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A homage to Wiley, one of grime's founding figures, this track from Stormzy's second album 'Heavy Is the Head' interpolates flows from the elder MC's 'Bad 'Em Up' and 'Nightbus Dubplate'. The title announces the debt; the execution is both respectful and assertive, Stormzy adopting the cadence whilst staking his own claim to heavyweight status. The lyrics toggle between boast and lineage. Stormzy positions himself as the established name ('If you can't do 10K first week / Then I don't wanna' hear no chat about numbers'), dismissing rivals as 'youngers' whilst cataloguing Rolex collections and chart credentials. The refrain 'bad 'em up' lifts cleanly from Wiley's original, the nod explicit rather than buried. Produced by E.Y, AdotSkitz and !llmind, it arrived as the second single from the album in September 2019, a statement of continuity and succession within the genre's hierarchy.
"Wiley Flow" is a single by Stormzy, from the album Heavy Is The Head, released 13th December 2019. The track is 3:27 long. It's filed under Hip-Hop/Rap. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Stormzy.
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