Is Central Cee the Future?

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Oakley Neil H. T. Caesar-Su (born 4 June 1998), known professionally as Central Cee, is a British rapper and songwriter from Shepherd's Bush, London. He rose to prominence in 2020 with the release of the singles "Day in the Life" and "Loading". His first mixtape Wild West was released on 12 March 2021, which debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart. His second mixtape 23 was released on 25 February 2022 and debuted atop the UK Albums Chart.

Central Cee achieved further success with the single "Doja" in July 2022, which peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. He released his first major-label EP No More Leaks in October 2022. In June 2023, he released the single "Sprinter" with Dave, which became his first UK number-one single and preceded their collaborative EP Split Decision.

00:00 Intro
01:40 Early Life
05:49 Central Cee's Rise to Fame/Early Music
08:30 Central Cee's Big Break
10:54 Wild West
13:55 23
18:58 Conclusion/UK Rappers Discussion

#volksgeist #centralcee #ukrap #drill

[tasshznoclue]

When you were talking about 23 you forgot to mention "Eurovision" a track where cench featured italian, french and spanish artists rapping in theyre languages. He also has tracks with other european artists from different countries which makes him even more popular in europe outside of the Uk.

[ayosilva]

I'm proud to see how far the UK has come I remember when 6 years ago UK rap was taking as a joke now it is finally being recognized.

[rapcap]

Cench also collaborated with Italian and French rappers during the Wild West run which also increased his popularity in Europe and sold out a 7k venue in Milan on his last tour

[RUMNEY]

I've been following Cench since early 2020. It's actually mad how big he is now. I can't lie though, despite liking his music, I do believe his social media presence is what made me become a fan in the first place. In terms of his fashion sense, ig posts, aura, etc. I just remember first encountering his content & thinking this guys aesthetic is so fucking dope. I love his photoshoot campaigns also, he makes such a good model. Us, girlies just love Cench haha.. He's just that guy

[ZachNasonCantSwim]

Santan Dave is one of the most important and influential artists of our time

[outhere]

This was a very respectful and articulate take on Cench's rise and the broader UK hip hop scene.

It is truly good to see an American with a deep understanding of the UK music landscape showing appreciation.

I believe Central Cee will cross and become a household name in the US as well, due to the fact that his marketing strategy is geared towards global reach.

[karichicken]

his old music is definitely reflective of what was popular at the time in the uk. it is very reminiscent of geko and ndubz

[amazanta]

Please do skepta next his rise with jme is insane and the way he broke into the American scene was amazing from London in the uk centreal cee is quite mid to me but sprinter with Dave is insane

[TaffySongs]

Great to see you giving love to Knucks. Alpha Place is such an astoundingly great album.

[samod]

Great vid, I’m not a massive Cench fan but I’ve been saying he'll be the first UK artist to go mainstream in the US, his marketing and artistry style is so versatile, there's enough for everybody in his music

[barry]

I think what it really comes down to is that Cench is absolutely determined to reach as many markets as possible with his music and used to collab with foreign language rappers from Spain and France to get big in mainland Europe and is now trying to make it in America but others like Dave could give less of a shit about that because they’re already made from what they sell in the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia etc (Dave isn’t the best example because he seems to have a lot of collabs with US rappers such as Jack Harlow, Tyler the Creator, Kendrick Lamar, JID etc all lined up)

[davidssshhhssshhh]

Day in the life was literally the tune where he made his statement about his music, he of course knew all that old stuff was out there and knew what people was saying about it, he had to switch it up to get to the top

[finleybr]

Phillip thank you for putting on uk rap to the US. We appreciate you!

[_stfubroskii]

Bro my mum listens to Central Cee now and I never even put her on, the reach he has is crazy and the fact that he made drill mainstream is astonishing.

[_createusernamelater_]

Whilst not a major point I think it’s one worth mentioning. Central Cee has done collabs with a lot of European rappers such as Rondasosa from Italy and frequent collaborator Ashe 22 from France, giving him a fanbase across Europe rather than just the uk

[schlopping]

People forget how Central Cee is also getting mainstream in a lot of Europe. I'm in the Netherlands and can confidently say more people here listen to Central Cee than a lot of American rappers

[kaycycle]

When I lived in the US, I had never even heard of Central Cee. Now, after living in Europe, not even the UK, but Europe, for 1 year, I can say I'm a mega fan of this man. It's astonishing how much of your music taste is influenced by your geographical location!

[bruhmoment-ytzp]

I do agree with all of these points. I really hope his album thats coming now has a lot more calm introspective bars because i can tell hes a very wise type of man like he could do it and every time hes touched on it so far its made it to my playlist. I really like his track ungreatful lyrically too i think its criminally slept on when talking about cench.

[nameisamine]

Cench is commercial. He has a commercial appeal most U.K. rappers can’t come close to touching. A lot of people still find drill records aggressive and intimidating but he found a commercial formula that breeds marketable radio hits that travel further than his peers. He’s also handsome, which gives him a heartthrob appeal to many female listeners who otherwise wouldn’t be listening to drill music at all. I know many girls who couldn’t name me 3 drill rappers but they all follow Central Cee and listen to his music 🎵

[dakotabeautyx]

Watching this a year later and it’s crazy he was so spot on with the lil baby collab prediction!!