Killa Kela – Secrets (Spit kingdom)
April 23rd, 2006
The UK’s number one human beatbox has been a cult figure bubbling under for way too long, that’s finally about to change with this slinky little thing which also shows off his equally as good singing skills.
With hip-hop in a terminal decline it’s a delight to hear artists who don’t want to settle for producing the norm, like Pharrell, like Kanye, like The Roots, like Missy, add Killa (to his mates) to that elite mob as ‘Secrets’ is a hugely inventive track unlike a lot of the music in that genre which is currently being made and with the majority of the sounds on the track being made with his mouth it makes the track even more outstanding.
Backed by sweeping strings giving a sense of paranoia which back up Killa’s lyrics perfectly, he could have accidentally made a classic, can you do that ’50’? 8/10
Chris Todd



