- Wiley (rapper)( Richard Cowie Jnr )【 206 songs in total 】
- Richard Cowie Jnr (born 19 January 1979), better known by his stage name Wiley and in his early career Wiley Kat, is an English hip hop recording artist, record producer and DJ from Bow, East London. He first tasted success as a member of UK garage crew Pay As U Go, with whom he had a top 40 hit, 'Champagne Dance' in 2001. In the early 2000s, he independently released a series of highly influential eskibeat instrumentals on white label vinyl, most notably the first in the series 'Eskimo' and rose to fame as a grime MC both for his solo work and for material released with his crew Roll Deep.
Wiley has continued to make grime music while also releasing mainstream singles, such as the UK Singles Chart top 10 hits 'Wearing My Rolex', 'Never Be Your Woman' and his UK number-one 'Heatwave'. A key player in the creation of grime music and often called the Godfather of Grime, he is considered a pioneer in the British underground music scene with a prolific work rate and a versatile music artist with many crossover hits.
Early Life
Richard Cowie Jnr was born 19 January 1979 in Bow, East London to two Jamaican immigrants. Cowie's father, Richard Cowie Senior was a reggage artist during Cowie's youth in the 1980s and introduced Cowie to early hip-hop such as The Sugarhill Gang. Cowie moved around London a lot as a child with his father before moving to Chatham, Kent to live with his grandmother when he was ten. Cowie spent a year in Chatham and described it as a bad time, saying 'I just wanted to go and live with my dad. I felt abandoned.' Cowie eventually moved back to Bow to live with his father when he was eleven years old.
When Cowie was a teenager in the late 1980s-1990s, he began to sell crack cocaine and heroin. Cowie was introduced to drug dealing from a DJ friend who was making a lot of money at the time. Cowie stopped dealing drugs when a local drug dealer who was much older than him began to threaten him and his friend. Cowie began producing music after he stopped dealing drugs as an alternative to making money. Cowie started as a DJ and eventually began rapping, incorporating garage music and drum and bass into his produced instrumentals which led to the creation of the first ever Grime beats such as 'Eskimo.'
Though Cowie stopped selling drugs, he still associated with criminal gangs and associated with people that took part in criminal activities. This led to Wiley being involved in many situations that were life threatening. One of these situations were when Cowie's friend had solicited money from someone following a drug deal though the money never was paid, Cowie argued with the person who owed his friend money and eventually Cowie was ambushed when attending a show. The confrontation led to Cowie being stabbed seven times. Several weeks later, the same people attacked Cowie outside of a sports retail store, which led to Cowie almost dying in a hospital in Hammersmith. Cowie has been stabbed twenty times in his lifetime and has been in numerous other life threatening situations including being chased by a man with a samurai sword and being shot at with shotguns.
Cowie's interest in music began when his father, who played in a reggage band, introduced Cowie to the drums. Cowie later became a DJ and began producing his music and putting them on pirate radios such as Rinse FM.
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100% Publishing(Provided)
2011
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25 MCs
2015
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50/50
Richard Cowie
2007
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5AM
2000
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6 In the Morning
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All The Time(Provided)
2018-04
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Angry Garden Gnome
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Anything Is Possible(Provided)
2008
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Ascent
2013
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10
Average Worker(Provided)
2009
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Baby Girl
Richard Wiley Cowie
2007
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12
Back With A Banger
2017-01
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13
Badman Talking(Provided)
2008
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14
Badman
2014
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15
Bait Face (feat. Scratchy)
2017-01
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16
Bang (feat. Ghetts)
2017-01
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17
Bang(Provided)
2009
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18
Bar(Feat. Scratchy & D Double E)
2018-04
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Been A While
2018-04
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20
Birds n Bars
2017-01
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21
Bloodtype
2014
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22
BMO Field
2014
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23
Boom Blast
2012
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24
Boom Boom Da Na(Provided)
2011
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25
Born In the Cold (instrumental)(Provided)
2013
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26
Born In the Cold
2013
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27
Bow E3
2007
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28
Bring Them All / Holy Grime (feat. Devlin)
Devlin & Wiley
Devlin & Wiley
2017-01
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29
Broken Thoughts
2013
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30
Busy
2014
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31
But I Did (We Clicked)(Provided)
2011
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32
Can I Have A Taxi Please?
2012
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Can You Hear Me
2013
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34
Can You Hear Me? (ayayaya) - feat. Skepta, JME & Ms D
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Can You Hear Me? (Ayayaya)
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36
Can't Go Wrong
2017-01
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37
Cant Stop Thinking(Provided)
2000
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Carry Out Orders
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Cash In My Pocket (Out of Office Club Mix)
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Cash In My Pocket
Richard Cowie, Daniel Merriweather, Mark Ronson
2000
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41
Certified(Feat. Shakka)
2018-04
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42
Chainsaw
2013
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Chasing The Art
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Cheer Up, It's Christmas
2012
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Chill
2011
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Come Lay With Me
2007
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Confused(Provided)
2012
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Crash
2018-04
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Customs(Provided)
2012
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Cypress Hill
2015
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Daiquiris
2012
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Don't Throw It Away
2011
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Drive By
2014
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Electric Boogaloo (Find a Way) (radio edit)
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Eski Boy
2007
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Evolve Or Be Extinct
2012
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57
Eyes Of The Lord(Provided)
2009
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58
Fashion Week
2018-04
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Fire Ain't Burning No More(Provided)
2008
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Fire(Provided)
2012
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First Class
2013
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Flyboy(Provided)
2007
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63
Flying (Zdot Remix)(Provided)
2014
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64
From The Outside (Special Request VIP)
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From The Outside
2014
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66
Gangsters
2007
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67
Get Up(Provided)
2011
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68
Getalong Gang(Provided)
2007
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69
Gotta Be Strong
2015
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70
Grew Up In(Provided)
2014
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71
Grim
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Grime Kid(Provided)
2008
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Grime Wave(Provided)
2008
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Hands in the Air
2013
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Headbanger(Provided)
2009
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Heatwave (Devolution remix)
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Heatwave
2013
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78
Highs And Lows(Provided)
2012
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79
Hollow Da Don – Bars
2014
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Humble Pie
2013
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81
Hummer Activity(Provided)
2009
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82
I Am The Sea(Provided)
2000
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83
I Call The Shots(Feat. JME)
2018-04
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84
I Just Woke Up(Provided)
2011
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I Need To Be
2000
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86
I Was Like You(Provided)
2009
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I'm Skanking (The 2 Bears remix)
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I'm Skanking
2012
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If I Could
2011
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If You're Going Out I'm Going Out Too
2008
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Immigration(Provided)
2012
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Information Age(Provided)
2011
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It's A Par(Provided)
2008
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It's Only Right(Provided)
2008
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Joe Bloggs (feat. Newham Generals & President T)
2017-01
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Johnny Was A Bad Boy
2007
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Laptop (feat. Manga)
2017-01
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Lethal B Diss Track
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Letter 2 Dizzee
2007
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100
Life At Sea(Provided)
2012
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101
Lights On - feat. Angel & Tinchy Stryder [Benga I'm Just Tryna Live Mix]
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Lights On
2013
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Like It Or Not (feat. Breeze)
2017-01
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Link Up
2012
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Living In London(Provided)
2008
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Local Lad(Provided)
2008
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Lonely(Provided)
2014
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Lost Property
2015
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Lucid
2017-01
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Merkers Intro
2018-04
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111
Miss You(Provided)
2012
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Money Man(Provided)
2012
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113
Music I Like(Provided)
2009
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114
Music Is Calling Me(Provided)
2011
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115
Music, Not The Money(Provided)
2011
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My Direction
2017-01
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My Heart
2013
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118
My Mistakes (Accapella)
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119
Name Brand (feat. JME, Frisco & J2K)
2017-01
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120
Never Be Your Woman
Richard Kylea Cowie, Bing Crosby, Shahid Khan, Jyoti Prakash Mishra, Irving Wallman, Max Wartell
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121
Ninja
2013
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122
No Love Lost(Provided)
2012
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No Qualms(Provided)
2007
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No Skylarking
2014
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Nothing About Me(Provided)
2007
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126
Numbers In Action (Sticky Remix)
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Numbers In Action
Richard Cowie
2011
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128
Off The Radar(Provided)
2009
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129
On A Level
2014
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130
On This (feat. Chip, Ice Kid & Little D)
2017-01
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One Hit Wonder
2011
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Only Human
2012
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Out Of The Game(Provided)
2009
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Out The Box(Provided)
2011
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Outchea
2015
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Over It
2018-04
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137
Over The Edge(Feat. Kyla And Wretch 32)
2018-04
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P Money Remix (feat. P Money)
2017-01
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139
Pattern Up Properly (feat. Flowdan & Jamakabi)
2017-01
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140
Pengting(Provided)
2011
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141
Pies
Richard Cowie
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142
Pink Lady
2011
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143
Playtime's Over(Provided)
2007
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144
Race Against Time(Provided)
2009
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145
Raise Your Glass
2018-11
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146
Reel Off(Provided)
2014
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147
Reload (Feat. Chip & Ms D)
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148
Reload - feat. Chip [Pantha Remix]
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149
Reload - feat. Chip [Radio Edit]
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Reload
2013
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Remember Me
2018-04
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Remember Me
2018-03
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Romeo(Provided)
2011
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Rubicon
2013
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Ryder Intro
2000
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156
Scar
2012
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157
Seduction
2011
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158
See Clear Now(Provided)
2000
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159
Send Me The Riddim
2015
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160
She Might Holla(Provided)
2011
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161
Shes Glowing (Remix)
2009
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162
Shredded Wheat
2015
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163
Skillzone
2013
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164
Sky Is Falling
2008
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Slippin
2007
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166
Snakes & Ladders (Part Two)
2014
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167
Snakes & Ladders
2014
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168
So Alive
2013
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169
Speakerbox
2017-01
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170
Special Girl
Richard Cowie, Brian Alexander Morgan, Kane Robinson, Wayman Tisdale
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171
Stars
2007
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Step 21
2014
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Step By Step(Provided)
2000
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174
Still Standing
2018-04
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175
Stormy Weather
Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
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176
Summertime (Radio Edit)
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177
Summertime
2000
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178
Take That
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179
Talk About Life(Provided)
2011
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The Olly(Provided)
2009
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181
This Is Just An Album(Provided)
2012
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Time Flies By(Provided)
2009
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183
To Be Continued(Provided)
2011
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184
Tomorrow
2013
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185
Too Many Man
2009
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186
Turn It Up(Provided)
2000
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187
U Were Always, Pt.2 (feat. Skepta & Belly)
2017-01
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Up There
2011
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189
Walk Away
2011
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190
Wearing My Rolex (Burns remix)
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191
Wearing My Rolex - Radio Edit
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Wearing My Rolex
Richard Cowie, Lawrence Davis, Gareth Keane, Paul Klein, Joseph Louis Stone
2000
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Weirdo
2012
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Welcome To Zion
2012
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What's On Ya Mind(Provided)
2014
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Where You Gonna Run Too?(Provided)
2008
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Where's My Brother
2009
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Where's Wiley(Provided)
2007
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Wickedest MC Alive
2015
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Wise Man And His Words
2011
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201
Wot Do U Call It?
Richard(wiley) Cowie
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Ya Win Some, Ya Lose Some(Provided)
2012
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203
Yonge Street (1,178 Miles Long)
2011
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204
You Know The Words
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205
Your Intuition(Provided)
2011
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206
Zip It Up
2009