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Track List
01) The Game
02) Pick Ur Self Up
03) Wot Do U Call It?
04) Eskimo (interlude)
05) Goin' Mad
06) Doorway
07) Special Girl
08) Avalanche (interlude)
Cd 2
01) Reasons
02) Got Somebody
03) Pies
04) Ice-rink (interlude)
05) Next Level
06) Treddin' on Thin Ice
07) I Was Lost
01) The Game
02) Pick Ur Self Up
03) Wot Do U Call It?
04) Eskimo (interlude)
05) Goin' Mad
06) Doorway
07) Special Girl
08) Avalanche (interlude)
Cd 2
01) Reasons
02) Got Somebody
03) Pies
04) Ice-rink (interlude)
05) Next Level
06) Treddin' on Thin Ice
07) I Was Lost
3:09
4:02
3:19
0:57
3:39
3:51
4:34
1:23
4:08
4:00
3:26
0:34
3:21
3:15
3:25
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First Released
2004
Grime
Confrontational
Urban/R&B
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Treddin' on Thin Ice is the debut album by Wiley released on XL Recordings. The album is seen as a critical success in grime music. However, commercially the album did not do as well, with one single ("Wot Do U Call It", a song addressing the debate over the categorization of Grime music) making the top 40 in the UK music charts.
The album is seen as the 'blueprint', or first step towards success for the grime genre, and many artists have cited Treddin' on Thin Ice to be the pinnacle of grime, before Wiley began taking a slightly different direction with later works, such as the album See Clear Now (2008) - in particular the UK number 2 single "Wearing My Rolex", which takes a more dance-style approach.
User Album Review
You could spend a lot of time arguing about what sort of music this is, and on the track "Wot Do U Call It" Wiley does just that. But whether you call it grime, East End hip hop or (the artist's personal choice) eski-beat this is the genre's second defining album -the first being Dizzee Rascal's Mercury prize winning Boy In Da Corner.
Both Wiley and Dizzee are former members of London's Roll Deep Crew and you can hear the music comes from similar sources (computer games, electro, garage, the highs and lows of urban life). That said, Wiley's sounds and words are less abrasive, warmer and more inclusive. While the younger Dizzee wants to push you away, the 25 year old Wiley wants to draw you in to explain his madness and aspirations.
Some of the best tracks appear as inner dialogues,as if you've dropped into Wiley's head to hear him arguing with himself. "Pick Your Self Up" comes across like a motivational speech, our hero convincing himself that everything is going to be alright, no matter how bleak things seem. Another highpoint is "That's What I Need", an endless list of all the things he wants in a girl - all the time knowing no real person could fulfil such contradictory demands. There's a clarity to these words which can't help but engage the listener.
The soundtrack to these musings is as likely to appeal to fans of 'experimental' music as the hoody wearing youth. "Goin' Mad" and "Eskimo" sound like they're taken from some freaky old skool platform game, weird oompah music that is both addictive and unsettling. Tracks like"Doorway" have more in common with arty electronica than mainstream American rap.
And be warned, like the best sort of pop, this album is very catchy. After a couple of listens the music gets stuck in your head and keeps going round and round. Sure, as Wiley admits, 'He does go on bit' -but we can forgive him that, he's got a lot to say and he does it better than most. The most original, and most English, album I've heard all year.
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Treddin' on Thin Ice is the debut album by Wiley released on XL Recordings. The album is seen as a critical success in grime music. However, commercially the album did not do as well, with one single ("Wot Do U Call It", a song addressing the debate over the categorization of Grime music) making the top 40 in the UK music charts.
The album is seen as the 'blueprint', or first step towards success for the grime genre, and many artists have cited Treddin' on Thin Ice to be the pinnacle of grime, before Wiley began taking a slightly different direction with later works, such as the album See Clear Now (2008) - in particular the UK number 2 single "Wearing My Rolex", which takes a more dance-style approach.
User Album Review
You could spend a lot of time arguing about what sort of music this is, and on the track "Wot Do U Call It" Wiley does just that. But whether you call it grime, East End hip hop or (the artist's personal choice) eski-beat this is the genre's second defining album -the first being Dizzee Rascal's Mercury prize winning Boy In Da Corner.
Both Wiley and Dizzee are former members of London's Roll Deep Crew and you can hear the music comes from similar sources (computer games, electro, garage, the highs and lows of urban life). That said, Wiley's sounds and words are less abrasive, warmer and more inclusive. While the younger Dizzee wants to push you away, the 25 year old Wiley wants to draw you in to explain his madness and aspirations.
Some of the best tracks appear as inner dialogues,as if you've dropped into Wiley's head to hear him arguing with himself. "Pick Your Self Up" comes across like a motivational speech, our hero convincing himself that everything is going to be alright, no matter how bleak things seem. Another highpoint is "That's What I Need", an endless list of all the things he wants in a girl - all the time knowing no real person could fulfil such contradictory demands. There's a clarity to these words which can't help but engage the listener.
The soundtrack to these musings is as likely to appeal to fans of 'experimental' music as the hoody wearing youth. "Goin' Mad" and "Eskimo" sound like they're taken from some freaky old skool platform game, weird oompah music that is both addictive and unsettling. Tracks like"Doorway" have more in common with arty electronica than mainstream American rap.
And be warned, like the best sort of pop, this album is very catchy. After a couple of listens the music gets stuck in your head and keeps going round and round. Sure, as Wiley admits, 'He does go on bit' -but we can forgive him that, he's got a lot to say and he does it better than most. The most original, and most English, album I've heard all year.
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