div style=”text-align: justify;”Do you often wonder how artists come up with their stage names? I wish I had the opportunity to interview this particular artist, because frankly I would love to know his given name, his government as we would call it./divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”Emerging UK rapper a href=”http://officialthailife.com/”ibThai-Matic/b/i/a together with London lifestyle blognbsp;a href=”http://thewhorington.com/”biThe Whorington/i/b/anbsp;present to us his third mix-tape “Let Me Land”, a statement about finishing what he starts. The 18 track mix-tape is an expression of his journey, a beautiful blend of personal, introspective tracksnbsp;alongsidenbsp;club bangers and street anthems, all laced with Thai’s cocksure swagger and on point delivery./divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”a href=”http://twitter.com/THAILIFE”ibThai-Matic/b/i/a, who alongside being a rapper is a Graphic Designer and Photographer, first appeared on the scene as a member of the group KUZ, whonbsp;enjoyednbsp;laudable success on the UK underground scene. He decided to branch out on his own and I dare say his body of work is showing that he could be a rising star in the UK and maybe even branch out across the ocean like counterparts such as Taio Cruz and Tinie Tempah have done./divdiv style=”margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;”div style=”text-align: justify;”br //div/divdiv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”a href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I84g0URCghY/TOGIkQIOi7I/AAAAAAAAAJY/B3jnfeYqfGU/s1600/LMLFA.jpg” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”img border=”0″ height=”400″ src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I84g0URCghY/TOGIkQIOi7I/AAAAAAAAAJY/B3jnfeYqfGU/s400/LMLFA.jpg” width=”397″ //a/divdivdiv style=”text-align: justify;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”I like that a href=”http://thaimatic.blogspot.com/”Thai – Matic/a comes out heavy on his first track “A million answers”. Straight hip – hop on this, and i loved the production on this. The way the piano starts, hooks you and carries you along all the way to the end, allowing you to focus on the lyrics. I can’t help but compare him with “Wale” on this one. Thai is a very strong lyricist tho, not with the puns or entendres, but by telling a good story./divdiv style=”text-align: center;”blockquotebispan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: x-small;””They say i’m not UK enough, not US enough, they wanna try and get rid of me, but well tough, they better suck it up, i’m here to stay like the Big H, until i’m on The Mirrors front page”nbsp;/span/i/b/blockquote/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”object classid=”clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000″ data=”http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=281380903/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//” height=”100″ type=”text/html” width=”400″param name=”movie” value=”http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=281380903/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//”param name=”quality” value=”high” /param name=”allowScriptAccess” value=”always” /param name=”allowNetworking” value=”always” /param name=”wmode” value=”transparent” /param name=”bgcolor” value=”#FFFFFF” /object data=”http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=281380903/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//” type=”text/html” width=”400″ height=”100″/object/object/divdivdiv style=”text-align: justify;”br //div/div/divdivdiv style=”text-align: justify;”Again, thenbsp;Ghanaiannbsp;Born,nbsp;a href=”http://twitter.com/#!/THAiLiFE”Thai-Matic/a, captivates me with his lyrics on my favorite track off this album “Kick Rocks”. I love how thenbsp;productionnbsp;is totally flipped on this song, this time sounding like the beginnings of a soul track. I love how a rapper can totally kill a slow track, telling the story as effectively as if it were your favorite soul singer on the track. Its an apology song of some sort and I love it./divdiv style=”text-align: center;”blockquoteibspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: x-small;””Do you remember these words that you used to tell me, when i felt like the world had failed me? You used to say, tell em to kick rocks”/span/b/i/blockquote/div/divdivdivdiv style=”text-align: center;”object classid=”clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000″ data=”http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=221118446/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//” height=”100″ type=”text/html” width=”400″param name=”movie” value=”http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=221118446/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//”param name=”quality” value=”high” /param name=”allowScriptAccess” value=”always” /param name=”allowNetworking” value=”always” /param name=”wmode” value=”transparent” /param name=”bgcolor” value=”#FFFFFF” /object data=”http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=221118446/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//” type=”text/html” width=”400″ height=”100″/object/object/divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”br //divdiv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”a href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I84g0URCghY/TOGTeGxmaVI/AAAAAAAAAJc/ibVI9lFHsR8/s1600/30562_10150175889915341_563680340_12439540_2250550_n.jpg” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”img border=”0″ height=”640″ src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I84g0URCghY/TOGTeGxmaVI/AAAAAAAAAJc/ibVI9lFHsR8/s640/30562_10150175889915341_563680340_12439540_2250550_n.jpg” width=”425″ //a/divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”The entire album was executive-produced by Thai-Matic and a href=”http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=tamp;source=webamp;cd=2amp;sqi=2amp;ved=0CB4QFjABamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FKEVINLANREamp;ei=mErkTJ39CsiKhQeFl7HTDgamp;usg=AFQjCNGy4k-4iaF4Jj81PPvwPLSdRWooSw”ibKevin Lanre/b/i/a and again I have to give them both their kudos. The production on this third song “Take it Slow” is straight Ramp;B, again totally different, showing how versatile Thai is. Kindanbsp;reminiscentnbsp;of how versatile B.O.B is, forgive the comparison. And his voice blends as well, grimey on a hip hop track and very sexy on this track. That British accent, is a great help though./divdiv style=”text-align: center;”blockquotespan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: x-small;”bi”When you on top, you ride that shit like you’re the boss, plus….take it slow when you riding girl you know how i like it, when you doing it on top of me”/i/b/span/blockquote/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”object classid=”clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000″ data=”http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=281380903/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//” height=”100″ type=”text/html” width=”400″param name=”movie” value=”http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=281380903/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//”param name=”quality” value=”high” /param name=”allowScriptAccess” value=”always” /param name=”allowNetworking” value=”always” /param name=”wmode” value=”transparent” /param name=”bgcolor” value=”#FFFFFF” /object data=”http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=281380903/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//” type=”text/html” width=”400″ height=”100″/object/object/divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”And last but definitely not the least, this song is just one of those hype songs that speak the truth, “Darkness”. On this, Thai features Hip Hop amp; Reggae UK artist Wundah. Is it just me or can you tell a person’s personality from a song? In the chorus where they say ” iDarkness is spreading now, the streets are getting dreader now, it can only get better now, in the meantime play boy imma prepare for the worst/i”, the pessimism amazes me yet it has a sense of hope, you know the light at the end of thenbsp;tunnel. I feel like thats an insight into the writer’s life and its more than just a song./divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: center;”object classid=”clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000″ data=”http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=461290313/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//” height=”100″ type=”text/html” width=”400″param name=”movie” value=”http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=461290313/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//”param name=”quality” value=”high” /param name=”allowScriptAccess” value=”always” /param name=”allowNetworking” value=”always” /param name=”wmode” value=”transparent” /param name=”bgcolor” value=”#FFFFFF” /object data=”http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=461290313/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//” type=”text/html” width=”400″ height=”100″/object/object/divdivdiv style=”text-align: justify;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”So get your download on right after the jumpi, /iits been out since July guys, and this is what November, so you know this is mad late. But we still had to plug this to you, so you did not miss out on something good, an early Thanksgiving present if you will. So iENJOY/i!/divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”Download: a href=”http://thaimatic.bandcamp.com/album/let-me-land”Thai Matic – Let Me Land/a/divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”Till Next Time/divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”Peace, Love and Good Music/divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”iNeefeminbsp;/i/div/div/div/div
