Maxsta – East London is Back
I don’t listen to a whole lot of grime or hip hop, but I do at least know when I’ve heard a bumping tune. And East London is Back by Maxsta is surely that: it’s witty lyrics seem to paint a similarly comic picture of the capital’s outskirts as fellow London rapper Skinnyman, and a dubstep techno ripple over the top lends the track a wicked rhythm. Most impressive is Maxsta’s delivery, though – he’s only 17, and yet he can already MC as well as the best of them, at least to my unexpert ears – including grime grandpa Dizzee Rascal, to whom inevitable comparisons must (unfortunately) be drawn.
Maxsta’s currently recording his debut album; as such, he’s refusing to provide MP3s at present. C’est la vie. To listen to East London is Back, then, you could try his MySpace page, but strangely all that’s there is a radio version with a typically annoying BBC DJ blathering at either end (although there are some other great-sounding full-lengthers there – including the funky Our Brand and more soulful The Reason). A better bet is the trusty Dazed’s August playlist – the buggers somehow seem to have snaffled a remastered, polished version of ELIB. You’ll need the most recent version of Flash to hear it.
More news of Maxsta when I have it…
Maxsta on MySpace
he is the future of the uk urban scene
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