The Shape of Things to Come

With the release of the lead single ‘Emotions’ out today on itunes taken from the forthcoming album ‘Special Kind of Fool’, Ty has dropped a great mixtape to wet the appetite for the release of the album this Spring. With a range of features and remixes including the likes of Falty DL, Blak Twang, Anthony Mills and Tony Allen, it’s a great way to really get to know Ty if you’ve been living in a UK Hip Hop abyss for the last decade.

Ty is one of those MC’s not confound by the parameters and boundaries that have been imposed on UK rap acts over the years. Always refreshing, his voice and style just flow effortlessly over rhythmic records which take you to a place far further afield than dreary London town. London isn’t always dreary, but if you would have listened to a lot of Ty’s “peers” over the last decade you would have struggled to rationale a city with cheer and cadence.

Ty’s back catalog speaks for itself and he released classic records on the seminal Big Dada, and his new home of BBE is more than worthy for an artist who has developed a lane all of his own in the UK music scene. A conscious effort to delve deeper than most, his production seeks lineage from Afro-Beat and Jazz, with the likes of A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul and Camp Lo all obvious influences. Yet Ty has taken his own route, crafting a sounding distinctly British and incredibly refreshing.

Tracklisting and Download after the jump.

01 Skit – Intro
02 Break The Lock – TY
03 Dont Watch That – TY
04 Worldwide – Funky DL (ft TY) Hot Mix
05 Down For The Count – Reflection Eternal (ft TY & Blak Twang) UK version
06 Skit (Ghetto Yout)
07 Hey There – 2000 Black aka Dego & Kaidi Tatham (ft TY)
08 Skit (Space Monkey)
09 Phantom Of The Opera – TY (ft Anthony Mills)
10 Me – TY (ft Erik Rico)
11 Pick It Up – Nathan Haines (ft TY) Submariner remix
12 Dont Push Me – Tettory Bad (ft TY)
13 Groovement – TY
14 Emotions – TY (ft Sarina Leah & Shaun Escoffery) Album version
15 Heart Full Of You – Robert Mitchell (ft TY & Deborah Jordan)
16 Keep On – Bone Idols (ft TY & Aphletik)
17 Woman To Man – Tony Allen (ft TY)
18 Can’t Help Myself – The Bamboo’s (ft TY)
19 Legacy – Zion I (ft TY & Jennifer Johns)
20 When Robots Go To War – TY (ft Motet) Daz I Kue remix
21 Wait A Minute – TY (Dwele remix)
22 Emotions – TY (Waajeed remix)
23 Style & Pattern – John Arnold (ft TY)
24 The Way We Like It – Natalie Williams (ft TY & Eska)
25 The Idea – TY (ft De La Soul’s Pos & Dave)
26 Outro

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