Kobe JT makes his first official release on the label alongside vocal staple Lyrical Strally who makes his second successive FNG appearance after the hugely successful ‘Clouds’ alongside Higgo & Dakota Sixx. This time the YGG member pays homage to the boozy nights helping us paint a picture of the all too familiar nights as a raver skipping all over Kobe JT’s dance floor ready 2-step heater.

Kobe JT is a name on the UKG scene’s lips and touted as the next best thing to happen by many and it's not hard to hear why, receiving support from the likes of UKG legend DJ EZ, as well as Flava D, Sammy Virji, Rinse figurehead IZCO and the Prince of UKG - Conducta, who also brought him through for Kiwi Hush 2 in 2019. Still only 22 years of age and having worked with the likes of Conducta, Logan and GHSTLY XXVII amongst others and a discography spanning across Downplay (Slime Recordings), Strictly Flava, Wang Records and of course Kiwi Records where the Gloucestershire producer featured on the Kiwi Sound Compilation CD in 2020, he’s already proving to be primed and ready to take a grip of the scene.

The 22 year old producer was on 1Forty’s radar for some time before receiving a submission off the back of the 1Forty Acapellas drop at the start of the pandemic. A UKG take on Killa P’s ‘Rate Us’ came through, a track bursting with soulful summer vibes paired with the ragga style meant it was an instant addition to the 1Forty Acapellas EP.

Lyrical Strally first featured on the label back in 2018 with ‘Grime Street’ as the lead track on 1FGRM003, a track that went on to be premiered by Complex UK, visuals that landed via SB:TV, and although it was released at the very end of the year before, was featured in Sir Spyro’s ‘Best Of Grime 2019’ on his 1Xtra show. Throughout 2019 the relationship between artists and label was ever present from the release as well as Travis being part of the 1Forty Takeover on BBC Radio 1 w/ Toddla T. Lyrical Strally went on to join the bill at the 1Forty Manchester Launch in March alongside fellow YGG members PK and DJ Travis T as well as an appearance on Marcus Nasty’s Rinse show that summer. Some six months later another beat from Jhuttz landed in the 1Forty mailbox with a sound of grime very much fitting for a YGG revival after two years since their last release ‘Strikers’ on Astral Black, paving the way for ‘Royals’.

Following that the Strally turned his attention to the labels UKG output pairing with Higgo and Dakotaa Six for ‘Clouds’ which ended up being a hit with no particular DJ support, but instead carried massive weight independently with the streamers leading to Spotify picking it up for editorial playlists. A year later Strally is ready to turn his hand to the labels UKG output once again alongside Kobe.

Kobe JT:
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Lyrical Strally:
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