Shystie featuring Jalissa - "Stop"

Shystie has a new track that will be released on 14th September. It is called "Stop", is produced by Deanyboy and also features the vocals of Jalissa. If you are not aware of who Shystie is, and if you are outside the UK that may well be the case, she is an amazingly talented and beautiful female rapper, from Hackney, London, who in the past few years has branched out into modelling and acting. There was a point in the mid 2000's where after the success of Ms Dynamite it felt as if Shystie was going to be the next British female rapper to become a commercially successful artist. She was on the major label Polydor and released "Diamond in the Dirt" in 2004. The album was certified as silver (60,000+ sales in the UK) and produced one top 40 single, "One Wish", but that isn't really what Polydor searches for. She has popped on mixtapes, had a fight with Azealia Banks (shocker!), but "Stop" feels like a proper return. The tune has a 90's rave vibe to it. That is provided by utilisation of a sped-up drum sample of James Brown's "Funky Drummer", sampling the bit that begins at 5:35 of the tune. It has been used countless times, with my favourite being in LL Cool J's "Mama Said Knock You Out". The best thing about this particular bit of the sample is that it provides a driving backbeat, which can be manipulated by the instrumentation to sound hard or soft. In "Stop" the sound is 90's rave as it features a prominent piano chord rhythm, with a great sounding bass. Then there are Jalissa's vocals, which are also 90's sounding, particularly the repeated refrain "Wait a minute", which is repeated in a way that you often hear in those rave tracks. Shystie rhymes with a determined flow, as she always does. It seems as if she is giving words of words of wisdom to a friend in a difficult situation in a take no prisoners fashion. The track is on Radio 1Xtra's C-List at the moment. But there is a vibe to it that makes you think it will be a commercial success the more people become aware of it. As I said before it's great that Shystie has returned in full and shows she is great!