
This combines to “Psychodrama”, the name of the album. The first (start of the session) song is called “Psycho” and the last (end of the session) is called “Drama”. for Album of the Year for his full-length dbut, Psychodrama, from 2019. But on Psychodrama, his team doesn’t let that stop them. Dave’s riveting and poetic at all times, documenting his experience as a young British black man and pulling back the curtain on the realities of fame. The London rapper and pianist Dave spent the last few years establishing. Dave’s incredible flow and compelling vocal make it such that he doesn’t have to rely on game-changing production to blow us away.

Confession and self-reflection may be nothing new in rap, but they’ve rarely been done with such skill and imagination. The richness and daring of his songwriting has already been granted an Ivor Novello Awardfor Question Time, 2017’s searing address to British politiciansand on his debut album he gets deeper, bolder, and more ambitious. Psychic Phenomena, Psycho, Psycho Drama, Psycho Les, Psychopathic Rydas. This last song is a message to his older brother, Christopher Omoregie, who is Read More.

Pitched as excerpts from a year-long course of therapy, these 11 songs show the South Londoner examining the human condition and his own complex wiring. 2019 The more music Dave makes, the more out of step his prosaic stage name seems. Black C, Black Caesar, Black Dave, Black Dynasty, Black Eye, Black Eyed Peas. PSYCHODRAMA The emotional track Drama is the 11th and last song off of Dave’s debut album PSYCHODRAMA.Under the EDITORS' NOTES section on Apple Music, the album is described as a year-long therapy session revolving around Dave’s life: The second single to the album, “Streatham,” was released March 8th, 2019, and the third single “Location” was released June 15th, 2019, with all three songs releasing accompanying music videos as well.ĭave revealed the tracklist to the album on March 3rd, 2019-the project houses features from Burna Boy, J Hus, and Ruelle.

Even the most pop-facing track, the ostensibly romantic Voices, comes replete with intimations of paranoia and mental illness. On the same day, Dave officially announced the album through social media. Psychodrama is an album that seems intent on setting a degree of distance between Dave and his peers. The album’s lead single, “Black,” was released February 21st, 2019. PSYCHODRAMA is the highly anticipated debut studio album from Streatham, South London MC, Dave, and follows the rapper’s 2017 Game Over EP.
