Diesel Power or D-Power is in no way a new comer and as a Dj and Producer in the Grime scene he has been integral in the carrers of many of todays MCs in the scene but thats about to change as the man behind the music steps out of the shadows and ino the spotlight with the release of his debut Mixtape 'Another contender' which after only one listen will have you realise that the bar has been proprly raised this time both in terms of lyrics and production as Diesel has spared no expense roping in the scenes top players and veterans to add some of their golddust to this already blinged out debut with features from Jammer,Frisco,Wiley,Ghetts,Fumin,Jamakabi,Badness,Flowdan,Trigga,Blacks,C.Grits and Jookie Mundo and although it seems like a lot of MCs Diesel manages to shine thoroughly holding his own against heavyweights like Wiley and Ghetts confidently.
Production on this mixtape is top quality and each beat matches the vocals of each artists as well as the concepts'Like the wind' 'Talking Wreckless' and 'Dark' which is not an easy task but is achieved here to the fullest and it has to be said that for a free download this sounds better thought out than a lot of the UK Albums on i-tunes which is another reason it raises the bar.
D-Power like Skepta is an apt student of the Grime game and this shows here throughout with his confident delivery and and witty use of other MCs flows and punchlines in an entertaining way as he intertwines it with his own original lyrics and style,this is most evident on tracks where Diesel flies solo such as 'Exorcist freestyle'("when it all kicks off you man wing out,when you get shift by feds you sing out,if it was my team you would get fling out") and Diesels 'Wooo version' (" the way i got girls broking out in my bedroom,its more like a bashment raveat the rex!!")
All in all Diesel Power has managed to present 21 no nonsense Grime bangers (not begging any chart success) much in the way Giggs managed to capture the Hip Hop scene is the same way Diesel should smash the Grime scene if he continues to drop Raw Heat like this.Also this should be one of the debut mixtapes used as a benchmark on debuts in the future as Diesel proves it dont make sense to Run before you can walk!!
9 out of 10 'Another Contender is a Contender for Mixtape of the year!!'
this is one of the best albums ive downloaded ina long time... couple of the songs have been on constant reply... dark is a massive tune. if you havent got it...get it!!! plus its free download. nothing stopping anyone!
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