Demonstration

What genre does one file Tinie Tempah’s latest creation under?

Officially classified as hip hop, the album starts in a way that is quite different to others; the first vocals heard on the opening track belong to Ella Eyre rather than Tempah himself.

Yet Eyre manages to open the piece successfully. The combination of her smooth, beautiful voice and Tempah’s hard rap technique foreshadows the type of tracks to come – the emotional and heartfelt ‘Tears Run Dry’ as well as your expected rap and hip hop rhythms.

A big shock came when Tempah announced that there were to be “no constructed singles”.  For some, this flagged the idea that maybe the artist was loosing his ability, but instead it appears that Tempah is more focused on adhering to a genre rather than necessarily creating hits.

The record also sees Tempah and Labrinth collaborate a number of times. Each track they team up on reaffirms that, musically, these two are a match made in heaven. In fact, the record is one massive collaborative piece with nearly every track featuring a new artist.

The only annoyance with Tempah’s second album comes in the song ‘Mosh Pit’. Teaming up with Dizzee Rascal and TY Dolla $ign, the track has a nice dubstep breakdown, but every little swear word is cut out with that irritating beep sound – something that really distracts from the song and is harsh on the ear.

While there isn’t anything majorly original, it is an album full of good quality tracks that will make many hip hop/rap fans happy.

Listen to ‘Children Of The Sun Feat. John Martin’ from Demonstration here: 

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