The Qemists feat. Wiley - Dem Na Like Me
| 02 Jan 2009
Single title:
Dem Na LIke Me
Artist:
The Qemists featuring Wiley
Label:
Ninja Tune
Release date:
19 Jan 2009
The Qemists are a Brighton-based production gang who dispense the sort of noisy, thrashy d’n’b popularised by Pendulum. Their last single, Lost Weekend, sounded like something off Chinese Democracy after some heavy breakbeat treatment. But on Dem Na Like Me, they recruit eski kingpin Wiley to inject a much-needed dose of streetwise swagger into the mix, his adept lyricism flowing slickly with the off-kilter beat and defiantly unpopular message of the chorus. The 99 Problems-style Rick Rubin riffing underpin a tuff, catchy chunk of digital dancehall that's aimed straight at the club's floor. [Euan Ferguson]