Setting the tone with a cerebral and enigmatic synthscape, and released on a new moon, Prime Sinister opens Barium with intrigue and dimensionality. We are immersed with a boundless, minor key Boombap meets Hip-Hop experience, as Prime Sinister delivers the conceptual opening hook, “Barium, I’m elementary in the air, and I’m aware that I’m the scariest career in the aquarium I’m delirious from fearing my delirium…”
The rising artist from London has an epic and intelligent flow, laced with exceptional metaphoric constructs. His flow switches up for a fierce and self realized rap verse, where Prime Sinister delivers the confident lyrics, “I will keep burning these nerds on the beat with this verse that I’m spitting as subversive critique“, as he acknowledges his energy and the mastery of his craft.
The second verse takes on a darker edge lyrically, and we love the line, As “I spit, the orchestra performs while flitting awkwardly, the audience that yawns like it’s the morning dawn, tt’s getting gory like a Tory in a boring dorm…”
We hear a lot of music at KIMU, and there is no doubt that Prime Sinister is creating a space for himself in UK Hip-Hop. His word play is out of this world, simply unparalleled, and the intricacy of his mind is displayed brilliantly, with his well constructed bars and high end, self-produced compositions.
Prime Sinister has amassed over 1.5 million streams on Spotify alone, demonstrating that people are connecting deeply with his unique flow, high octane lyricism and progressive sound.
We learn that Barium is the first single from Prime Sinister‘s second album aptly named, Long Live Syllablism. The song was mixed and mastered by Thomas Cullison, of Kayne West and Pharrell fame, and the video will be directed by renowned director Kaylum Dennis. It is written in Prime Sinister’s acclaimed, unique lyrical style, “Syllablism“, which is the use of syllables to rhyme.
We have added Barium to our New Music Spotlight playlist, whilst we continue to stream Prime Sinister‘s wider discography including Prime Time and Metaphor.