Pa Salieu: Send Them to Coventry

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Everything this guy has put out so far is sick, especially if it starts with B:

"Black"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFNtxlEKgFM

"Betty"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhmT77slD78

"Block Boy"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Std1vdUMP3g

I'm basically a UK rap dilettante, so I'm not going to go on at length here—the chrome-plated production is worth dwelling on at some point though—but if the whole tape is this good, this is aoty material.

rob, Tuesday, 10 November 2020 14:57 (four years ago)

don't forget "Bang Out":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3NPhQjjZB0

(i'm assuming it's on the album, which i don't see it on my Spotify yet)

kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 15:18 (four years ago)

Yeah not sure about the track list. I think it comes out Friday, but when I tried to look at it on iTunes I got a weird error message

rob, Wednesday, 11 November 2020 00:37 (four years ago)

He was getting quite a lot of J Hus comparisons last year but he's been developing his own Afro-drill sound since then, which I'm loving. I think his appearance on these tracks won him a lot of new fans. He steals the show on Year Of The Real.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0gxarS_DsA

Meekz x M1llionz x Teeway x Pa Salieu - Year of the Real

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awobHDiWY9A

Backroad Gee - Party Popper (ft. Ambush & Pa Salieu)

paolo, Wednesday, 11 November 2020 08:56 (four years ago)

betty is so good

nxd, Wednesday, 11 November 2020 10:29 (four years ago)

Thanks for those paolo—I totally missed the boat on drill so your expertise is appreciated.

"Bang Out" is not on the album according to the Guardian review

Since I'm not sticking to the B theme, "My Family" w/ Backroad Gee is also great:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxTV3vODb3s

I can definitely hear the J Hus comp, but they're in such different lanes

rob, Thursday, 12 November 2020 13:41 (four years ago)

love all this. weirdly reminiscent of juvenile circa tha g code, in flow and production and the interplay of the two

adam, Thursday, 12 November 2020 19:51 (four years ago)

Love this lad btw, can't remember if i first came across him here or from my son but looking forward to checking new shiny tunes

big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 12 November 2020 19:57 (four years ago)

just going in now, shiny and glossy is definitely the words

big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 November 2020 14:35 (four years ago)

lads i might just have to listen to "No Warnin'" for an hour

big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 November 2020 14:40 (four years ago)

"Energy" is a beautful closer

excellent set, going to obssess over this for a bit

big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 November 2020 15:12 (four years ago)

what the hell is going on in "No Warnin"?!

rob, Friday, 13 November 2020 18:12 (four years ago)

it's a lot, loping riddim, three or four mood changes, majestic

big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 November 2020 18:13 (four years ago)

it reminds me of a low temperature version of The Bug's "Fuckaz"

big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 November 2020 18:16 (four years ago)

The Bug is a good reference -- this is considerably freakier than I was expecting (in a very good way if that's not obv)

rob, Friday, 13 November 2020 18:19 (four years ago)

yeah i swear the earlier tracks i've been into were more conventional drill productions, this tape has this great mix of shiny production values and heavy Afro/Afrobeat sounds and then the Jamaicanesque toasting on "No Warnin'" and it's just a great mash of influences

big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 November 2020 18:23 (four years ago)

"Over There" is brilliant too. Whole album sounds like it was produced by Anish Kapoor

rob, Friday, 13 November 2020 18:24 (four years ago)

"My Family" is a big track as well, and "Active", this thing covers a lot of ground. "Energy" has this bizarre Phil Collins "Take Me Home" vibe which makes a great closer and is just another strange zig zag

big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 November 2020 18:26 (four years ago)

I actually haven't quite picked up on the Afro influence as much sound-wise, but this is dancehall album of the year, Anarctica division

every shorter-than-3:00 track leaves me wanting more too

god the bass on "More Paper" !

rob, Friday, 13 November 2020 18:29 (four years ago)

this thing covers a lot of ground

otm, it's tightly cohesive but the moods shift a lot

rob, Friday, 13 November 2020 18:30 (four years ago)

these are first "playing on a loop having a drink" impressions to be fair but there are definitely track where i feel a lot of African sound, i'll try and pick them out next time they come round :D

big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 November 2020 18:30 (four years ago)

"More Paper" has a very tinkly 80s pop synth sound too! that's definitely a part of this

big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 November 2020 18:33 (four years ago)

absolutely, the MJ/Dire Straits guitars on "Active" too, it works really well with how cold and dark it all is, adding these little flashes of neon. I can't stand driving these days, but this is making me crave a nighttime drive

rob, Friday, 13 November 2020 18:36 (four years ago)

damn, "My Family" sounds even more immense in context

rob, Friday, 13 November 2020 18:40 (four years ago)

TTM - bleepy 2000s future noises, kinda Future-ish

big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 November 2020 18:42 (four years ago)

i'm thinking the Afrobeat influence is more in the tracks with that syncopated Afrobeat rhythm rather than in the production itself maybe, and it's in less tracks than i thought at first

big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 November 2020 18:43 (four years ago)

like "My Family" has that lovely stepping beat but the synths are doing something more Drill-y i guess

big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 November 2020 18:44 (four years ago)

I'm on "Energy" now and this one def has an Afropop quality, though the outro on "B***k" might've put that idea in my head

rob, Friday, 13 November 2020 18:45 (four years ago)

it's funny how leftfield Energy sounds by the end

rob, Friday, 13 November 2020 18:46 (four years ago)

yeah like i said "Energy" reminds me of 80s Collins/Gabriel channelling Afro sounds for the big ballad closer

big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 November 2020 18:46 (four years ago)

there's those weird flute-y samples in the background of B***K

big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 November 2020 18:47 (four years ago)

yeah and you're right literal sample in the outro

big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 November 2020 18:48 (four years ago)

"Energy" bassline is Pino Palladino ffs

big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 November 2020 18:48 (four years ago)

i have listened to "Energy" about a dozen times today already btw

big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 November 2020 18:49 (four years ago)

haha nice. I just started over at the beginning, and No Warnin is still mind-blowing, big up Boy Boy, reminds me I need to look into the Trini dancehall scene

rob, Friday, 13 November 2020 18:52 (four years ago)

is "Active" a single? "Active" wants to be a single

big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 November 2020 19:30 (four years ago)

This is cracking.

Mr Andy M, Sunday, 15 November 2020 17:12 (four years ago)

lads i still can't stop listening to this

big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 15:51 (four years ago)

otm. Listening now while reading this not-bad pitchfork review: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/pa-salieu-send-them-to-coventry/. I did not know about the drive-by...wild

rob, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 16:17 (four years ago)

i was talking to my eldest - who grew up in Cov - about him last week and he mentioned the shooting and said "lol Drillers gonna Drill"

big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 16:21 (four years ago)

another thing in my head this week has been echoes of early Tricky in some of the production, depending on mood it's very intimate at the same time as it bangs

big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 16:32 (four years ago)

don't know that it would ever have occurred to me but that slide whistle/flute sound on "B***k" definitely has a Maxinquaye feel

rob, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 17:50 (four years ago)

I've been lukewarm on Mahalia before, but she really makes "Energy". The video that just came out does a simple but otm trick by switching from b&w to colour when she comes in.

Also, in line with the 80s pop drawing on African sounds production notes, "Energy" reminds me a little of Lizzy Mercier Descloux's Mambo Nassau

rob, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 17:58 (four years ago)

oh i don't know her, thanks

big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 18:14 (four years ago)

there's a LOT of 80s pop/r'n'b on this, the more i listen to it

big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 18:14 (four years ago)

Mambo Nassau is great, though I won't be surprised if you don't really hear what I'm hearing there (for one thing, it has a heavy US funk/disco influence that is not at all present on the Pa album).

rob, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 18:26 (four years ago)

"Over There" is really sick, I like how malleable his voice is on it. The beats on this whole album are wild as hell. People who like this should check out M1llionz, the guy featured on "Informa" - he's probably my favourite UK drill rapper right now, has a really subtle, slippery delivery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOzb7zWfJeM

Rollie Pemberton, Thursday, 19 November 2020 01:01 (four years ago)

M1llionz is sick. Y Pree is my fave of his tunes.

paolo, Thursday, 19 November 2020 09:16 (four years ago)

Only just got round to listening to this album and I'm loving it, I've been really impressed by how he's been making this drill/Afro hybrid and I'm really impressed that he's been able to keep the levels up over the course of a mixtape.

Even though I am into drill I can find it quite monotone/relentless so I tend to listen to it for only a short amount of time rather than sitting with it for an hour or so. There's enough variety on this that it can hold my interest for that sort of time, so that's good. Same applies to the Headie One album.

Here's another feature of his from earlier this year because why the hell not

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My05cYX_2iM

SL x Pa Salieu - Hit The Block

paolo, Thursday, 19 November 2020 09:23 (four years ago)

this is miles better than headie’s album

la table sur la table (voodoo chili), Thursday, 19 November 2020 12:41 (four years ago)

the whole EP is bangers but yeah "style & fashion" especially

ufo, Friday, 17 September 2021 22:52 (three years ago)

three weeks pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FURvqOhKglI

ufo, Thursday, 14 October 2021 22:22 (three years ago)

still hasn’t missed

grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Thursday, 14 October 2021 23:16 (three years ago)

one month passes...

fyi: the new Backroad Gee tape is pretty great, especially the first half

rob, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 19:30 (three years ago)

i need to give it another listen, it seemed solid but didn't really wow me?

ufo, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 22:00 (three years ago)

I enjoyed the harder first half more than the (afro)poppier second for sure, but the production sounded v cool to me—otoh, I don't listen to much UK rap/grime/drill, so it's possible the better-versed won't find anything special about it—and I love hearing his voice

rob, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 22:22 (three years ago)

Late to the party but Style & Fashion is so amazing

Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 23:00 (three years ago)

Amapiano !

Nabozo, Thursday, 2 December 2021 11:08 (three years ago)

four months pass...

“Style & Fashion” is used in the current Zalando commercial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkoS8wdMATY

middot • is • my • middle • name (breastcrawl), Monday, 11 April 2022 11:14 (three years ago)

one month passes...

new song with mura masa and skillibeng is good as hell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c14merZbEzs

in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 25 May 2022 19:29 (three years ago)

Like it!

paolo, Thursday, 26 May 2022 08:19 (three years ago)

Most consistent UK rapper? Could be

paolo, Thursday, 26 May 2022 08:20 (three years ago)

terrific track

butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Thursday, 26 May 2022 13:34 (three years ago)

yeah he's great on that! we need a new album

rob, Thursday, 26 May 2022 14:17 (three years ago)

Technically a first album

what doesn't kill me makes me Hongroe (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 26 May 2022 15:38 (three years ago)

two months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znO2iRtWnpo

Pa Salieu - Mista / Lennon Freestyle - the second beat is quite 90s, not what you'd expect from. It totally works though

The content of the first part may be related to this unfortunate news - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-62401973

paolo, Friday, 5 August 2022 08:03 (two years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prf0GTmKX4o

Blessing Me has a video too

paolo, Friday, 5 August 2022 08:04 (two years ago)

three months pass...

Jailed for 33 months

I did see Xhaka crotchgrab (breastcrawl), Saturday, 3 December 2022 23:13 (two years ago)

was working in cov at the time and it was a ridiculous rise in violence, thankfully calmed down a bit now but yeesh

nxd, Saturday, 3 December 2022 23:48 (two years ago)

damn

ufo, Sunday, 4 December 2022 00:24 (two years ago)

one year passes...

PA SALIEU IS FREE. pic.twitter.com/4PbG3OQwi3

— UK Rap Daily (@UKRapDaily) September 2, 2024

hott ogo (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 3 September 2024 19:32 (nine months ago)

wasted no time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHJu1oZBKLU

hott ogo (voodoo chili), Thursday, 5 September 2024 21:12 (nine months ago)

so good!

+subtle (gaudio), Thursday, 5 September 2024 21:34 (nine months ago)

:D

imago, Thursday, 5 September 2024 21:55 (nine months ago)

Everything this guy has put out so far is sick, especially if it starts with B:

still correct

rob, Thursday, 5 September 2024 22:14 (nine months ago)

love this

nxd, Thursday, 5 September 2024 22:22 (nine months ago)

^an entire city awakens from hibernation

imago, Thursday, 5 September 2024 22:25 (nine months ago)

glad to have him back, this rules of course

ufo, Friday, 6 September 2024 00:42 (nine months ago)

i was only thinking about him last week, so glad he's out, hope he's got a ton of new cuts to bring us

Yuwen Hu's army (Noodle Vague), Friday, 6 September 2024 06:39 (nine months ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-iPrRMdwMk

there's a lot more new material teased here, seems like he's been very busy

ufo, Friday, 6 September 2024 08:11 (nine months ago)

lol yeah there's clips of him recording about 6 different songs! i hope the album drops next week tbh

imago, Friday, 6 September 2024 08:24 (nine months ago)

busy

oh boy. wait

2019 - Busy Signal – “Balloon” – 831 points – 24 votes – 2 #1 votes

2024 - let's make belly float, please!

+subtle (gaudio), Friday, 6 September 2024 15:04 (nine months ago)

^ will never regret posting that, not sry. BELLY BELLY

+subtle (gaudio), Friday, 6 September 2024 15:05 (nine months ago)

there's going to be an album within a couple of weeks, isn't there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqljXK1Sm2Y

imago, Saturday, 14 September 2024 08:47 (eight months ago)

look what i built from a zino of light
deep in the cold i was really outside

imago, Saturday, 14 September 2024 08:49 (eight months ago)

aoty incoming i hope

ufo, Saturday, 14 September 2024 09:11 (eight months ago)

i kinda wish this was like 5% faster

ufo, Saturday, 14 September 2024 09:44 (eight months ago)

this rules. I was a little wary of aoty talk but both these songs are really rich

rob, Saturday, 14 September 2024 13:09 (eight months ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5rtY5j9yuM

better than the studio version!

ufo, Saturday, 21 September 2024 00:00 (eight months ago)

three weeks pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unw5GsvbYE0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czuPHIua6qo

two more!

ufo, Saturday, 12 October 2024 03:44 (seven months ago)

three weeks pass...

another wonderful new one, with a live version too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLrOC8wmrvE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N2eeG1W86E

ufo, Sunday, 3 November 2024 08:52 (seven months ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6qoCkJ6OnM

afrikan alien out next friday!

01 Intro
02 Afrikan Di Alien [ft. Black Sherif]
03 Belly
04 Ya Zee
05 Soda [ft. Byron Messia]
06 Round & Round
07 Dece (Heavy)
08 Allergy
09 Big Smile [ft. Odumodublvck]
10 Regular
11 YGF

ufo, Thursday, 7 November 2024 23:32 (seven months ago)

can't wait

badder living thru Kemistry (Noodle Vague), Friday, 8 November 2024 07:09 (seven months ago)

cover goes unbelievably hard

imago, Friday, 8 November 2024 14:57 (seven months ago)

as does this latest song yeah

imago, Friday, 8 November 2024 15:00 (seven months ago)

it's very good although a little short, wish he'd put the freestyles on it

ufo, Friday, 15 November 2024 00:23 (six months ago)

Six sugars Pa, six? That's insane

imago, Friday, 15 November 2024 07:28 (six months ago)

It's good, not heard last 3 tracks yet - got to work before it finished. Dece and Allergy the standouts so far

badder living thru Kemistry (Noodle Vague), Friday, 15 November 2024 10:34 (six months ago)

this is unsurprisingly dope. the level of rapping on "dece" is absurd, especially over such a tricky beat (kind of a stuttering 12/8, no?)

invalid handel (voodoo chili), Friday, 15 November 2024 17:52 (six months ago)

Yeah this is really good.

Blitz Primary (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 16 November 2024 04:53 (six months ago)


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