BABii – DareDeviil2000

DareDeviil2000 sees BABii armed with the confidence to graduate from the personal and set her sights on society's apparently undesirable, hellish elements. Building on 2022’s mixtape SCREAMER, her delicate-yet-commanding vocals are accompanied by crisp post-club productions, cultivated with a cast of vital underground talent like Grove, Warpstr and Iglooghost. 

Opening track Static delivers hell; deafening bass and cartoonish samples giving way to sickly sweet vocals, beckoning you to choose pacification or panic. Scarface and Tra$$$her examine her fascination with smash-and-grab criminality over squishy grime instrumentals and throbbing basslines. On Vyper Pro and Theft Act 1968, disaffected vocals lead us down a scam rap Wikipedia hole over demented dancehall-flecked beats.

If SCREAMER began BABii’s investigation of the undesirable and our ability to rationalise our fears, DareDeviil2000 is certainly a more accomplished flex in that direction. Yet it feels like a step towards something greater. This is an artist who at one time sold branded pocket knives as merch, who humanises the plight of the XL Bully, and who gave us a drill cover of Lovefool for Christmas. You’re never sure where BABii's going next, but her next project may be the one that truly defines her sound and legacy.

Listen to: Tra$$$her, Scarface, Bric-a-Brac