Chip has just released his new album, ‘Grime Scene Saviour’. On Friday 18 April the Tottenham titan dropped the highly anticipated project, with a 12-song tracklist that plays host to a number of exciting guests.
The album features the previously released single ‘Grime Scene Saviours’, a high-powered posse cut that harkens back to the days of Lethal Bizzle’s ‘Pow! (Forward Riddim)’. The song holds a lineup that’ll hit big with grime fans, including D Double E, Frisco, Flirta D, Skepta, Bruza, JME, Jendor, Novelist, Jamakabi & Flowdan.
Also on the record are second single ‘Davinche Code’, an old-school, glitchy track with classic grime-riddim synth sounds, and third single, ‘Function Riddim’, a smooth, floaty song where Chip delivers a long verse reflecting on his status and career, with lyrics like “I’m from London, I moved to London at 21, got me feeling like 21”.
In the run-up to the album, Chip staged a sold-out show at Outernet London in February. The show saw countless classic grime heads and new-school names locked into a cypher, including Jme, Skepta, Frisco, D Double E, Jendor, Flirta D, Novelist, Jamakabi, Bruza, P Money, Riko Dan, Kruz Leone, Desperado, Jammer, SoLarge, RB, More Fire Crew, Duppy, Logan, Double S, Big Narstie, Ruff Squad, and DJs Mak 10, Maximum and Sir Spyro.
London-based music publication Trench had high praise for the show: “One after the other, a plethora of MCs enter the stage and at this point, it’s largely a who’s who of grime. The energy in the room is electric as Chip passed the mic to Jme, who passed it to P Money, who then passed it to ad-lib king D Double E. As you can imagine: it’s straight-up reload central, with every MC spitting their iconic one-liners and whipping the crowd into a frenzy.”
Chip has certainly carried this energy onto his new album, with a full tracklist of 130-140bpm bangers and long-form verses. While earlier releases in his career catered to more poppy, radio-friendly audiences, in recent years he’s pivoted to pure grime, with albums like ‘Snakes & Ladders’ and freestyles for Link Up TV and GRM Daily putting his high-tempo, punchline-heavy style on full display.
Other tunes on the album feature Scorcher and Jastin Martin, and a roster of renowned beatmakers including Teddy Music, Dexplicit, Ace Beats, Sir Spyro and Jammer handled production for the record.
Chip is set to appear at Skepta’s Big Smoke Festival 2025, alongside JME, Frisco, Chy Cartier, Jordss and others at Crystal Palace Park later this year. You can read our writeup on that here.
