After a strong debut and uneasy follow-up, Ghetts delivers on his third mixtape Freedom of Speech. He claims to be 'back on the darkside' and I won't lie, this is pretty dark stuff and is recommended highly to fans of artists like Mobb Deep. Ghetts is a phenomonal MC, probably the strongest in the UK, and he spits very dark but real lyrics about London streets and life from British youth. The beats are often quite minimal, there aren't really any big gully bassline tracks, these ones are atmospheric and grim but still hard hitting. This just feels like the album Ghetts was supposed to make, I almost feel bad calling it a mixtape because it just feels so much stronger than that. Every line and rhyme is on point and every beat is banging, all the hooks are solid and each song has a personality of it's own.
My favourites would have to be Ghost Town, with it's great beat and hook and really solid lyrics, Mountain with it's strange orchestrated house-type beat and catchy, quotable lyrics, Convo With a Cabbie with it's touching message, and the emotionally powerful How It Is.
This is a grime essential, no two ways about it. If you're interested in any way in grime you need this.
My favourites would have to be Ghost Town, with it's great beat and hook and really solid lyrics, Mountain with it's strange orchestrated house-type beat and catchy, quotable lyrics, Convo With a Cabbie with it's touching message, and the emotionally powerful How It Is.
This is a grime essential, no two ways about it. If you're interested in any way in grime you need this.
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