Ironik: 'Stay With Me'

DJ/MC/producer Ironik wrote 'Stay With Me' for his little sister - "fuelled by his fear for her growing up in a society rife with knife crime and violence", according to the press release. It's a decent enough idea for a song - topical and sure to tug at the heartstrings - but his execution leaves much to be desired.

The problem? Ironik plasters a gimmicky "chipmunk" vocal all over 'Stay With Me', a tactic that cheapens his message and reduces the track to little more than novelty. Truth be told, this would be a flat, rather dated UK garage slowie without the vocal, but with it 'Stay With Me' becomes irritating too. That's about par for the course for a man who styles himself Ironik with a 'k', we suppose.