- Music
- 20 Jun 16
The London rapper has been dropping some bangers of late and he's about to put them all on one shiny LP.
With collaborations from Jess Glynne, Katy B and Zara Larsson, Tinie Tempah knows how to cook up a No.1 summer single.
He's about to put it all together for his upcoming album Youth which will hit the shelves on September 16. The 27-year old spitter's last album Demonstration released in 2013 had huge chart success and established Tempah as a forced to be reckoned with. Three years later Youth holds a certain sentimental value for Tempah; "Youth is about empowering young people to think outside the box. I was just a young boy out of South London who loved music and wanted to see the world and contribute to something that I love and have a passion for," Tempah explained, "I honestly feel that there is no limit to where you can get in life. I really believe that. Youth is the time where you dream without any limitations or fear. And I wanted to share my story with the world through my music."
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Along with the collaborations from pop's biggest starlets, Youth is also infused with sounds from Tempah's childhood. "I wanted to give a nod to all of the genres of music I heard growing up that made me want to be a rapper,” says Tinie. “The good thing about being from London is that you hear so many different styles of music, and are exposed to so many different things. I wanted to make an album that felt nostalgic with elements of those big British sounds from different genres, whether that was garage, grime, hip-hop or R&B."
With a considerable wait for Youth's arrival, Tempah is teasing fans along with his latest single 'Mamacity' featuring Wizkid.
With as many chart-toppers as Robbie Williams, Michael Jackson and Kylie Minogue in the Singles Charts and with what we've been offered so far from Youth, it is all building up to be Tempah's biggest and most successful work to date.
Youth is released September 16.