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Wiley's diverse third album shows there is life after grime.
HOT CHIP, MARK RONSON AND ARTHUR BAKER are among the names making a contribution to the diverse cast list on Wiley's new studio album, See Clear Now, which is released by Asylum via Atlantic today (Monday).
See Clear Now marks Wiley's third album in as many labels and his first release on a major, having previously enjoyed niche success with independent labels; first with XL and then Big Dada via his 2007 release Playtime Is Over.
Asylum managing director Ben Cook says much of the album was complete at the time of signing, although there were a number of key tracks that came after the deal, notably current single Cash In My Pocket.
"We'd been trying to find the right singer for the chorus on that track and nothing was working," he says. "Then at the 11th hour, Daniel Merriweather cut his vocal and it just clicked. It was literally at the point that we were going to master the album."
Cook says the benchmark for the record was lead single Wearing My Rolex, with most of the album recorded as the track was gaining ...
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