🎧 Approved: Curtisy

Irish rapper Curtisy specialises in that diaristic, half-muttered hip-hop that feels like someone narrating their walk home. 

There’s Tallaght grit in the mix, but he rounds it off with a loose, conversational delivery - the kind of melodic drift Dubliners are able to slip into when they’re not trying to impress. It’s loose, unfussy and generally just very good.

His new single ‘Talk Of The Town’ throws him up against Lil Skag, a pairing that works because they occupy opposite ends of the same moodboard: Curtisy bright and brash, Skag deadpan and precise.

Stretched-out piano, stubby drums and a bassline that sulks, it’s all built for the kind of tossed-off one-liners the track keeps slipping in, from Tracy Beaker on crack to half-fried pop culture crumbs that still land.

The video drops Curtisy in Brighton, wandering around with the exact energy of someone who accidentally booked the wrong Airbnb but is determined to have a good time anyway.

🎧 Watch the video for ‘Talk Of The Town’ below