REVIEW - BLADE BROWN - FINANCIAL TIMES

With his new album 'Financial Times' There are Few UK Rap Artists that have gotten to the level Blade Brown has reached as he's at that point where people are not placing him against other Artists in arguments over who's hotter,I have seen many an argument over which of his mixtapes is better than the others he has released and with a catalogue which includes some of the best and most complete packages in UK Rap like the Best Of Blade,Hollow meets Blade,Blade vs Fem Fel,Bags and Boxes its easy to understand why Blade Brown is so highly rated in the UK Rap game as he constantly delivers red hot thought provoking Trap music laced with tales of the Streets,Trap Life,Fast women,Clubs,Regrets and a hot dose of caution for the youngsters,with that said
  a question which the Streets are asking right now is whether Blade Browns 'Financial Times' is going to be as good as the Epic 'Bags and Boxes' and I will answer that right now,Yes it is, if not better!
The Mykal Million hosted Street Album sees A very focused Blade who doesn't seem in anyway phased nor impressed by the current crop of UK Rappers doing the rounds with their counterfeit lives and lyrics and wastes no time addressing this on the Intro where over a rock inspired Shellz beat he spits
("Yo Fam I'm tired of this fictional rap,how come everybody's pitching these packs? And Itching to clap?when the shit goes wrong,they start snitching their rats,picture me trapped feels like its my victory lap")
 from there its another trip to the Trap as he reminds us what the levels are like with 'Bring it back' Wretch 32 and Youngs Teflon join Blade on headnodding 'Runnin' which works well as do all the Collaborations on this Album with Blade enlisting Skepta,Fem Fel,Skwilla Da Gorilla,Joe Black,Komoshen,Taymah and Squeeks,and Omz as well as the aforementioned Wretch 32 and Youngs Teflon with production handled by long time Collaborators Carns and Loco with Shellz  handling the intro.
'Financial Times' sees Blade really exploring some of his deepest thoughts with tracks like 'Wasn't the same' 'Supposed to be' and the thought provoking 'Sitting in the room' which sees Blade spitting lines like
 ("I flown across the world and seen all different cultures,yeah I seen them sights - I'm talking pre historic sculptures,but then its back to the ends where its hopeless, surrounded by undercover jakes and the vultures")
When it comes to Trap music Blade is a definite leader in the UK with his vivid tales and descriptions and scenarios which although many try to portray this in their music anyone who actually knows fake from real will be able to tell he's not one of these fraudulent New jacks and this is made clear on tracks like 'Dreaming','Where I got my name from','30%' and the excellent ' 90 O's' which sees him reminiscing on the steps he took from back in the 90's till now.
Although the instrumental to the track 'Don't ever Go' could have been a lot tighter there are no other missteps on this album as Tracks like 'No safety','Splash dat' and the haunting Swagger instructional track 'Somebody Died' will let you know with no problem.
All in all 'Financial Times' Shows that in a game where many have come and gone the truly talented will survive as Blade Brown has delivered another Classic
which will sit well next to 'Bags and Boxes' and will definitely keep fans of real UK Road completely satisfied.
  10/10
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