"Wiley Flow" is a song by English rapper
Stormzy, released on 15 September 2019 through #Merky and
Atlantic Records as the third single from his second studio album, ''
Heavy Is the Head''. The song is a homage to British
grime
Grime may refer to:
* Dirt, in the form of black, ingrained dust
* Grime (music genre), a genre of music
* ''Grime'' (album), a 2001 album by Iniquity
* ''Grime'' (video game), a 2021 Metroidvania video game
* "Grime", a 2022 song by Dallas Woo ...
MC
Wiley
Wiley may refer to:
Locations
* Wiley, Colorado, a U.S. town
* Wiley, Pleasants County, West Virginia, U.S.
* Wiley-Kaserne, a district of the city of Neu-Ulm, Germany
People
* Wiley (musician), British grime MC, rapper, and producer
* Wiley Mil ...
that interpolates
flows from his tracks "Bad 'Em Up" and "Nightbus Dubplate".
The cover art also mirrors his mixtape, ''Tunnel Vision Vol 1'' (2007).
Critical reception
Writing for ''
Fact'', Henry Bruce-Jones called it a salute to the "godfather of grime" on which Stormzy "cribs flows" from Wiley and "go
sin on" over a "murky instrumental".
Karen Gwee of ''
NME
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'' labelled it "hard-hitting",
while Sajae Elder of ''
The Fader
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It is o ...
'' described it as Stormzy "racing through a series of number and OG checks ("If you can't do 10K first week then I don't wanna hear no chat about numbers')".
Music video
The music video features Stormzy rapping the song while "surrounded by his friends in a gloomy basement".
Charts
Certifications
References
2019 singles
2019 songs
Stormzy songs
Songs written by Stormzy
Songs written by Wiley (musician)
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