Chipmunk: Transition – review

It's hard to think of a more self-referential genre than hip-hop – all that sanctimonious opining about fame, "the game" and the rapper's flow. Now that the most recent crop of UK rappers – Chipmunk, Tinie Tempah – are following up hit albums, the navel-gazing can only get worse. Chipmunk (aka Jahmaal Fyffe) has turned 20 and now has international stars such as Chris Brown cropping up on his songs ("Champion", a No 2 hit). Fyffe can ride a beat and spits with panache on "Foul" and "Pray for Me", easily the best things on here. But elsewhere, there are precious few real insights, which is surprising, given Fyffe was pulled off promo duties a couple of years back for posting suicidal tweets.