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The Signature LP | 
| Artist: The Sway
Label: Dcypha Alliance
Category: Music
List Price: £11.99
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 7442
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5051083038065
ASIN: B001EEN576
Release Date: October 6, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Fit 4 A King | | • | Say It Twice | | • | Saturday Night Hustle - Sway & Lemar | | • | Silver And Gold - Sway & Akon | | • | F UR X - Sway & Stush | | • | Jason Waste | | • | Look After My Girl - Sway & Darren B | | • | Pray 4 Kaya | | • | Walk Away | | • | Upload | | • | Stereo | | • | Letters To Heaven - Sway & Leo | | • | End Of The Road - Sway & Coco | | • | Special Place | | • | Taxi | | • | My Kind Of Girl - Sway & Tuface Idibia |
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| Customer Reviews:
Soup Herb October 14, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've never reviewed a c.d on here before but thought this merited some sort of response. Sit in your car, turn this up very loud and enjoy. This has been on repeat in my car for the past week and I still love it. Admittedly there are some dodgy songs on here and I'm not sure what he was thinking letting Lemar on this c.d, however, overall this is everything I was hoping it would be. "So now you're listening to the soundtrack to a tainted victory, the same words that brought him the bright lights and the fame" Great, buy it.
Outstanding!!! October 13, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The review below pretty much sums it all up! but i would just like to say that this album is absolutley outstanding and if you heard some of Sway's earlier stuff...then you wont be dissapointed with this! a truely great addition to british hip-hop...5 stars!!
www.certifiedbanger.blogspot.com review October 4, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
`The Signature LP' - the UK's biggest rap release this year. Sway - the UK's brightest hope for world wide success. It's that simple. You're probably part of the hype surrounding this - I know I am - we know how much anticipation comes with the release of this album. The news of Sway's signing to Akon's Kon Live magnifies the excitement surrounding this as new markets are reached. The multiple release date push-backs point to the necessity for this album to drop at precisely the right time. The two lead tracks `F UR X' and `Saturday Night Hustle' have already caused mass commotion being featured in the film `Adulthood' and on the Jools Holland show respectively. All signs of the big things sure to come.
Self produced `Fit 4 A King' opens the album on a continuation of this theme; the stadium-sized production a confident forecast of the success of this LP. Where first impressions do count Sway hasn't put a foot wrong with the orchestra, chants, choirs, lead guitar, Queen-esque drums and the curiously Brit-Pop sounding sung vocals. Then there are the lyrics; Sway still has the tongue twisting, phrase bending abilities that burst onto the scene with his `This Is My Promo' mixtapes.
Sway mixes wit, skill and a thorough understanding of self-marketing over the remaining 15 tracks. He also introduces us to his more contemplative side, addressing issues he's previously left untouched, in particularly death (`Pray 4 Kaya' and `Letters to Heaven'). The whole album seems incredibly premeditated when considered as a part of his entire career. Everything new on here wouldn't have worked in his earlier, more underground days but now is the absolute perfect time to reveal Sway's spectrum of ability.
The attempt at capturing a wider audience does mean that that most people will find that a couple of tracks don't appeal to them. As quite a staunch Hip Hop fan, tracks like the already huge `F UR EX' and the soon to be absolutely-flippin'-massive `Silver & Gold' featuring Akon (the last-minute inclusion of this making for the final release date change) don't quite hit. Having said this, I'm not stupid and I know the more poppy tracks on here are sure to garner massive radio play, probably in the UK and the US. And to be honest I'd rather hear Sway on the radio than any of the other `Urban' acts that get spins at the moment.
`Walk Away' sees Sway accept the responsibility of stardom - he addresses street violence, preaching a positive message to the thousands of attentive ears sure to be listening to this. `Say it Twice', `Jason Waste' (Sway's pretty hilarious new character), `Upload', bonus track `Taxi' and `Stereo' (Produced by Chops) are all pretty much classic Sway. If you're open minded you'll find tracks like `Saturday Night Hustle' (highlight: Sway rapping his vital statistics), `End of the Road' (featuring Sting's daughter Coco, who has an intriguing voice) and `Look After My Girl' to be excellent extensions of Sway's impressive lyricism.
`Special Place' has to be the worst track - I can't see anyone being into it really, it's quite annoying but this is the only duff moment on the entire album, every other song is awesome in its own way. In my opinion this makes `The Signature LP' an AWESOME album and one that should be on every British music fan's CD shelf. It hasn't disappointed even though I thought I would prefer something similar to his previous album, mixtapes and guest verses. Sway has proved that he knows best and as long as he keeps doing his thing, the plan that he has should work out just lovely.
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