Single review: Silver Spoon - 'Through the Storm'

Hip hop’s favourite fairy tale – the rise from violence and poverty to superstardom – is looking decidedly more worn now than in the day of Biggie and Tupac. And here, with a man recently graduated from Newcastle Uni and nicknamed ‘Silver Spoon’ due to his affluent background, we’re treading on very thin ice. As in, Ice, Ice, Baby.

Luckily for him though, ‘Through the Storm’ bears a muscular and dramatic beat courtesy of producer Sermstyle, falling somewhere between Timbaland and William Walton. With the addition of Silver’s own dexterous delivery and ability to hold a tune, the track slips under the bullshit radar.

But only just: 3/5


Jeremy Peel