Glasgow rapper Hydro delivers 2 killer double a side singles featuring busta rhymes & che’nelle.
After last years summer hit Celebrate, Hydro return with his signature cool, nonchalant rap style with 2 white hot singles Sugar and weighty Crowd Goes Wild An acclaimed live performer, Hydro’s lyrical prowess matched with skills he picked up while working as an intern at Def Jam US, allow him to deliver seriously infectious slabs of slamming hip hop.
The first track Sugar, has an air of summer about it with its laid back melodious hip hop style. Produced by Clinton Sparks and featuring Australian/Malaysian/Indian RnB singer Che’nelle ‘Sugar’ also features a sample of the classic ‘The Makings Of You’ by Gladys Knight and Curtis Mayfield. The video to accompany the single was shot out in NY and is out on TV now.
That’s not all! The heavier hip hop track of the package reveals Hydro’s versatility and features US inimitable rapper Busta Rhymes. Produced by Grammy award winning DJ L.E.S. (40 times platinum producer for Nas, J Lo, Jay Z), this single is a seamless execution of two very different hip hop styles and works. The synth driven track serves as a reminder to those who condemned modern hip hop to a cookie cutter regime, that innovative and quality hip hop still exists!
The single features a scalding performance from Busta who arguably delivers one of his best verses in years. With a ridiculous double time flow from both artists the track is getting heavy rotation across mainstream and specialist radio across the globe. The chorus is provided by Illustr8. With a shiny new Grammy under his belt at this years awards, with Stephen Marley, Illustr8 delivers a stupendous chorus and lets us know why he is Grammy winning material.
The future is bright for this forward thinking and innovative artist and label executive. Heading a vanguard aimed at delivering strictly the finest in UK and US hip hop, Hydro is due to release his album Crucial 6th October and is without a doubt a name you won’t be able to avoid.