DEDICATED ARTIST PROFILE PAGE FOR WILEY AKA WILEY KAT AKA ESKIBOY AKA RICHARD KYLEA COWIE. DOWNLOADS, VIDEOS AND RELEASES.
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WILEY - ON A LEVEL (OUT NOW) |
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NOV 2014 | ||
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01 - Snakes & Ladders (Part One) 02 - On A Level 03 - From The Outside 04 - No Skylarking 05 - Busy 06 - Drive By 07 - Badman 08 - Step 21 09 - Grew Up In 10 - Lonely 11 - BMO Field 12 - Reel Off 13 - Bloodytype 14 - FLying (ZDot Remix) 15 - What's On Ya Mind 16 - Hollda Da Don - Bars 17 - Snakes & Ladders (Part Two) |
The philosophers have been asking themselves the wrong question. It isn’t Does God play dice? we should be worrying about, but Does Wiley play snakes and ladders? The answer is, of course, yes. But like everything Wiley does, he doesn’t just play a bit of snakes and ladders, any more than he just raps a bit, or just has the odd minor disagreement, or posts the occasional amusing Tweet. When Wiley plays snakes and ladders he plays it on the cosmic scale, he plays it with his whole career, his whole life. On Snakes & Ladders, Wiley’s fourth album with Big Dada, Wiley reminds us exactly what the Bow-born Godfather of Grime is all about. Innovative, banging beats and fast, scattershot, brilliant rhyming, all held together by a personality that is as compelling, contradictory and charismatic... <continue reading> |
SEP 2014 | ||||
ON A LEVEL |
JUN 2014 | ||||
YOU KNOW THE WORDS |
MAR 2014 | ||
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01 - 1 Step Further ft. Ghetts, Ice Kid, Devlin 02 - And Again ft. Gods Gift 03 - Bud Light ft. Tre Mission, Manga, Tommy Spitz & Saskilla 04 - Eskimo Dance 8 Bar (Freeza Chin Edit) 05 - Flying (Remix) ft. J2K, Double S, Maxsta & Chip 06 - 1 Double 9 4 07 - Back Home Freestyle (Main Mix) 08 - BMO Freestyle 09 - CN Tower Freestyle 10 - I Was Born In The Cold ft. Andreena Mill 11 - Ice Rink 12 - SMH 13 - This Place ft. Vicky 14 - Shotta Freestyle ft. Tre Mission, Tommy Spitz & Saskilla 15 - CN Tower Freestyle Pt. 2 (Freeza Chin Mix) 16 - Fuck It 17 - Terrible 15 Years Later 18 - Fresh Flowers 19 - I Wish |
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OCT 2013 | ||||
AND AGAIN FT. GODS GIFT |
AUG 2013 | ||||
FLYING |
JUN 2013 | ||||
SOUND DUN (DAY DUN REMIX) |
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WILEY & FREEZA CHIN - THE ASCENT TORONTO MIXTAPE |
MAY 2013 | ||||
ITS ALL FUN AND GAMES TIL... VOL. 3 INTRO |
COMMON GROUND W/ BRAZEN FT. RYAN KEEN |
APR 2013 | ||||
LIGHTS ON |
GIRLS LOVE BEYONCE REMIX |
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Life is rarely dull with one-man drama magnet/record factory Richard 'Wiley' Cowie. The Ascent is complete confirmation of that: the idiosyncratic east London rapper leaked this album before its release after a dispute with iTunes, simultaneously labelling it his penultimate full-length missive before hanging up his mic. Despite a somewhat scattergun approach to quality control characterising a sprawling discography, among numerous nuanced pop crossovers Wiley has always maintained the gritty edge that made him a grime godfather. That contrast is referenced in equal measure early on here, with a big and bashy twosome giving way to a brace of wider appeal... <continue reading> |
MAR 2013 | ||||
STEP 20 FREESTYLE |
FEB 2013 | ||||
SPRAY THE RIDDEM W/ BRAZEN & SCRATCHY |
LICENCE |
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01 - Step 11 Freestyle (Filthy Beatz Production) 02 - Step 12 Freestyle (Infamous Production) 03 - Step 13 Freestyle (Danny Yen Production) 04 - Step 14 Freestyle (Nu Klear Production) 05 - Step 15 Freestyle (ZDot Production) 06 - Step 16 Freestyle (Spooky Production) 07 - Step 17 Freestyle (Preditah Production) 08 - Step 18 Freestyle (Flava D Production) 09 - Step 19 Freestyle (Jo Production) 10 - Brandon Lee Freestyle (Maniac Production) 11 - Glam Nightclub Freestyle (Julio Bashmore Production) 12 - Swaying with Manga (Wiley Production) 13 - Manga - Motherboard Freestyle 14 - Now Her Light Is On (She Ain't Stupid) 15 - Drink My Pain Away Remix ft. Stacey Barthe 16 - Pressure Remix ft. Rochelle Jordan 17 - Weekend Gyal (Wiley Production) 18 - Still Waters with Manga (The Bridge Production) |
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JAN 2013 | ||||
RELOAD |
BRANDON LEE FREESTYLE |
STEP 19 FREESTYLE |
STEP 18 FREESTYLE |
DEC 2012 | ||||
STEP 17 FREESTYLE |
OCT 2012 | ||||
STEP 16 FREESTYLE |
PINK LADY (INSTRUMENTAL) |
MAGIC THAT YOU CAN'T DO (INSTRUMENTAL) |
NOW HER LIGHT IS ON (INSTRUMENTAL) |
CAN YOU HEAR ME? (AYAYAYA) |
SEP 2012 | ||||
NOW HER LIGHT IS ON |
TENDERLY W/ J2K |
AUG 2012 | ||||
STILL WATERS W/ MANGA |
WEEKEND GYAL |
PRESSURE REMIX |
JUL 2012 | ||||
DRINK MY PAIN AWAY REMIX |
SWAYING W/ MANGA |
JUL 2012 | ||||
STEP 15 FREESTYLE |
GLAM NIGHTCLUB FREESTYLE |
CABLE CARS (INSTRUMENTAL) |
JUN 2012 | ||||
HEATWAVE |
STEP 14 FREESTYLE |
STEP 13 FREESTYLE |
STEP 12 FREESTYLE |
STEP 11 FREESTYLE |
DROP IT AGAIN |
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01 - Step 1 Freestyle (Preditah Production) 02 - Step 2 Freestyle (Splurt Production) 03 - Step 3 Freestyle (Flava D Production) 04 - Step 4 Freestyle (SNY Production) 05 - Step 5 Freestyle (Kid-D Production) 06 - Step 6 Freestyle (Thomas Mellor Production) 07 - Step 7 Freestyle (Darq E Freaker Production) 08 - Step 8 Freestyle (Danny Yen Production) 09 - Step 9 Freestyle (ZDot Production) 10 - Step 10 Freestyle (Dullah Beatz Production) 11 - Jagermeister 35% Vol (Darq E Freaker Production) 12 - Humble Pie (Kid D Production) 13 - Crystal Clear (Priceless Production) 14 - How's Life Going (Wiley Production) 15 - Broken Thoughts (Kid D Production) 16 - Go Nowhere (Kid D Production) 17 - Situations with Manga (Kid D Production) 18 - Skillzone with Manga (Preditah Production) |
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MAY 2012 | ||||
SKILLZONE w/ MANGA |
SITUATIONS w/ MANGA |
GO NOWHERE |
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BROKEN THOUGHTS |
HOW'S LIFE GOING |
CRYSTAL CLEAR |
HUMBLE PIE |
JAGERMEISTER 35% |
STEP 10 FREESTYLE |
STEP 9 FREESTYLE |
STEP 8 FREESTYLE |
STEP 7 FREESTYLE |
STEP 6 FREESTYLE |
STEP 5 FREESTYLE |
STEP 4 FREESTYLE |
STEP 3 FREESTYLE |
STEP 2 FREESTYLE |
STEP 1 FREESTYLE |
APR 2012 | ||||
ONLY HUMAN |
MAR 2012 | ||||
HOVERBOARD |
FEB 2012 | ||||
HOVERBOARD |
DAIQUIRIS |
EVOLVE OR BE EXTINCT |
HOTTIE w/ MANGA |
JAN 2012 | ||
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What is the true mark of the wayward genius of Wiley? Is it that, less than six months after the release of his last full album, 100% Publishing, he has another record all set for release? Is it that he has insisted that it is released on his birthday, Thursday January 19th 2012? Or that he initially refused to release a single from it? That he has made so much music that his fans will receive two CDs, the second with at least eight further tracks on it? Or even that one track on the album has no music (“Customs”)? No, it’s not any of these. It’s that we can say, without fear of contradiction (or without much fear), that Evolve Or Be Extinct is the best album (so far!) of this unique artist’s career. Dark, funny, wild and exhilarating, this is a record which shows just what Wiley is capable of when he forgets the minutiae of recording contracts and concentrates on the many weird and wonderful facets of his life… <continue reading>
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BOOM BLAST |
DEC 2011 | ||||
DEM NA KILL PON SUNDAY |
NINJA |
CHEER UP IT'S CHRISTMAS |
NOV 2011 | ||||
UNCLASSIFIED w/ MANGA |
WE FOUND LOVE REMIX |
FORWARD MOTION w/ MANGA |
ONLY YOU |
MORE DOWNLOADS COMING SOON...
JUL 2011 | ||
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01 - Music Is Calling Me ft. Meleka 02 - If I Could ft. Ed Sheeran 03 - Seduction ft. Alexa Goddard 04 - Walk Away ft. Sinead Harnett 05 - But I Did.. 06 - Don’t Throw It Away 07 - Romeo ft. Cherri V 08 - She Might Holla 09 - Out The Box 10 - Get Up 11 - Pengting ft. Opium |
For the past few years, Wiley's seemed pretty torn over the direction his career should take. He can't seem to decide whether he wants to be a boisterous patriot for underground UK urban music or a showbiz cat unafraid of his crossover ambitions. On Chill Out Zone's "If I Could", he raps about keeping his music raw and personal while still being able to get it into the charts. It's the kind of sentiment you'd expect from a guy who abandoned his major label for a second chance at the indie life, right after his biggest success with "Wearing My Rolex", which fell just shy of topping the UK charts in 2008. But it's also kind of hard to square this "might blow up but won't go pop" attitude with R&B cat Ed Sheeran mewling pleasantly on the song's chorus, especially when you consider the stark beats and alien basslines that first brought Wiley to fame... <continue reading>
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GROVE STREET FREESTYLE |
JUN 2011 | ||
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Wiley is the Lord Byron of rap. It’s so obvious I’m not even going to explain it. Arguably one of the most important British musicians of the last ten years or more, this mass of every contradiction the human race can muster is also a stone-cold genius, albeit one who occasionally seems a trifle unhinged (don’t they all? Ask Byron…) Now the latest switchback move in a career defined by switchback moves is his return to Big Dada with his latest and arguably finest album. 100% Publishing is one hundred per cent written, produced, vocalled and recorded by Richard Cowie, the shadowy figure behind the Wiley persona. Well, 99.99% written, produced, vocalled and recorded by him. This being Wiley, having decided on the concept, he did sneak one guest vocalist onto the record (on the chorus to “Talk About Life”)... <continue reading> |
MAY 2011 | ||||
SEDUCTION |
IF I COULD |
BACK CATALOGUE COMING SOON...