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Godfather of Grime Wiley has revealed that he's scrapping work on his new album, after spending $42,000 (around £25,000) recording it.
The rapper said he would starting over on new LP Snakes And Ladders because it 'needs to be epic', taking to Twitter to vent his frustration.
"I am gonna scrap snakes and ladders and start again cos I ain't happy with it," he wrote. "Needs to be epic or else there is no point. "
He continued: "Start from scratch ……i very rarely do this that's why i am gonna try it..."
Quashing any hopes of fans hearing what he's recording so far, Wiley then added:
I ain't leaking shit either .......not this time im 42 thousand dollars in ....NOLEAKS LOL
— Wiley (@WileyUpdates) February 3, 2014
The album was reported to feature collaboratios with Cam'ron, Lethal Bizzle and Devlin. Discussing the album's potential title, Wiley later added:
NEWSFLASH...My album is not called snakes and ladders anymore it is called...."3 Singles Then Album" switch up ....dun kno .......
— Wiley (@WileyUpdates) February 4, 2014
Wiley-3 Singles Then Album.
— Wiley (@WileyUpdates) February 4, 2014
Wiley hit headlines last summer after he was faced with a chorus of boos from the CockRock Festival crowd as word had spread that he'd tweeted about his desire not to play at the festival.
After 15 minutes and just three songs, Wiley decided he'd had enough and left the stage before taking to Twitter to taunt his critics.
He wrote: "I just earnt £1000 a min. I don’t care about money and I am not fooled by charities either but I’m gonna p**s this 15 k up the wall. Faced up to a few Pagans and got paid.... #LightWork haters suck ur mum wtf.” (sic)
The 34-year-old hit the headlines earlier this summer when he refused to turn up for his Glastonbury slot and once again used Twitter to explain his reasons.
Angry festival-goer, Freddy Quinne hit back: “If you had any decency you’d give your 15 grand to a local charity. You didn’t earn it.”
But the godfather of grime replied: “I would rather burn it.”
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