D-Block Europe: Rolling Stone review – melodic, codeine-paced palliatives | Rap
Prada, a gimmicky but effective dance remix of D-Block Europe’s Ferrari Horses, has bounced around the Top 10 since last summer. It’s a show of the south London duo’s confidence in their status as the most successful UK rap group ever (nine Top 20 albums or mixtapes and 28 Top 40 singles in just five years) that Prada is neither copied nor included on Rolling Stone. Instead, tracks such as Eagle, Lady in Hermes and I Need It Now reassert their predilection for spare, almost soporific numbness, with more gleaming melodies…