STORMZY RELEASES DEBUT ALBUM GANG SIGNS & PRAYER

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FEATURING NEW SINGLE BIG FOR YOUR BOOTS

Fresh from his live performance of Shape Of You with fellow British superstar Ed Sheeran at the 2017 BRIT Awards, rapper Stormzy today releases his debut album Gang Signs & Prayer, out now. The album comes in the wake of Stormzy’s nomination for the British Breathrough Artist Award at the BRITs. Gang Signs & Prayer features the singles Big For Your Boots and Shut Up, which debuted at #8 in the UK charts.

Speaking to The Guardian recently, Stormzy said “This album is good, this is incredible, this is heartfelt, this has been put together so well, so strategically, so neatly, so creatively – so respect me the same way you’re going to respect a Frank Ocean or an Adele. I find it strange and uncomfortable to aim for anything less than the greatest,” he says. “That doesn’t even make sense for me, that. If I was going to be an engineer or I was going to be a baker or I was going to be a fireman, why would I not aim to eventually be the greatest at my job? I’ve never understood why I should just try and be the best rapper in London, or even the best rapper in the UK. I don’t want to be the best rapper in the UK. I want to be the best artist in the UK.”

Stormzy’s friendship with Ed Sheeran was also on display recently when they interviewed each other on an episode of Noisey’s Back & Forth, which debuted this past week. The Grime phenomenon also performed an impressive cover of Kanye West’s Ultralight Beam in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge.

GANG SIGNS & PRAYER TRACKLIST