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Track List
01) Intro
02) Simply Unstoppable
03) Pass Out
04) Till I'm Gone
05) Illusion
06) So Addicted (feat. Bei Maejor)
07) Snap
08) Written in the Stars
09) Frisky
10) Miami 2 Ibiza
11) Love Suicide (feat. Ester Dean)
12) Wonderman
13) Let Go
01) Intro
02) Simply Unstoppable
03) Pass Out
04) Till I'm Gone
05) Illusion
06) So Addicted (feat. Bei Maejor)
07) Snap
08) Written in the Stars
09) Frisky
10) Miami 2 Ibiza
11) Love Suicide (feat. Ester Dean)
12) Wonderman
13) Let Go
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First Released
2010
Grime
Confrontational
Urban/R&B
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Medium
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750,000 copies
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Disc-Overy is the debut studio album by English rapper Tinie Tempah, released in the United Kingdom on October 1, 2010, via Parlophone Records. The original album tracklist features Kelly Rowland, Ellie Goulding, Labrinth, Emeli Sandé, Eric Turner, Swedish House Mafia and Range. Disc-Overy features predominantly upbeat, dance-orientated production with lyrics concerning fame, youth and love. The album earned Tinie two BRIT Awards in 2011 and has received Double-Platinum certification by the BPI. In July 2011, Disc-Overy was announced as a nominee for the annual Mercury Music Prize.
Following the success of "Written in the Stars" as the album's North American lead single, it was announced that Disc-Overy would receive a United States release with a revised tracklist. Tracks "Obsession", "Invincible" featuring Kelly Rowland, and "Just A Little" featuring Roc Nation artist Range were removed from the American tracklist, while new collaborations with Wiz Khalifa, Bei Maejor and Ester Dean were added. New production contributions came from Boi-1da and Stargate. The album was released in the United States on May 17, 2011. The three new tracks were later released in the United Kingdom via a deluxe edition of Disc-Overy, made available on June 20, 2011.
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Disc-Overy certainly isn’t short on variation or big-name guests, but the drive for kudos ends up pushing Tinie Tempah into the sidelines. It’s a super-confident debut breadth-wise, but a misfire in terms of depth – it stretches too far and ends up light on substance and personality.
The problem stems from the album’s assortment of current-day references, and the desire to tick so many genre-boxes, be it ska, RnB, grime, big pop ballads, reggae or clichéd heavy rock. It’s an unnecessary overcompensation too, as there’s a charming core left standing tall and proud, a super-confident character brimming with arrogance.
See, when Tinie Tempah’s debut works, it really flies; he’s perfectly capable of hitting the pop-crossover spots where so many others have fallen short. He retains an authentic, turbo-charged grime sound on Simply Unstoppable while spitting oh-so-quotable rhymes: "I’m about to clean up like a Dyson / I like to say it how it is like Simon / I like the taste of alcohol, I got wine gums". On one track, he provides a summary of just how Dizzee Rascal has infiltrated the mainstream – a riposte to Roll Deep’s 2005 album In at the Deep End, whose tongue was lodged too firmly into its cheek.
Disc-Overy, however, suffers from too-samey delivery – Tempah’s at his best when projecting his rhymes at a rapid rate, jabbing words awkwardly in conflict with the beats. On album opener Intro and Let Go, his flow lacks ambition and punch, but the ska-influenced Snap is the worst offender, starting and ending with no trace of identity. Tempah’s verses on Wonderman, featuring Ellie Goulding, feel like mere lead-ups to the chorus – which can’t be right if he’s billed as the song’s star.
That’s all forgotten on tracks as glossily produced as Miami 2 Ibiza, where repetitive dance beats overpower the anonymity elsewhere. And Just a Little sees the 21-year-old in the lovelorn ex guise, rhyming "Veuve Clicquot" with "ego" and suddenly becoming recognisable. He’s particularly strong on hit single Pass Out, playing on his overactive narrative – there’s even mirth, as Tempah famously rhymes "Concorde" with "Scunthorpe".
This album feels too consciously targeted at people who mightn’t come to it, and instead of playing on Tempah’s charisma, rather plays on personality-type. And while a debut of 13 Friskys would be exhausting, Disc-Overy just doesn’t capitalise on the south Londoner’s undeniable energy and charm.
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Disc-Overy is the debut studio album by English rapper Tinie Tempah, released in the United Kingdom on October 1, 2010, via Parlophone Records. The original album tracklist features Kelly Rowland, Ellie Goulding, Labrinth, Emeli Sandé, Eric Turner, Swedish House Mafia and Range. Disc-Overy features predominantly upbeat, dance-orientated production with lyrics concerning fame, youth and love. The album earned Tinie two BRIT Awards in 2011 and has received Double-Platinum certification by the BPI. In July 2011, Disc-Overy was announced as a nominee for the annual Mercury Music Prize.
Following the success of "Written in the Stars" as the album's North American lead single, it was announced that Disc-Overy would receive a United States release with a revised tracklist. Tracks "Obsession", "Invincible" featuring Kelly Rowland, and "Just A Little" featuring Roc Nation artist Range were removed from the American tracklist, while new collaborations with Wiz Khalifa, Bei Maejor and Ester Dean were added. New production contributions came from Boi-1da and Stargate. The album was released in the United States on May 17, 2011. The three new tracks were later released in the United Kingdom via a deluxe edition of Disc-Overy, made available on June 20, 2011.
User Album Review
Disc-Overy certainly isn’t short on variation or big-name guests, but the drive for kudos ends up pushing Tinie Tempah into the sidelines. It’s a super-confident debut breadth-wise, but a misfire in terms of depth – it stretches too far and ends up light on substance and personality.
The problem stems from the album’s assortment of current-day references, and the desire to tick so many genre-boxes, be it ska, RnB, grime, big pop ballads, reggae or clichéd heavy rock. It’s an unnecessary overcompensation too, as there’s a charming core left standing tall and proud, a super-confident character brimming with arrogance.
See, when Tinie Tempah’s debut works, it really flies; he’s perfectly capable of hitting the pop-crossover spots where so many others have fallen short. He retains an authentic, turbo-charged grime sound on Simply Unstoppable while spitting oh-so-quotable rhymes: "I’m about to clean up like a Dyson / I like to say it how it is like Simon / I like the taste of alcohol, I got wine gums". On one track, he provides a summary of just how Dizzee Rascal has infiltrated the mainstream – a riposte to Roll Deep’s 2005 album In at the Deep End, whose tongue was lodged too firmly into its cheek.
Disc-Overy, however, suffers from too-samey delivery – Tempah’s at his best when projecting his rhymes at a rapid rate, jabbing words awkwardly in conflict with the beats. On album opener Intro and Let Go, his flow lacks ambition and punch, but the ska-influenced Snap is the worst offender, starting and ending with no trace of identity. Tempah’s verses on Wonderman, featuring Ellie Goulding, feel like mere lead-ups to the chorus – which can’t be right if he’s billed as the song’s star.
That’s all forgotten on tracks as glossily produced as Miami 2 Ibiza, where repetitive dance beats overpower the anonymity elsewhere. And Just a Little sees the 21-year-old in the lovelorn ex guise, rhyming "Veuve Clicquot" with "ego" and suddenly becoming recognisable. He’s particularly strong on hit single Pass Out, playing on his overactive narrative – there’s even mirth, as Tempah famously rhymes "Concorde" with "Scunthorpe".
This album feels too consciously targeted at people who mightn’t come to it, and instead of playing on Tempah’s charisma, rather plays on personality-type. And while a debut of 13 Friskys would be exhausting, Disc-Overy just doesn’t capitalise on the south Londoner’s undeniable energy and charm.
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