As Chase and Status’s social media feeds have recently underlined, the drum’n’bass duo currently have three tracks in the UK Top 30. Their standalone collaboration with singer Becky Hill, Disconnect, and Baddadan, a track from 2Ruff Vol 1 that features UK rapper Flowdan, have both been hanging around the Top 10 for months, the latter possibly boosted by boxer Tyson Fury adopting it as his walk-on music. They were recently joined by another track from 2Ruff Vol 1, Liquor and Cigarettes, on which rapper ArrDee adds a certain wit to a raging musical backdrop conjured by Chase and Status and fellow drum’n’bass producer Hedex: “I think I made it very clear,” he says, confidently, after describing an argument with a girl that largely consists of both parties shouting “yeah?” and “yeah” at each other.
