Elro - Scrabble (Feat. JME & Manga) (Prod. Preditah) x Pointless (Prod. Toddla T)

Following on from his well received debut single 'Bad News', which features The D.O.T. (Mike Skinner & Rob Harvery) on the newly resurrected Beats label, Welsh rapper Elro drops off a sick 7-track mixtape called 'Porcelain Corse'. Most of the production is handled by Markus Jakes, but it's the Preditah & Toddla T tracks that stand out for me - 'Scrabble' is the type of witty Grime track you would expect with the Brummy beat-maker behind the boards and JME & Manga providing verses. 'Pointless' is a refreshing sound though, with Toddla providing a Gorillaz-type beat to allow Elro to showcase his lyrical prowess on the mic and his incredibly unique flow. Check them both out after the jump, along with some words from the man himself - download HERE. Love this guy, can't wait for an album.

"There's a real mixture of stuff on here - jokey wordplay stuff but then some more serious stuff too. Whenever I make a serious track I make sure it’s not just for the sake of it. For example 'Fearing Myself' is about something I developed called personalisation disorder, which was the darkest times of my life. I tried to explain it as best I could in a track, and I mean every word in it.

There's another serious track on there too called 'Mani', that's about a kid who's dad was a suicide bomber. I wrote that thinking that behind every horrible, tragic story, there lies a family, and no one ever thinks about the family of the person, so I tried to explore that too.

But there's also the funny wordplay style stuff on there with my track with Toddla T, and also with JME and Manga too. It's a show case of the sort of music I like and the sort of writing I enjoy doing."