Sway is the stagename for Derek Safo who is a rapper from London. He started off making backbeat mixes for rappers before trying rhyming himself. And obviously London offered an 8-mile style rap battle, which he was also a part of.
The most important break came when he was asked to be the main support for The Streets last year.
I came across Sway because I was specifically looking for bicycle songs for my bike ride. It's not a cover and it's not a mashup, it's an original rap over samples of Lily Allen's "LDN".
The song here seems to trying to add commentary to Lily Allen's song, such as how he relate to the song because he's from London. He wasn't sure how he felt about Lily at first, but ended up buying her album. He loved the album so much that he even wrote a message to Lily on her myspace (but she never wrote back).
In order to get her to notice him, he decided to write this song for her, with this message in the song:
I don't have a one-track mind
But I've got this track in mind
That could be my single
Are you single?
If you're listening, you could come help me on my LP
I'll do a track for yours if you do a track for mine
Related Entry: Lily Allen - Littlest Things
July 12, 2007 5:43 PM vu [email protected] www.swaydasafo.com
