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Dream Mclean - "Weatherman" Video

Very British rap from a self-confessed Essex boy.

I usually associate Essex with shitty euphoric trance raves, waking up in Romford after fifteen Bacardi Breezer strawpedos and six counts of losing my dignity. So out and proud Essex boy rapper, Dream Mclean, is a welcome change from the norm, utilising cheeky chappy punchlines about smashing girls but juxtaposing them with some pretty dark production.

For example, "Weatherman", from his EP of the same name, is full to the brim with bars about ladies taking the D and mephedrone, but it's coupled with this kinda bleak hostage situation video, groaning bass line and creepy Asian mandolin plucking melody. In short, it's unmistakably British rap but minus the dole queue lyrics and references to Task Force. It's chart friendly but without the Calvin Harris hands-in-the-air hook and slow-mo back slapping. We'll see anyway…

Dream Mclean's debut EP Weatherman is out now via Chase & Status' MTA Records imprint and you can grab it here www.dreammclean.com

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