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Monday, February 20, 2017 7:42am ET by  

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Stormzy: 'Respect me the way you’d respect Frank Ocean or Adele'

Grime sensation Stormzy is gearing up to release his debut album, entitled 'Gang Signs & Prayer', and he opened up about working on the project in a new interview with The Guardian. 

He teamed up with GRAMMY-winning producer Fraser T Smith, who is known for his work with Adele, and told the newspaper his reasons behind the creative partnership:

"What I do is not Fraser’s forte – as in, hard-hitting grime. But I wanted to marry my ambition with somebody who had that same ambition, someone who would make an album showing the world how incredibly beautiful a grime artist can sound, sonically and production-wise. How polished grime can be."

“And then also, I was intrigued by what we could make. I’m very vocal in the studio, I have a clear artistic vision, and I know Fraser has exactly the same. I thought, ‘This could be a total disaster or it could be the most incredible beautiful thing.'"

He went onto add that he couldn't be happier with how the record turned out and hopes that the industry respects it the way it deserves to be respected: “This album is good, this is incredible, this is heartfelt, this has been put together so well, so strategically, so neatly, so creatively – so respect me the same way you’re going to respect a Frank Ocean or an Adele.”

Watch Stormzy's latest music video here:

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