Young Don

CD - The Grind, Love-Life & Times Of Young Don

Play 90 second soundbite of 'You Don't Know Me' @ 'CD quality'

This is, without doubt, an extremely classy piece of work. You may not know the name Young Don but surely that won't be the case for too much longer. UK rap star-in-the-making young Don takes the lead given by several of his relatives and takes to the rap road in his own right - quite right too! The boy's quite clearly got style and he's definitely got rhythm.

Young Don's press pack tells of cousins Ms Dynamite and Akala and dad Smiley Culture - quite a family pedigree, quite a family tree! Hey but, Young Don doesn't rely on that impressive family line to get him where he wants to be. Oh no, Young Don has put together a really impressive and very forward looking album in 'The Grind, Love-Life & Times Of...'; fourteen big expansive rap based tracks written by his own fair hand and with a voice and vocal delivery all of his own it's now time for his 'family' to live up to the 'Young Pretender' and play musical catch-up. The boy done good!! The boy is good!!

Young Don brings his beloved rap to you with nuances of rock, R&B and pure pop; he's cleverly and sweetly managed to bring the genres closer together here but this album remains very clearly a rap work and Young Don hasn't 'sold out' in any way whatsoever. Far from selling out, Young Don has bridged a void or two with great success; there's some really impressive writing and composition here. And, what a great voice this young man has; stylish, mature, well delivered and with a natural warmth, Young Don has everything he needs to attain the heady heights of stardom. 'The Grind, Love-Life & Times Of...' has been beautifully and sensitively produced (in part by guess who! Yep, Young Don); all is crystal clear, well balanced and superbly structured. Certainly, Young Don sounds like a man who knows what he's doing, knows what he wants and where he wants to be - I can't see anything standing in his way if this is gonna be typical of his output!!

The Grind, Love-Life & Times Of Young Don' is everything it should be and everything it needs to be, and then some! When it comes to slick rap with real passion and a specialist genre that pays due deference to other modern genre, Young Don has it all nailed and water-tight. Yes really, Young Don has done a fantastic job with this album; faultless, flawless, invigorating and nicely innovative - Young Don will struggle to come up with a follow-up that's this good - talk about 'making a rod for your own back', Young Don's done it good and proper! Impressive stuff this from Young Don - no reason at all why this album shouldn't take off and be the launch pad Young Don needs to climb to the top of his tree.

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