Eye Of Tiger and, Yes I'm Late

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Originally uploaded by hattiec2.

I know this has been out for like 6 million weeks but with holidays of the christmas and sunbathing variety, plus mountains of work and tax to deal with before, in-between and since I didn't yet do proper justice to this very fine True Tiger mixtape by Stanza and the Scandalous Unlimited crew. This was the soundtrack to my hols this year cos it's got banging tracks from start to finish. Worth buying on for Wiley's WD25 alone, big tracks come from Skepta (Go On Then), Ny (Fire and In Control feat. Sway), Thinking Of You (Ripper, J2K, Purple), Money Can't Buy (Shyam, Wiley, B-Live, Purple), WD25(Bruza, Triple Threat, Krucial & Royal) and Broken Wings (Purple, Doctor and Plan Bizzle). However, I've said it before, it is, for me, particularly about Wil's WD25 in which an invigorated, anxious, snarling and defiant Eski Boy drops lyrical reloads like they were going outta fashion. Here's a couple of my favourites...

'Dilly dally through bad boy valley I ain't one to try and act pally/ Will start going on aggy if I have to, start getting dark if I have to, switch if I have to/ I only do black-on-black crime if I have to/ I know it ain't good, lets hope I don't have to...'
and
'I'll play games with your girl she's flames/ She was on my case, now she's on Kane's/ Bopping her head to the beat, singing along with J and Cray/ She knows bag of worries and shame...'
and
'Everything seems cloudy/ I've never been robbed in the game, I'm rowdy/ Carry on and I'll take a hammer to your Audi.../I'm a coke-head don't come round me/ I'm a city boy I'm not a townie/ Bad boy like MIke Lowry...'
and
'They're playing games with the E3 kid, but you can't play games with the E3 kid/ You wanna do war just meet me kid, you know that you will never beat me kid/ My name's Wiley you should never cross me kid/ We were mates but now you've lost me kid/ You will come around where? And clash who kid? I'm a mixtape bad boy like Whoo Kid/ Oi stupid you don't wanna come here and get stupid/ The last soundboy that tried to get stupid left in a bodybag, stupid/ That's what he got for being stupid...'
and
'Some say this chance is my last/ Lets hope not/ I ain't that prick from the past...I went college but I didn't turn up to no lectures/ I'll still make it I bet ya.'
Zoooop Zooooop!