Always seen with a smile on his face; Inja the poet, lyricist, storyteller and unparalleled master of ceremonies presents his debut album on Hospital Records. His first drum & bass focussed long-player ‘Blank Pages’ flexes his lyrical style with heartfelt sentiment, roughneck flows and quick-fire wordsmith wizardry. All partnered with heavyweight productions from Pete Cannon, Nu:Tone, Logistics, Serum, Whiney and Anile.
Inja’s back with partner-in-crime Pete Cannon on ‘War Games’. A funky bassline lays the foundations for this fear-fighting tale. As the breaks roll out Inja’s militant and deep rhetoric puts this track on a new level, with signature percussive flair from the sought after hip-hop beatmaker.
Inja’s spoken-word piece for Amnesty International ‘She Just Wanna Dance’ was a viral online hit in 2017. It’s now been given a turbo-charged re-work by Med School young-gun Whiney. Inja’s poignant commentary on the prolific problem of harassment in club culture sits atop a grimey half-time stepper that switches up into a lethal upfront roller.
Inja proves he can ‘juk’ any riddim in ‘Samurai’. Serum’s steppy beat and woofing bassline balances Inja’s story of the samurai; slicing through the tune like the lyrical sensei he is.
“Even with a white page and black ink, you can spell out more colour than the eye can see.” - Inja
LYRICS:
Yo anile inja yeah Stand up or stand back Be counted or lay flat Earth ain't the limit no gravity I'm flying out now check the galaxy x2
See me jamming in my space boots Star gazing amazing and flameproof Outrageous the stations on base moon No dangers just lasers space moves Star ship enterprise ain't nothing to a trained troop Galaxy guardians are jargon to mean loop The final frontier like a pardon getting blazed through Riding the asteroids belt tracking great grooves
Stand up or stand back Be counted or lay flat Earth ain't the limit no gravity I'm flying out now check the galaxy x2
The puzzle of the cosmos Space dust plus the gasses of the lost gods Hopscotch cross the stars on my plot watch Navigating cross the lanes watching stars pop Shooting stars fire like shots And I'm racing out pacing and baking the lot Mission control always trying to get on top But I'm deep out of range so the messages are lost
Stand up or stand back Be counted or lay flat Earth ain't the limit no gravity I'm flying out now check the galaxy x2
I out run expansion I move faster then space when expanding At the helm of the ship mans a captain Speech bubble space style check the caption Romanticising fantasies of landing Searching new worlds for oxygen to stand in Always on a mission always laying down standards Solar eclipsing for the light speed man them
Stand up or stand back Be counted or lay flat Earth ain't the limit no gravity I'm flying out now check the galaxy x2
