Signature LP, The (Parental Advisory) [PA] - Sway

The UK Hip Hop top man Sway (Dasafo) came out with the follow-up to his debut in 2008. Signed this time to Akon's Konvict Muzik label, Sway comes with a newly-foudn US twist to his music as he finally breaks through as a mainstream MC, and one of the top acts in the country to achieve this without selling out to doing commercial tracks.

1. "Fit 4 a King"

To start things off you have Sway doing things alone as ...
...clear inspiration from the percussion of "We Will Rock You", this one sets the album up as a grimey one, which represents his homeland to the fullest with speedy raps which focus around the UK (as he broadens his fanbase to the US too with this record).

**Four Stars**

2. "Say It Twice"

Turkish is on the beats for this one, and it immeditaly displays that we are in for a clear change in ... more

The UK Hip Hop top man Sway (Dasafo) came out with the follow-up to his debut in 2008. Signed this time to Akon's Konvict Muzik label, Sway comes with a newly-foudn US twist to his music as he finally breaks through as a mainstream MC, and one of the top acts in the country to achieve this without selling out to doing commercial tracks.

1. "Fit 4 a King"

To start things off you have Sway doing things alone as he performs all the lyrics himself and produces too. Taking clear inspiration from the percussion of "We Will Rock You", this one sets the album up as a grimey one, which represents his homeland to the fullest with speedy raps which focus around the UK (as he broadens his fanbase to the US too with this record).

**Four Stars**

2. "Say It Twice"

Turkish is on the beats for this one, and it immeditaly displays that we are in for a clear change in the artis as he is given some funky beats which are obviously inspired by the sounds of America and what tend to come out there, but with a original twist. Sway's flow in this is amazing, and it means that he is able to dominate it with swagger, and even with lots of silly rhymes, he excitesyou will each word.

**Five Stars**

3. "Saturday Night Hustle (feat. Lemar and Slickx)

Taking from the lines of Alexander O'Neal's "Saturday Love", this is a smooth littel one from the artist as he takes you back to the a Golden Age of R&B, which has seemingly been forgotten. To do this great little hook, you have the talent of Lemar, and Sway takes care of all the MCing to fill it out in the verses.Somehow he manages to really capture this classy time with his flow, and it shows how different he is to most in the UK.

**Five Stars**

4. "Silver & Gold" (feat. Akon)

This has been one of Sway's biggest singles, and it is probably due in part to the fact that Akon is a part of the hook to it, and as he signee, Akon makes sure that he is able to help in every way by having him take part in a tune which essentially acts as a UK version of "Gold Digger", as the lyrics warn those against those girls who are really looking for your "Silver & Gold".

**Four Stars**

5. "F UR X" (feat. $tush)

This one was heard bumping on the underground long before it came out as a single, and it has him do a very amusing tune in which he work with $tush and focus thing around past relationships and how they cause arguements, such as the one going on in the track. It is amongst the best he has come up with, and a stand-out track on the album.

**Five Stars**

6. "Jason Waste" (feat. Ellen King)

This is a hilarious track from him, and one which has him going back to his old days as an MCs you relied heavily upon his comedic charm, and he seems to concentrate the majority of this energy into a single tune, which he tells the life of Jason, the biggest waste man on road. It is a killer tune from him, and one that you really have to look out for.

**Five Stars**

7. "Look After My Girl" (feat. Darren B)

You have even more UK R&B talent on this one as Darren B is on the chorus here, and he rounds off the thing well to work off the fact that he is given yet more quality beats, in art he created the production himself, but Emile was there too, and this diversity is apparent through the tune in the way that you have both hard and smooth running through it, on a tune which takes on the basic love song format, but is boosted with his unique style.

**Five Stars**

8. "Pray for Kaya"

On production for this track you get the duo of Giorgio Tuinfort and Akon. This pair were responsible for all the Euro-Pop-influenced tunes off Akon's "Freedom" album, and luckily Sway doesn't get taken into this side of things, and keeps it his own as he tells a of highly-emotive one about a car accident. The structure is very simplistic, and allows him to tell is clearly, and really involve you in the tale.

**Four Stars**

9. "Walk Away" (feat. Father Noah)

This is one of many occasions in the album where you have him on top of some production which he isn't usually heard on, but he cope with ti all very well, and it means that he comes up with great results for the album and makes it a highly varied one, just as with his debut. This one has him really showing what he is able to to with his innvoative lyricism, and he succeed with it.

**Four Stars**

10. "Upload"

In a follow-up to "Download", off his debut single this one has him speaking on the issues which the music industry is facing with the ability to get his music for free. This time he is a lot more understanding towards the whole thing, and is clearless resentful towards it all, and so speaks on how he leaks all the material himself so people don't bootleg it, and he even gives advise to up-and-comers who wish to bypass this problem too.

**Five Stars**

11. "Stereo"

You get CHOPS doing the beats on this one, and as he is has been heard making the beats for the likes of Bun B, Young Jeezy and Chamillionaire, it would appear that out there they think he works best with Dirty South'stlyed beats, which is evident in the smasher "Up Your Speed", and so with dark beats, he enters this type of thing once again, but with more authentic beats to tear things up. It is one of the best you find here, and shows more to him.

**Five Stars**

12. "Letters to Heaven" (feat. Leo)

I think that this one requires a couple of listens to truely get as it is a banger of a tune, but you can easily dismiss it for the way it is composed with lots of things which you wouldn't immediately associate with him, and he chooses to this all on an emtoive one as he dedicates his work to a lost friend.

**Four Stars**

13. "End of the Road" (feat. Coco)

Although unfamiliar to myself, Coco does both the production and features on this on and it makes a clear change to the way things are done as a lot of it is based up the acoustic guitar, and other live instruments, and it doesn't fit in with expectation, but it shows that he is able to really do just about everything. I wasn't really feeling it though as his lyrics were quite plain, but some may feel differently towards it.

**Three Stars**

14. "Special Place" (feat. Loick Essien)

One this one you have him really showing how he is utilising his nationality to his advantage as he is able to tell the American listners about where he goes on his travels now he is hit it big, and so just dropping in lots of odd locations across Europe are bound to seem very different to those listeners, and simililarly act in a thought-provoking way towards us fellow Britons.

**Four Stars**

15. "Taxi"

This is another funny one from Sway, and has him do something that you would expect from the likes of the Mitchel Brothers in the way that they do one about getting too drunk to even call a taxi for themself. Personally, I thought that although at first it is quite funny, it quickly gets boring, and I think a full track was a bit of a stretch for this limited topic.

**Three Stars**

16. "My Kind of Girl (feat. 2face Idibia)

Ending the album off, you have him producing himself, and when he does this he completely takes over and brings it back to the good old days of his work when he started off. I felt that will his bassy beats, and the appearance from 2face Idibia meant that it was a soothing one to finalise things on, and it means you are felt on a high.

**Four Stars**

This is another strong album from Sway, and with only a couple of tunes which let the album down, it has him killing things again with a highly varied record filled with him changing his stlye to both represent where he has come from, and also show that he is able to break the American crowd too.  

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