“XxXxXx / XxXxXxX” is the new release from South-London grime artist, MC, producer and creative vanguard Crafty 893. Taken from Crafty 893’s new instrumental album ‘Weapon X’ (release date Fri 19th Nov), a concept LP inspired by “a superhero experiment ting”, ‘Weapon X’ showcases Crafty’s versatility as a producer and effortless ability to switch it up between rap, grime, trap and UKG, while still bringing his own twist to each genre. The tracklist and song titles on the album are numerically formed around the concept X.
‘Weapon X’ come’s in fresh from Crafty’s critically acclaimed debut album ‘Smart Dumb’ that featured the likes of Big Zuu, Sir Spyro and Manga Saint Hilaire, and was praised by Mixtape Madness, GRM Daily, Sir Spyro (BBC 1Xtra) and many more – for Crafty writing, MCing, producing, recording, mixing and mastering across the record. Crafty was also made the cover star of Spotify’s iconic Grime Shutdown playlist.
“Weapon X and Smart Dumb showcase my versatility with lyrics and producing, in any genre that I want to do,” Crafty says. Influenced by producers such as 9th Wonder, Sir Spyro and Wize – due to their adaptability to flip sounds and processes, switching up and merging genres – Crafty 893 first started producing his own beats when he couldn’t afford the one’s he wanted, innovating processes for himself.
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Finally, some sounds of the 'Sir' to actually buy in Flac. It would be nice if he could do some versions with the kids spitting over them as well. Don't worry though I'm doing my own bars when listening: stuff about mortgage rates, how I hate washing up and lyrics about
the Kuiper belt and how there's probably loads of planets in our solar system we don't actually count as planets. That sort of thing. humblenations
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Any chance of Side by Side the vocal mix on Bandcamp, please sir? They only place I have that is on Youtubes and it has really bad sound quality. At the moment I'm Side by Siding myself doing all the lyrics myself and my dog is looking at me like I'm daft. I'm a 50 year old man. I should not be acting like this around the house. humblenations
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