Premiere: Watch Donae'O's "Swear Down" Video f/ Mista Silva & Flirta D

The UK funky legend makes controversial move with new MC-led single.

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There's been a lot of kerfuffle in the underground recently, surrounding "the second coming of UK funky" (especially after we published that list last week) and someone who is about to spark even more debate is Mr. Party Hard himself: ​Donae'O. With many in and outside of the scene claiming MCs to be the root cause of funky's earlier demise, this London-based producer, singer, spitter has seemingly paid that no mind here, drafting in grime's Flirta D and Afrobeats star, Mista Silva, to lace his percussion-clanging new single, "Swear Down". (But really—what's a world without alittle controversy?). Along with dropping this first look off to Complex, Donae'O also attached a promising note that read: "Look out for more UK funky bangers in the coming weeks, and months." While you wait for said treats to land online, press play on the warehouse-set video for "Swear Down" above.

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