Jobstown rapper Curtisy followed up last year’s hiiki-produced Beauty In The Beast mixtape, after his 2024 breakthrough What Was The Question with Get A Life! , a new mixtape made with Dublin producer owin.
‘Tell Me I’m Good’ is indicative of the soft glow hip-hop that Curtisy excels at – and the video released today, places him in his locality – charting his journey through his teens with a Young Curtisy appearing too.
Video by Ashish Prasai.
The sound palette of Get A Life! expands beyond a pure rap template to soul and hazy dream-pop texture. Curtisy sings more, experiments more, lets curiosity take the lead. (t features Lil Skag across three tracks – ‘Talk of the Town’, ‘Yesterday’s News’ and ‘Bones’ capture Irish rap underground right now. ‘Sonny’, dedicated to his mother and named for his nephew, is the album’s still centre and a genuinely moving piece of songwriting. ‘My Friends’ with Emily Beattie finds Curtisy in full pop mode: dream-haze autotune, emotional candour, striking ease. It packs a lot in under 24 minutes.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
