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Straight Outta Grimetown

by Illy Amin

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    Illy Amin's Straight Outta Grimetown is a seminal rap album at the forefront of a new wave of South African Hip Hop
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    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Woolrich Wisdom, Sam Pam, No Contest feat Crosby Bolani and Akio Kawahito, Please Kill Me, Death In The Afternoon, and Straight Outta Grimetown. , and , .

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1.
Real Nigga 02:19
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Pimp Pimp Hooray 04:48
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Simple 03:02
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Swag Swag 02:29
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Does A Cat Have Eyes 01:12
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Drugzone 02:02
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For My Soul 06:45
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Ric Flair 03:10
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Ric Flair 2 02:14
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RBMA 03:34
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ANC 01:34
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12.
Trolling 02:51
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13.
One Bless 02:10
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Straight Outta Grimetown is one of those mixtapes that you hear people talk about but only once you’ve heard it for yourself are you able to really understand what’s so special about not just the project but the artist behind it too. Illy easily delivered some of the best verses I’ve heard this entire year, on tracks such as ‘Trolling’ which is 2 minutes and 51 seconds of hard punchlines, and on ‘Ric Flair’ and ‘Pimp Pimp Hooray’ where he raps about taking over globally and “speaking Tswana to a French chick in expensive shoes”. With features from Youngsta CPT and his Revivolution peers including Impropoe and Tony Dangler that he later sends special shout outs to on ‘One Bless’, Illy Amin almost immaculately captured what it’s like living in the “City of Grime”, and takes you through the experience of rapping in some of the illest ciphers, spitting about his love for women and money as well as avoiding crime and the grind and effort needed to take a dream that you have and make it a reality all in under 45 minutes.

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released June 23, 2014

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Illy Amin Johannesburg, South Africa

"Not conforming to the route that many underground J-Sec rappers are taking in terms of swinging to a slightly conscious audience, Illy Amin uses his great sense of humor and honesty to deliver lyricism at its best. Straight Outta Grimetown is easily in my top ten mixtapes released this year mainly because of its relevance to me and other rap fans." Hype Magazine ... more

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