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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Michael Cragg

New music: Diddy's Hello Good Morning (Skepta remix)

Earlier this year, Sean Combs – aka Puff P Daddy Diddy – released Hello Good Morning with TI under the moniker Diddy-Dirty Money to a chorus of "meh". Thankfully, "UK grime king" Skepta has rescued the song by pushing Diddy to the periphery – his flow consists of going "uh", "Skepta" and spelling out "D.I.D.D.Y." – setting off a smorgasbord of sonic explosions, tightening the whole thing up and making it sound a lot darker and more thrilling than a host of US producers could manage. Skepta also drops the following immortal line in the first verse: "I like tea, but I don't like crumpets." A man after my own heart.

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