• 2 days ago
To celebrate the release of Central Cee's highly anticipated debut album, Can’t Rush Greatness, Spotify invited his top fans to intimate shows in three cities — Atlanta, New York, and, for the first time in three years, London.

Featuring never-before-seen footage from his travels around the globe, the film captures the unstoppable hype surrounding Central Cee from fans worldwide, alongside performances of the UK rap sensation's biggest tracks and hits from Can’t Rush Greatness, live from his hometown show at London’s KOKO.

CREDITS:
Directors - Uncanny
Production Company - Amelia Studios

Executive Producer – Jamie Glydon
Producer – Danielle Keane
DOP - George Beattie
1st AC – Jonny Lewis
2nd AC – Princess Jiboye
Camera Operators – Jakub Libicki, Tommy Davis, Marti Guiver & Elliot Holbrow
Gaffer – Connor Adam
Grip – Dan Huntley
Video Playback – Ryan Booth
Sound Recordist – Anthony Leung
DIT – Kato Murphy 
Production – Alice Ellis
Production Assistant – Karina Barberis

Grade - Jamie Noble @ Studio RM
Show Sound Recording - Solotech
Show Sound Mix & Master - Jonny Williams @ Production Worx
Video Sound Mix - Asa Greenwood @ Bubble TV

Archive Footage - Film Yours
Atlanta and New York Footage - Respective Collective

SPOTIFY:
Executive producer: Marc Hazan, Billie Baier, Safiya Lambie Knight, Jae Chabala, Ruth Collett

Listen to Central Cee on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5H4yInM5zmHqpKIoMNAx4r?si=YL16BMBUQyGNGlVq0xXEXQ

Get tickets to the Can't Rush Greatness Tour: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5H4yInM5zmHqpKIoMNAx4r/concerts?si=d9a9a77540934cc5

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00:00He was everywhere, basically. That's it.
00:09He pushes to be with American artists.
00:11And now he's expanding more and more, and he's getting features with other rappers around the world.
00:15I think he's going global.
00:21It's just like the first time you're hearing a UK rapper coming to the States and selling out a show.
00:25I think his impact is crazy.
00:27He's from America, everyone's wearing neckties.
00:29He's putting UK drool on the map.
00:31You're a top 0.05% fan, and you spent 3,991 minutes together.
00:37He's expanding how music is perceived by everyone.
00:40The reach that Sense got is a little different.
00:43It's amazing. We need it. We need diversity. We need a new era coming in.
00:47So today I'm coming from St. Albans.
00:49From Essex.
00:50Me, I'm from East London.
00:51South London.
00:52I'm from South London as well.
00:53Labrador. It's local to our school, you know.
00:55Madagascar. I came all the way here just to see Central C today.
00:58It's my first show I've ever been to.
01:00First time seeing him live.
01:01Just to see how far he's come, it's really inspiring.
01:04He's from our area. If you can do it, you can do it as well, you know what I mean?
01:06So I just can't rush through this.
01:10London, you've already seen Central C. Make some fucking noise!
01:14Let's go! Go! Go!
01:17She don't listen to UK
01:19If it ain't Dave Orff
01:21She got six but her friend is off
01:24Are you sure you wanna make that?
01:26We know her since way back
01:27If it's a rose and it's gotta be a colour
01:29Then G6, 3 and Mercedes
01:31How can I be homophobic?
01:33My bitch is gay
01:34Hit man in a tux, I see a man topless
01:36Even a stick hit
01:37I'm hugging my brothers, I say that I love them
01:39But I don't swing them
01:41Demand them celebrate Eve
01:42The truck's still running on Christmas Eve
01:44Cool, that's gonna come around half-assed
01:46How many vibes I'm having?
01:48How many of the guys I pull up with?
01:49We're the ones putting on the city, not them
01:51This girl said that I look like money
01:53Told her that I don't fold up
01:54Every day I'm in the UK, top three
01:56Talk about worldwide
01:57Cool, that's gonna come around half-assed
01:59How many vibes I'm having?
02:01How many of the guys I pull up with?
02:02We're the ones putting on the city, not them
02:04This girl said that I look like money
02:06Told her that I don't fold up
02:07Every day I'm in the UK, top three
02:09Talk about worldwide
02:10Now we're in the top ten
02:14London, I can't lie
02:15This is our guy
02:16This is the fucking biggest in the world right now
02:19Central scene
02:20I need to see the energy
02:21Thank you very much, my brother
02:23Respect, respect
02:26Ready? Roll one, sir
02:28Go, go
02:29The feds do a good job blending in with the road
02:31These days bars don't tell the difference
02:33Rollers get recognition
02:34I recognise that from a distance
02:35See it from far
02:36They're A&P, I'm told
02:37Bro, make it all small
02:38Weed in the car
02:39It goes good to see me in the charts
02:41I used to hit shots on Rock and Lincoln
02:43UK, they got one up on us
02:44DTV, I don't trust bitchin'
02:46Out of my doors, there's Samarkand
02:48I won't even lie, I got PTSD
02:49They done have a fang and they run up on us
02:51I left home when I was fourteen
02:53Like Jay was ten and a man of the earth
02:55We go from baby straight to man
02:57Take time with the GBG
02:58We don't beef nobody like GB
03:00Woke up on the wrong side of bed
03:01So he's gonna get slapped
03:02If I don't have my piece today
03:03I love my young boy, I won't need him
03:05I'm stuck to Lil' Bro like Peavey
03:07Paid already, I don't need no hit song
03:09We don't need ID
03:10Lil' Bro's seventeen in the club
03:11He ain't scrolling TikTok
03:12Fs just saw him, I think one
03:14Which one, who do you want, bro?
03:15Pick one
03:16If I shoot my shot, I'll hit one
03:17It don't matter, I'll title, I'll get a
03:20Yo, we could go
03:24Poor unknown foe dem ain't back
03:26Double up with them
03:31It's got to the point that I don't even care
03:33I got Jews in this state that I don't even wear
03:36London, it's a pleasure
03:38Thank you very much