Album Review: Tinie Tempah – Disc-overy

by Sam Gould

Friday October 8 2010, 5:59pm

It’s important not to judge an album named ‘Discovery’ by high end hip hop’s standards. Illmatic this is not, but as a pop record tuned into today’s teenage tastes it’s as effective as Get Rich or Die Trying was to the Bebo generation. Cleverly pitched at those who should know better as well as those who shouldn’t, Disc-overy plays out as a dot-to-dot of fantasy night-time engagements punctuated by ravey synths and dirty tongue twisters. After Miami 2 Ibiza, the noise of would be jetsetters ‘surrounded by some bunnies...’ has drowned out grumpy old blogger eulogies for UK urban ‘...and it aint even Easter.’ You were having so much fun you barely noticed you ordered a VK.

Support Varsity

Varsity is the independent newspaper for the University of Cambridge, established in its current form in 1947. In order to maintain our editorial independence, our print newspaper and news website receives no funding from the University of Cambridge or its constituent Colleges.

We are therefore almost entirely reliant on advertising for funding and we expect to have a tough few months and years ahead.

In spite of this situation, we are going to look at inventive ways to look at serving our readership with digital content and of course in print too!

Therefore we are asking our readers, if they wish, to make a donation from as little as £1, to help with our running costs. Many thanks, we hope you can help!