Stormzy, the U.K. rapper who began in the grime underground and became a global hip-hop star, has announced his third studio album, This Is What I Mean.
The project is due out November 25 via 0207 Def Jam/Interscope Records. This Is What I Mean was written and recorded during the pandemic on Osea Island, off the coast of Essex.
Stormzy invited a to-be-revealed roster of producers, musicians, and other collaborators for what turned out to be a fruitful and edifying series of music camps.
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