One of the UK’s most pioneering, charming and authentic artists, Tinie Tempah, returns soon with his much anticipated second album, ‘Demonstration’.
The first track to be released is the Diplo produced ‘Trampoline’ – a nod to Tinie’s gravity defying onstage jumping abilities.
As with the genre defining ‘Pass Out’, ‘Trampoline’ too takes on various components and sounds, serving as a reminder of Tinie’s willingness to take a musical risk. “I didn’t want to over-think the first single too much but I knew it had to be a transition between the first and the second album. I describe it as being like a climax,” he says with a cheeky grin of the bass-laden track that encompasses Calypso, Trap, Dance, Dancehall and Rap and references Banksy, Claridges and Jordans before listing the many places around the world that he’s so far #disturbed.
It’s a bold track that you’d expect from Diplo, and serves as an excellent reminder of just how flexible Tinie’s flow and delivery can be. Once Diplo had tweaked the track to perfection, Tinie asked US rap star 2 Chainz to jump on the single. The G.O.O.D music signed rhymer instantly agreed.
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On the eve of releasing ‘Pass Out’ in 2010, no one – friends, manager, family, record label, media or fans – could have predicted just how huge a star the then 21 year-old Patrick Okogwu would become. Following the release of his chart-topping, Labrinth produced debut single, and subsequent Top 10 smashes ‘Frisky’, ‘Written In The Stars’ and ‘Miami 2 Ibiza’, Tinie quickly became one of the most important performers of his generation. Not only the winner of BRITs, MOBOs and an Ivor Novello, his debut album ‘Disc-Overy’ went Triple Platinum with single ‘Written In The Stars’ becoming his second UK No.1, and selling over a million copies in the U.S.A. He played every major festival the world over, from Coachella to Glastonbury, to the closing ceremony of the Olympics and supported everyone from Jay-Z to Usher and Rihanna, before selling out his own headline UK Arena tour. When he was not making music Tinie wrote his own book, designed a clothing line, invested in a record label, rubbed shoulders with royalty and was invited to help promote the British Fashion Council.
But asides from the musical innovation, an explosive and much booked live performance and numerous awards and accolades, Tinie himself sold the show. A lovely, down to earth, polite, funny, genuine young guy who didn’t pretend to be anything other than himself, his effortless ability to put people at ease while maintaining a strong sense of star quality made him stand out a mile from his peers.
Tinie Tempah will release his new album ‘Demonstration’ later this year. Like his debut ‘Disc-Overy’, Demonstration succeeds on many levels, not least because Tinie has once again delivered an innovative, daring and surprising piece of work. Not once compromising on his sense of Britishness nor feeling forced or contrived, this is the definitive British Hip Hop album, albeit one casting a discerning eye across the Atlantic. If ‘Disc-Overy’ was the South Londoner feeling his way and finding his feet, then ‘Demonstration’ is the ultimate instruction manual in making a British album with an international focus.