Jelani Blackman - Gone (SBTV Freestyle)

Jelani Blackman kickstarts his 2021 today with the incendiary new freestyle ‘Gone’ for SBTV’s Warm Up Sessions. The new offering comes in the wake of a breakthrough year that saw the West London rapper and singer tipped from all corners. Inclusions in Radio 1’s Next Wave, DIY’s Class of 2021 and Notion’s Ones To Watch followed a collab with Ghetts and Fraser T Smith, a 1Xtra TOTW, as well as what was widely recognised as one of COLORS Studios’ best sessions of 2020.

‘Gone (SBTV Freestyle)’ sees Jelani vent his frustrations at lockdown and the government’s handling of the pandemic, his unparalleled flow effortlessly switching tempo over a cold, panpipe-sampling beat that harks back to 2020 fan favourite ‘Hello’. “I wanna be gone, away from feeling trapped, and felt like getting some stuff off my chest. People are angry and sick of the situation and being lied to,” he explains.