{"id":249,"date":"2010-03-11T22:28:54","date_gmt":"2010-03-11T22:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=249"},"modified":"2010-03-11T22:28:54","modified_gmt":"2010-03-11T22:28:54","slug":"number-1s-of-2010-7-march-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=249","title":{"rendered":"Number 1s of 2010 – 7 March 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, I told you that Jason Derulo wouldn’t be number one for long.\u00a0 Having sneaked a week at the top during a scheduling lull, he drops to number three this week.\u00a0 And so, it’s back to business as usual, with yet another grime act making the leap from an underground following to the singles chart.<\/p>\n

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That’s “Pass Out” by Tinie Tempah.<\/strong> His real name is Patrick Okogwu, and he’s a Londoner with Nigerian parents.\u00a0 Now, 2009 saw a string of grime MCs booting their underground credentials into touch at the first opportunity in a (largely successful) effort to cross over to the mainstream.\u00a0 “Pass Out” sticks rather closer to its roots; it’s more electro, really, but it’s certainly not a shameless leap to pop music.<\/p>\n

Officially, this is his debut single.\u00a0 But like a lot of acts who’ve come up through this root, he’s been churning out videos on YouTube for a while now.\u00a0 Some of this stuff is only barely underground; here’s the official video for “I’m Hot”, a track from a mixtape he self-released last year, which even has a guest appearance by M.I.A.\u00a0 Frankly, you’d be hard pressed to tell the difference between this and a “proper” single.<\/p>\n

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He’s pretty polished, and he’s managed to make the transition to a wider audience without jettisoning all pretence of credibility.\u00a0 He could go far.<\/p>\n

Also this week…<\/p>\n