Wiley
Playtime Is Over
If grime was a punk-rock style upheaval of UK dance music, then Wiley is like Sham 69’s Jimmy Pursey’a traditionalist in revolutionary’s clothing. That’s not to say Wiley’s second album, Playtime Is Over, brings nothing new to the table, but when dude says he’ll still ‘be the best for the next 10 summers’ on ‘Letter 2 Dizzee,’ there’s absolutely no trace of irony. Wiley was the first (and will probably be the last) grime purist. Beatwise, Playtime culls Wiley’s best dubs from the last year, with tracks like ‘Bow E3′ and ‘50/50′ flexing textbook mastery over grime’s sludgy polyrhythm. When Wiley steps out of that template, he takes paternal shots at Dizzee Rascal, veering somewhere between old man cane waving and pure indignance. Oddly, that dynamic works in Wiley’s favor’grime was always about underdogs, and Wiley plays the role better than anyone
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