Niko B is a 23 year old recording artist from Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom emerging at the very beginning of this current decade off the strength of his debut single “Marry Berry”. His popularity began to grow exponentially a few months later after putting out his next track “Who’s That What’s That”, now finally ready to unveil his full-length debut album only 3 years & 7 more loosely released songs later building up anticipation for this very moment to come.
“Trespass Coat” is this EDM-driven opener talking about learning a couple steps despite not really liking to dance that much whereas “I’ve Smoked Weed 9 Times & Have Had 1 Good Experience” playfully breaks down why weed simply isn’t for him. “ur a bundle of joy!” takes the groovier route instrumentally calling Milton Keynes the city of roundabouts, but then “boarded the plane” bringing a quirkier vibe talking about sitting in row 9 of a flight.
Moving on from there, “tom did” mellowly asks if anyone wants it prior to “miniclip” featuring KIRBS mixing cloud rap & UK drill so both of them can talk about winning any game they play. “it’s not litter if you bin it” delves further into smoother sounds saying that he’s fighting too many fights pondering if they would make him lose by filming him fighting while the pillowy “i’m just a pretty face” talks about being too hardcore.
“dagenham to barking” kinda has this deconstructed club quality to the beat referencing former 3-time WWE world champion, 5-time WWE Intercontinental Champion, WWE United States Champion, 3-time TNA World Champion, ΩCW Heavyweight Champion, 9-time WWE Tag Team Champion, 3-time WWE Hardcore Champion, ROH World Tag Team Champion, HoG Tag Team Champion, 2-time ΩCW Tag Team Champion & 2-time TNA World Tag Team Champion Jeff Hardy while the rythmic “what counts as fine?” talks about not doing things because he dislikes it. The delicately produced “14 days” nears the conclusion of Niko’s debut explaining how hard these past couple weeks have been without seeing an unnamed person in his life & the melodic “who’s in designer” closes the LP addressing someone he doesn’t recognize anymore.
Stemming from being in awe of everyone around him, the UK hip hop scene’s newest face makes his introduction to a wider audience enjoying his dog food because he likes it as opposed to everyone else around arguing & in competition. The versatility ranges from UK drill to indie pop & his storytelling is reminiscent to The Streets’ first couple albums, yet he very much meshes it all into his own approach & style.
Score: 3.5/5
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