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Slowthai: Putting his stamp on the United Kingdom

"We are at a time, to stagnate where everything is and no one speaks for the people," says Slowthai. "I'm sick of it and wanted to tell The Truth . "

The Northampton-born rapper and self-proclaimed "Brexit " Bandit" which explains the thoughts behind his debut album, Nothing Great About great Britain, a sabre-toothed polemics, the questions of what British is.

Songs like Inglorious, porter, and the title track sizzle with sharp observations about the monarchy, The Police and the extreme right - But the focus of his outrage is the way in which government decisions filter down and affect the people's real problems.

"This is an album recorded for people from small communities that have been forgotten," he says of the BBC. "It is for the people who need to Feel it. "

Released in may, The Album went straight into The Top 10, and triggered, a of Glastonbury, the most convincing benefits: Slowthai, the implementation of a chaotic, crazy mosh Pit at The Front of The West Holts stage.

His live shows, like his music, are imbued with furious impatience - But In Person , Tyron Frampton (because that's his real name) is a softly spoken, considerate, and ever-so-slightly shy.

to plan Ahead This Week , the Mercury Prize , where he creators in the book' favorite album of the year, the 24-year-old sat down to discuss the making of The Album , his friendship with Stormzy, and his five-year career.

congratulations on the nomination for the Mercury Prize . How does it Feel ?

Excited. It means The World to me. I'm not good at articulating how things like this Make Me Feel , But it makes me Feel like I have daisies in my stomach. I'm nervous and shy.

For people who have not heard, Nothing Great in the UK, what's it about?

It's about community. It's about remembering the people around You , and the memory of that is what makes this place great.

things like gentrification, You try to push away all of the municipalities, and we lose the sense of Togetherness - that is The Thing that actually makes Britain great. Or any place in The World . We must all work in unison to make things better.

What do You remember about The Album ?

The studio was dark, it was sometimes very hot, very smoky. I would bags to sleep on the seat. I spent a year sleeping on bean bags. The little balls came out, so that the seat went dead flat.

There were many stressful times, But also many that deal with emotions. You have got to go through the pain to a better Future .

The 24-year-old breaks down The Barrier between performer and audience

It is a record that combines punk and grime, and hip-hop. They were surprised by The Range of people who come to the gigs?

no, it's one of them things. People who connect with him - it is the colour of skin, Religion, sexual orientation plays no role in [its] - You are the moment to see what it is all about, and You Feel it. This is a blessing. Each part of The Movement .

I loved the way You worked The Crowd at Glastonbury. Where did You learn that the art of the stage?

I think it is easy to do this. When You first come and it is all new to You , You 're going to like a bullet from a gun. You 're on 100%, all the way. But momentum is everything. In any art form - film -, music -, art -, dance - there are UPS and downs, like life. You take people on A Journey .

You talk about your mother a lot on The Album . She has ever been in a mosh-Pit ?

You actually made, when we played York Hall!

" My mother is young, she is crazy bubbly and she has always been on the raves. She loves the mosh-Pit - You would rather be there, than from the back. You want to see what it is all about, and she loves The Music , so it is such a blessing, I suppose.

The Other thing that's happening in Glastonbury was Stormzy set calls You during the time of his heading. What did You think of that?

I was watching in The Crowd . He was not only to make history, he pushed our culture forward. Regardless of a shout-out or not, see him to his thing was beautiful. You can't hate on them. He is an inspiration for me.

Instead of basking in the spotlight, he was humble enough to The Musicians to recognize, that had paved the way for him, and collect all that could follow.

That's The Thing . That's because he's been part of it, and seen how each fight and now that he can actually come through and bust the door, he tries to make sure that we stick together and moving things forward. By the fact that it is just larger and a movement, nobody can make it stop.

For him to take the time to do that, and not all about yourself, it shows You everything You need to know about his character. He is so humble and grateful. He is a beautiful soul.

they Could see themselves Up There on The Pyramid stage?

Yes, definitely. In the next year.

It is already booked?

Yes, after another album, it will not be denied! I want the same slot, man. Me and Stormz can do it together.

Wait, You mean the second album is coming soon?

as soon as I'm done.

You are not hanging around, are You ?

Nah, man. The whole time I did Nothing Great About the UK, I'd already planned my next albums. You have 10 Steps Ahead of Everyone Else , or You get Left Behind .

"You have to go to get through the pain to a better Future ," says the musician

How far into The Future You have planned?

I have my next two projects, in any case. I have the concepts and I have the ideas and I got the title. I even have the names of the songs and the messages. It's all there - I just have to go and do The Work .

Everyone tells me I should bask in the moment and record it - But I want to come forward.

The First album is largely autobiographical - is that the connection thread?

It is social commentary. It's all social comment - But I Feel to develop, I can not only continue the same old thing. I have to explain the look for other points of view and to Express. That is The Challenge .

It is not a shame, it is even more talk is happening in the news For You .

[Laughs] Yes, Yes, But it is not relevant to what is going on now. It is the stuff and the painting takes on a larger picture with him, getting into the nitty-gritty of things.

But also I want to raise. On The First album, I was down. The next I want it to be more about the lifting of persons and fight against everything that holds us back as people.

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Source of news: bbc.com