweather
7. 5AM Feat. Scorcher
8. Step By Step Feat. Hot Chip
9. Turn It Up
10. Cant Stop Thinking
11. I Am The Sea
5AM could be promising, and so could See Clear Now. The jury's out until the November 10.
Sunday, 19 October 2008
'Oi Oi It's The Paper Boy'
I checked my emails today. I thought I would get into some sort of regular habit, because the last few times I logged in I clocked 568 unread messages in my inbox, and 1,327,822 unread messages in the spam folder. And that's not the one.
I trawled through shit in abundance, but an Amazon flier for Wiley's latest album, See Clear Now, intrigued me enough to have a look. The title changed from the last time I heard it, which was 'I See Clear'. It's out in less than a month's time.
The title seems a bit odd, moving from the personal 'I' to instead some sort of larger statement, and could be seen as a bit of an insult to over-sensitive grime fans that catch feelings over not much. If anything I would argue that he's not seeing clearer now, and that he could have introduced a music that he's a pioneer of in a mellower form, and to a wider audience, on the back of Grime Wave.
I suppose we have to see what the tracklist is saying first. Wearing My Rolex was planned for Boy Better Know's album VIP, but it must be on See Clear Now, because otherwise that's a fail on massive proportions. Also, the planned trilogy of Rolex-like tunes to get a Boy Better Know album deal took a bit of a bashing, what with Skepta's Rolex Sweep debuting at #92 on the itunes digital download chart.
Summertime is probably on the album as well. The label rightly got slagged off for the October release date of a track named SUMMERTIME but, given the album should be available approximately 3 weeks after the Daft Punk tribute, it seems to make a bit more sense. A third single could be something along the lines of She Glows, which is planned for release on November 24, a week after See Clear Now hits the stores.
The only definite track is the Mark Ronson collaboration Cash In My Pocket. It's ironic that the song title just about sums up this whole 'See Clear Now' business. The heart skips a further beat with NME reporting that Lily Allen and Hot Chip will also come along for the pop-orgy.
The article gets even more disturbing, with Wiley apparently being quoted as saying that 'it's pop all the way from here'. The affirmation hides behind an honourable guise of wanting 'to push boundaries', but he could have done that by making grime music over his current beats, with good lyricism and musicality that others would undoubtedly have appreciated while pushing the genre on its own terms.
Wiley's served his time, and has every right to make some of that mainstream money, but I wonder about the consequences of this album. Wearing My Rolex showed that the scene has a fair amount of followers and if this album sells well, which on the evidence it probably will, then it could set a benchmark and even a blueprint for others to follow.
Wiley has built his own legacy through making ground-breaking music, and being at the forefront of the scene he had a vital part in establishing. It's a real shame that, in the space of a few months, he could damage his musical legacy beyond repair.
I trawled through shit in abundance, but an Amazon flier for Wiley's latest album, See Clear Now, intrigued me enough to have a look. The title changed from the last time I heard it, which was 'I See Clear'. It's out in less than a month's time.
The title seems a bit odd, moving from the personal 'I' to instead some sort of larger statement, and could be seen as a bit of an insult to over-sensitive grime fans that catch feelings over not much. If anything I would argue that he's not seeing clearer now, and that he could have introduced a music that he's a pioneer of in a mellower form, and to a wider audience, on the back of Grime Wave.
I suppose we have to see what the tracklist is saying first. Wearing My Rolex was planned for Boy Better Know's album VIP, but it must be on See Clear Now, because otherwise that's a fail on massive proportions. Also, the planned trilogy of Rolex-like tunes to get a Boy Better Know album deal took a bit of a bashing, what with Skepta's Rolex Sweep debuting at #92 on the itunes digital download chart.
Summertime is probably on the album as well. The label rightly got slagged off for the October release date of a track named SUMMERTIME but, given the album should be available approximately 3 weeks after the Daft Punk tribute, it seems to make a bit more sense. A third single could be something along the lines of She Glows, which is planned for release on November 24, a week after See Clear Now hits the stores.
The only definite track is the Mark Ronson collaboration Cash In My Pocket. It's ironic that the song title just about sums up this whole 'See Clear Now' business. The heart skips a further beat with NME reporting that Lily Allen and Hot Chip will also come along for the pop-orgy.
The article gets even more disturbing, with Wiley apparently being quoted as saying that 'it's pop all the way from here'. The affirmation hides behind an honourable guise of wanting 'to push boundaries', but he could have done that by making grime music over his current beats, with good lyricism and musicality that others would undoubtedly have appreciated while pushing the genre on its own terms.
Wiley's served his time, and has every right to make some of that mainstream money, but I wonder about the consequences of this album. Wearing My Rolex showed that the scene has a fair amount of followers and if this album sells well, which on the evidence it probably will, then it could set a benchmark and even a blueprint for others to follow.
Wiley has built his own legacy through making ground-breaking music, and being at the forefront of the scene he had a vital part in establishing. It's a real shame that, in the space of a few months, he could damage his musical legacy beyond repair.
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