Famous - JME

Jme's first album " Famous?" is a more mainstream attempt from the self titled Boy Better Know CEO than his previous 4 mixtapes. Whilst still retaining a "grime" sound, JME covers subjects such as the alarming rate of gun and knife crime on "Punch In The Face" which takes a twist on many slang words with double meanings, a very interesting song indeed. JME is an artist who is renowned for his more intellectual lyrics and this shines through on his debut album. " 123 " and " Punch In The Face " are perfect examples of this. Other stand out tracks include " Sun, Sea And Sand" which is a summer time anthem where JME is describing a holiday in ayia napa. " Power " Is a concept song with JME using his imagination to write about having a power to clone anything available to him. Also " Serious" is a insightful song about the amount of fake lyrics mc's use and if everybody who " spat bars " about having a gun, then the current gun crime rates would be a lot worse.

All in all, " Famous? " is a good, but by no means great album. Most of the songs released on the album were already available in some sort before the album itself was released, making some tracks a bit repetitive on the first listen to the album. Also many lyrics have been used on freestyles by JME, which is also fairly annoying. Out of 10 I would give the album a 7. It is a very steady debut, but certaintly no match for Dizzie Rascal's " Boy In Da Corner " Or Wiley's " Treddin On Thin Ice ". The album will appeal to the more clean, mainstream grime fan rather than the hardcore fan, but still I would recommend it to buy.