Critical reception

It's been a rocky few months for Tinchy Stryder. After catapulting to the upper echelons of the charts with his debut LP and its subsequent spinoff singles, the pint-sized rapper suffered a textbook case of follow-up album syndrome, failing to replicate his success second time around. Determined to push forward, he's re-teamed with original chart-topping collaborators N-Dubz

N-Dubz

N-Dubz are a British hip hop group from Camden Town, London. The group consists of members Dappy, Tulisa Contostavlos and Fazer.N-Dubz were previously signed to Polydor Records before joining All Around the World Records...

 in a bid to regain his former chart glory.

He and the Grime music

Grime (music)

Grime is a style of music that emerged from Bow, East London, England in the early 2000s, primarily as a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop...

 trio's frontman/serial "Dappy hat's" offender Dappy

Dappy

Costadinos Contostavlos better known by his stage name Dappy, is a British singer-songwriter, rapper, actor of Greek descent. He is best known for being the lead singer of the Camden-based Grime/hip hop/R&B trio N-Dubz, with his cousin Tulisa and their friend Fazer...

 split rhymes that reminisce on how far they've come in the biz - with girls, cars, gadgets and blingin' designer clobber now all at their disposal. "I'm a f**king star/ have you seen my car?" boasts Tinchy, while Dapz admits: "My momma thought I wouldn't make it/ But now she's living in a spaceship," over a watery stew of club beats and pulsating synths that lack any real oomph or lyrical resonance. Not to worry, Tinch, there's always that rainy day fund, right? RIGHT?

Chart Performance

Release history