Is Central Cee the Future of Rap?
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Published 2023-06-17
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Oakley Neil H. T. Caesar-Su (born 4 June 1998), known professionally as Central Cee, is a British rapper and songwriter from Shepherd's Bush, London. He rose to prominence in 2020 with the release of the singles "Day in the Life" and "Loading". His first mixtape Wild West was released on 12 March 2021, which debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart. His second mixtape 23 was released on 25 February 2022 and debuted atop the UK Albums Chart.
Central Cee achieved further success with the single "Doja" in July 2022, which peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. He released his first major-label EP No More Leaks in October 2022. In June 2023, he released the single "Sprinter" with Dave, which became his first UK number-one single and preceded their collaborative EP Split Decision.
00:00 Intro
01:40 Early Life
05:49 Central Cee's Rise to Fame/Early Music
08:30 Central Cee's Big Break
10:54 Wild West
13:55 23
18:58 Conclusion/UK Rappers Discussion
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All Comments (21)
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I'm proud to see how far the UK has come I remember when 6 years ago UK rap was taking as a joke now it is finally being recognized.
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When you were talking about 23 you forgot to mention "Eurovision" a track where cench featured italian, french and spanish artists rapping in theyre languages. He also has tracks with other european artists from different countries which makes him even more popular in europe outside of the Uk.
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This was a very respectful and articulate take on Cench's rise and the broader UK hip hop scene. It is truly good to see an American with a deep understanding of the UK music landscape showing appreciation. I believe Central Cee will cross and become a household name in the US as well, due to the fact that his marketing strategy is geared towards global reach.
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I've been following Cench since early 2020. It's actually mad how big he is now. I can't lie though, despite liking his music, I do believe his social media presence is what made me become a fan in the first place. In terms of his fashion sense, ig posts, aura, etc. I just remember first encountering his content & thinking this guys aesthetic is so fucking dope. I love his photoshoot campaigns also, he makes such a good model. Us, girlies just love Cench haha.. He's just that guy
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No matter if you love him or hate him, heās a smart and real rapper with a beautiful way of storytelling and bringing variety of music together. ā¤
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Cench also collaborated with Italian and French rappers during the Wild West run which also increased his popularity in Europe and sold out a 7k venue in Milan on his last tour
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People forget how Central Cee is also getting mainstream in a lot of Europe. I'm in the Netherlands and can confidently say more people here listen to Central Cee than a lot of American rappers
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Iām a 29 year old from Bronx NYC, we LOVE central Cee !
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he's half guyaneseĀ grew up influenced by a lot of guyanese culture his dad is half chinese-guyanese and half arawak-guyanese
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Cench is commercial. He has a commercial appeal most U.K. rappers canāt come close to touching. A lot of people still find drill records aggressive and intimidating but he found a commercial formula that breeds marketable radio hits that travel further than his peers. Heās also handsome, which gives him a heartthrob appeal to many female listeners who otherwise wouldnāt be listening to drill music at all. I know many girls who couldnāt name me 3 drill rappers but they all follow Central Cee and listen to his music šµ
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Phillip thank you for putting on uk rap to the US. We appreciate you!
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Santan Dave is one of the most important and influential artists of our time
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Please do skepta next his rise with jme is insane and the way he broke into the American scene was amazing from London in the uk centreal cee is quite mid to me but sprinter with Dave is insane
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his old music is definitely reflective of what was popular at the time in the uk. it is very reminiscent of geko and ndubz
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Great to see you giving love to Knucks. Alpha Place is such an astoundingly great album.
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Amazing video. I loved the edit and the storytelling. Keep it up š
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Bro my mum listens to Central Cee now and I never even put her on, the reach he has is crazy and the fact that he made drill mainstream is astonishing.
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Day in the life was literally the tune where he made his statement about his music, he of course knew all that old stuff was out there and knew what people was saying about it, he had to switch it up to get to the top
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BAAABE WAKE UP VOLKSGEIST CENTRAL CEE VIDEO DROPPED!!! fr tho ive been listening to cench since wild west here in the states and UK rap for about as long as i started getting interested in music around 2016 or so seeing the shoutouts to all these guys like dave, knucks, etc along with cench is super cool, ive been trying to do my part in bridging that gap in showing these guys to my friends and such. you really put everything i love about cench and UK rap as a whole into words so thanks for that, keep up the good work king
