It sadly seems we’ll have to wait until 2025 for the next step in the Skepta catalog, but the Boy Better Know mogul is continuing to ramp all the same. Following a consistent string of singles from “Gas Me Up,” a solo endeavor, to “Why Lie” alongside Flo Milli, the UK rapper is again dipping into the Rolodex. Here’s everything you need to know about the Lex Luger-assisted new Skepta single, “Alpha Omega.”
A Shift Back To Hard Hitting Hip-Hop For Skepta On “Alpha Omega”
The song’s story earnestly begins in the credits, where Atlanta icon Lex Luger, propellant behind Waka Flocka Flame’s dominant run towards the start of the 2010s and a co-founder of legendary production outfit 808 Mafia, makes another appearance. For the record, this doesn’t mark the two artists’ first collaboration; indeed, the aforementioned Flo Milli song boasts his talents behind the boards as well, but Skepta solely handling vocals makes his contributions warrant the feature credit here.
Banging 808s and rattling hi-hats set up a grandiose, anthemic atmosphere in the starting moments. Luger’s rising producer tag is candy for anyone tuned into hip-hop during that defining Atlanta era. The whole way through “Alpha Omega,” Skepta is in vintage form, returning to a chest-out persona surprisingly absent from the more low-key tuned material that he dotted 2024 with. Case in point, a nimble second verse where he maintains the same rhyme scheme for the full 16: “Six figures, now I gotta bank with Coutts, I’m big bossin’ / No, I ain’t from Milwaukee, but I’m a mill’ walkin’.”
Given just how wide-ranging the previews of Knife & Fork are, it’s hard to get a bead on precisely what Skepta will deliver, made tougher to crack with “Alpha Omega.” If anything, the British grime star maintained a willingness to experiment with the singles that led up to it, yet with this latest delivery, he showcases that the speaker-knocking material he made a name with is still within reach.
Catch “Alpha Omega” and all of the Skepta discography wherever you stream your music.
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