Wiley - Wearing My Rolex

dude's on fire after 'I'm Going Out' and now this

Aye, this is much awesome. Is it not someone else ft. Wiley, tho?

Supposed to be his next single. The sample sounds familiar though...?

it's DSK's 'What Would We Do'

OK, someone please explain to a clueless Canuck when grime folded back in on itself and became speed garage (again), because I was listening to the original DSK track just a few days ago...

This is great.

the man dem just wanna bubble in a rave quite alot

yeah, the "is it not featuring" query/vibe seems key to this one. pleasing irony in the fact that he feels more like a proper hungry rapper on this than say, the tunnel vision best-of 2cd; you're more than happy to trade all of the smart lines in that, cosy in their wileyness, for "usually DRINK usually DANCE usually BUBBLE." usually! i love how between this and 'i'm going out' grime's still staking out a surly little realist conscience whilst making its tentative steps back towards the dancefloor.

the dsk ref seems like a ruddy sort of herring to be reeling in when it's also sounding a lot more like mason 'exceeder' or something

(nb. i say 'grime' there but i'm hardly convinced these tracks are evidence of anything greater than target's caprices really, stick on any logan show and it's still same old same old)

this fucking track

I'm kind of amazed by how well this is tipped to do. Can it really be that everyone's been getting it wrong all this time and all that's needed for proper overground success is to forget grime and faux-Kanye hip-hop and just go 4/4 and danceable again?

The Rolex Dance

they're totally jacking Whigfield with that shit

Wow that dance is so gay. I really hope it catches on.

Dude in the white T is trying too hard.

"Soulja Boy can't dance like me..."

This song is shit.

Well that was certainly an opinion which is challenging.

Rolex Sweep may be better than Wearing My Rolex but huge plus of Mentasm revive clouds judgement too easily.

Think I still prefer 'I'm Going Out' to both tho.

OK, someone please explain to a clueless Canuck when grime folded back in on itself and became speed garage (again), because I was listening to the original DSK track just a few days ago...

-- Tantrum The Cat, Friday, 1 February 2008

Doesn't really sound like speed garage though, it's like a slightly more swingy version of electro-house. I'm am suprised!

if u wanna hear speed garage revival check out that new Wideboys single ft. Shaznay Lewis - closer to 'RIP Groove' than most of the current bassliney stuff

pure hairdresser grime

hold on, how is this the song hes been threatening to make for years? its a good track, although a few more lyrics would have been nice, and its better than most of wileys own songs somehow (hes never really made that many good songs has he?) but its not THAT good.

Dude in the white T is trying too hard.

-- Noodle Vague, Sunday, 30 March 2008 16:34 (5 hours ago) Bookmark Link

Is he going to a fancy dress party as a central London arts store employee from 2004?

hold on, how is this the song hes been threatening to make for years? its a good track, although a few more lyrics would have been nice, and its better than most of wileys own songs somehow (hes never really made that many good songs has he?) but its not THAT good.

Nah, I meant it literally. Wiley has been saying he's gonna put out a 'funky house' tune for ages.

This is better than any individual Wiley track bar Problems, What D'You Call It, I'm Going Out and Pies. For the casual listener, there's so little Wiley on this track that it might as well be a sample. It might as well be a house tune really, there's very little to identify it as grime at all.

That's probably it's appeal. I've got a theory that the British public will buy anything that gets enough airplay and has uplifting trancey synth chords like that. See also With Every Heartbeat. It's the dance music equivalent of sounding like Queen. MIA's mistake was not including a trancey tune on Kala.

what dyou call it and pies and problems all sucked imo (great beats though).

no qualms, fly boy and stars were all good though.

MIA's mistake was not including a trancey tune on Kala.

^^^if the bitch covers Special D on her next album, I may give a shit.

Does anyone remember that electrohouse track with MC Romeo "I See Girls". That's what this is really a better version of.

Number 1 on itunes!

this still has a 0% chance of crossing over in the US right?

Unless America is suddenly and unaccountably into dance trax.

( I know you can dance to music not called dance etc.)

the accent/delivery would probably be a bigger barrier

At this point in time, yes.

rev i listened to song cuz you had it in on your list in that top 5 of '08 thread. incredible song.

wiley's a party guy and she knows it!

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usually DRINK usually DANCE usually BUBBLE

Rolex Sweep may be better than Wearing My Rolex but huge plus of Mentasm revive clouds judgement too easily.

Rolex Sweep may be better than Wearing My Rolex but huge plus of Mentasm revive clouds judgement too easily.

Gah - do I really have to wait until the 23rd of june to get this?

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rolex sweep is ten times worse than wearing my rolex. skepta sounds like hes trying to rap sexily or something. sounds wrong. and the beat is a shit refix of the original too.

yeh yeh og is better

This song is shit.

-- jim, Sunday, 30 March 2008 16:50 (1 month ago)

RONG!

i prefer Rolex Sweep

^^^rong.

I don't get it...is Rolex Sweep a bootleg? Follow-up single? Random viral thingy?

Isn't it a totally different song/track/groove relying on the thematic link (via rolexes) to win relative fame - oh, plus crossover with funky audience?

Same producer (Skepta) too

I can't tell whether or not Wiley is already a bit ashamed of the Rolex tracks, his album would certainly seem to suggest so. Obviously there is nothing on there anywhere near as good as Wearing My Rolex.

He's not in the video, so maybe yes, but I'm sure the £££s are coming in handy

possibly irked that he backed the wrong horse, tho it reminds me a bit of Born Slippy .Nuxx success coinciding with Second Toughest In The Infants too. according to wikip Wiley is releasing another album later this year anyway so maybe both WMR and RS will be on that.

Same producer (Skepta) too

'wearing my rolex' was produced by bless beats not skepta.

Aye, fair dos, so it was. Not sure where I got that erroneous info from

also 'wearing my rolex' was signed independently. maybe there would have been licensing issues if he wanted to have it in his album? anyway, the grime wiki says:

The track is the first part of a trilogy of singles that was designed to garner wider attention from labels for Boy Better Know's forthcoming album V.I.P. The second single is Rolex Sweep by Skepta, and the final track is entitled 'It's Alright'.

and yeah, i think skepta is def interested in funky crossover. cameo played this skepta remix of 'bongo jam' last week.

skepta needs to stop doing refixes - the rolex one is a bit crap and obviously a (not very good either) cash in and he REALLY needs to quit with the duppy refixes too. its a bit sad that on his new rinse mix cd all his beats are ancient.

i've been jamming the two and half minute radio edit of this since i got it but i think i might like the extended version better

any of u guyz have a preference?

Extended, it's just like the original except there's more of it.

which is a good thing, but it doesn't go anywhere it hasn't already gone

But it's a nicer shape.

I usually always prefer extended versions, but agree with The Reverend - it dosen't really do anything with the extra 4 and a half minutes.

Sounds like the extended one was actually the original that they chopped up for the single.

But it's a nicer shape.

-- Raw Patrick, Friday, 30 May 2008 09:07 (9 hours ago) Link

Exactly.

Finally. I love this song, although I heard just the radio edit.

i like the extended version.

grimewave is a bit crap.

50 CENT CAN'T DANCE LIKE ME
SOULJA BOY CAN'T DANCE LIKE ME
MICHAEL JACKSON CAN'T DANCE LIKE ME

NO

I have changed my opinion on "Rolex Sweep"

Its already played out over here up North but then its always been grim(e) up North!
Arf.

Rolex sweep is a nadir of UK culutre

Think you'll find that honour is reserved for Wearing My Durex.

Ah that YSI link has expired. You don't need it anyway as it sounds exactly like you think it does. Usually scratch, usually itch, usually blister.

rolex sweep is a big turd and i am glad no one seems to have jumped on it. or have they?

mz bratt's response to rolex >>>>> rolex sweep

also the agent x rmx of 'wearing my rolex' is banging!

Fingerprint Remix of "The Rolex Sweep" is best.

yeah. but then i do like the donaeo funky remix too, just for repeating the 'rolex' gag of having a fun times tune with a core of mildly harrassed surlyness. I AINT BEING FUNNY WITH MY TIME BUT I GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO

(fwiw wiley's newest one is him over daft punk 'aerodynamic' with kenna on the hook. KENNA. it is pony.)

not being hip to britishes slang, is "pony" a good or bad thing?

is short for "pony and trap"

that doesn't tell me anything, really

crap

zombie disco squad remix.

WILEY'S A PARTY GUY AND SHE KNOWS IT

It's totally the stentorian tone that makes this, yeah? Or at least makes the vocals.

just call it loud you ponce

the rev: pony and trap = crap.

oh yeah, that was already said.

rolex sweep is a big turd and i am glad no one seems to have jumped on it. or have they?

-- mr x, Friday, 18 July 2008 13:27 (1 month ago) Bookmark Link

^^^ truth spoken unto nation

I'm back to thinking this is shit again.

No in fact I just listened to it again and it's great.

Rolex Sweep certainly isnae tho.

Did he just sampled Republica's Ready To Go? Can't fuckn believe it. I'm listening to it and still can't decide if he made his way with it.

it's DSK's 'What Would We Do'

― blueski, Friday, February 1, 2008 7:25 AM Bookmark

Unless this is something new. I wouldn't put Republica samples past Wiley at this stage.

it's another song on his new album, it leaked just recently:

i resent the guardian calling this a novetly british rap song... its totally classic.

If people be dissin' Wiley for not being a good enough rapper even though his records are fine..

Should they take it to the "Rockist rolling rapthread" ?

http://bokertov.typepad.com/btb/images/abu_mazen_hands_over_eyes.jpg

a lyrical nuance it took me years to catch: he'd USUALLY bubble but tonight he's drinking shots, no wonder he lost his phone!