Young Adz
D-Block Europe, often abbreviated to DBE, is a British hip hop collective consisting of Adam Nathaniel "Young Adz" Williams, and Ricky Earl "Dirtbike LB" Banton. Their name originated after being co-signed by Jadakiss, resulting in Jadakiss launching the European stable of his record label D-Block Records, creating D-Block Europe. They started to put out tracks on their own label at the beginning of 2014. The group rose to fame in 2017 after releasing numerous singles including "Large Amounts", "Darling" and "NASSty". D-Block Europe's first album The Blue Print: Us vs. Them reached number two on the UK Albums Chart on 16 October 2020. Before their Central Cee collaboration (Overseas) debuted inside the Top 10 on 26 November 2021, D-Block Europe were the act with the most hits without a top 10, despite managing to chart 29 singles into the UK top 75. Their second album Lap 5 also reached number two on the UK Albums Chart on 30 September 2022. They achieved their second top-10 single on the UK Singles Chart following their appearance on Clavish's November 2022 single "Rocket Science", which peaked at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart. Months later, in June 2023, D-Block Europe released "Pakistan", which peaked at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart, marking their third top-10 single and second in a one-year span. Following the release of "Pakistan", they released their mixtape DBE World, which peaked at number six on the UK Albums Chart; with the album, DBE broke the record for the rap act with the most top-ten albums in UK history. This was later followed by the release of "Prada" in August 2023, a remixed version of DBE's "Ferrari Horses". Following the track's official release, it reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart, marking their highest charting single while reaching number 1 in several countries such as Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, and Sweden. It also made its debut on the Canadian Hot 100 and the Billboard Global 200.
Genre: uk-hip-hop
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Top Tracks
Albums (11)
- Insomnia (2020-03-27)
- Thinking Out Loud (2022-10-13)
- Brave Face (2022-09-02)
- Man In The Mirror (2022-08-25)
- Press Da Button (2022-03-31)
- Daily Duppy (2021-05-28)
- Waze (2020-03-25)
- All Of My Love (2020-02-06)
- Push Weight (2019-12-05)
- Crazy Life (2019-10-11)
- nASSty (2018-10-19)
Recordings with proof (22)
- Mains; ISRC ZZOPM2002121; CopyrightID 0x2abc414abf90137f68932e51315e2e8f9ad023a38f35bfdc15d2ff1591b67ce7; Bitcoin block 953536; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Golden Brown; ISRC ZZOPM2002122; CopyrightID 0x55cd680f802efa5042ec271d617a012fa713f940be867f16f9ff8a341c9c6226; Bitcoin block 953513; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Waze; ISRC ZZOPM2002123; CopyrightID 0xbf9cceb3e15b51f9d7bbdf087c1fa2a1664ae4bb26ba4397aa0b70ecc3c69141; Bitcoin block 953513; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Demons (feat. Dirtbike LB); ISRC ZZOPM2002124; CopyrightID 0xc3f79bb14cd84edf0938ea69884e18773a664d77a23370c653f5abeedd68d8fc; Bitcoin block 953536; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- St Tropez; ISRC ZZOPM2002125; CopyrightID 0x4d42b0fc4c81f24673f08f0dc98ff020e692afab943467071f2851366b2f1d32; Bitcoin block 953536; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Insomnia Interlude; ISRC ZZOPM2002126; CopyrightID 0x6c394a009dd35aaa76ee05bec46b6be90964af62d23a37301a3650281df74fef; Bitcoin block 953513; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Star In The Hood; ISRC ZZOPM2002127; CopyrightID 0xfa1f09beea5ecd63d234a0288e3d9c53ab2d80bef4c063535a11de12285f14c9; Bitcoin block 953513; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Mic Check; ISRC ZZOPM2002128; CopyrightID 0xe1a90c10763f307a4a9d33c11610fe481fb5f064ebce583768340b06774c581e; Bitcoin block 953536; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Traumatised; ISRC ZZOPM2002129; CopyrightID 0xb1cfac55f62ff5ad728863c3f5333994de65c7f14c053b24ff81458b6e70700f; Bitcoin block 953528; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Sin City; ISRC ZZOPM2002130; CopyrightID 0x1488b88178c8aa2cba05e38cedee8a37b37c792a29a8d15fdfd2a081d3c444fc; Bitcoin block 953536; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- High Road; ISRC ZZOPM2002131; CopyrightID 0x552b1e8c9a1d8b66c63ef5729fab9ed21a429403eb59567bb92a887e28df2539; Bitcoin block 953513; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Intro; ISRC ZZOPM2002132; CopyrightID 0xd080bb0813f79b9cf85f07da0152c09545f86875aa9f0483879c7fd42f04eb77; Bitcoin block 953528; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Thinking Out Loud; ISRC GB2DY2200698; CopyrightID 0x45547833903c56cfb56afa4e5c0c87c9d0b9bd8d4863b68c3244ba61ab002f6e; Bitcoin block 956302; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Brave Face; ISRC UKXN22215306; CopyrightID 0xae3b7732884b1eead59a753afdd62dc0701a6c6dae1a20e20fdd2823aae0ae9a; Bitcoin block 953513; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Man In The Mirror; ISRC GB2DY2200739; CopyrightID 0xf786d256f98032246e29622db00066cd90ce4c857b5c0c78977d7a97f85ffb86; Bitcoin block 953536; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Press Da Button; ISRC GB2DY2200333; CopyrightID 0xc6e0103075b6b2bdafd3599335c8c64477d504006b0d839b5060d628b92ed05c; Bitcoin block 953536; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Daily Duppy; ISRC GB2DY2100419; CopyrightID 0x529dc6aa06ac1b7cece410cfe5c265e419c6e0188a12eb0185e2b99ab3c1d860; Bitcoin block 953528; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Waze; ISRC ZZOPM2002123; CopyrightID 0xbf9cceb3e15b51f9d7bbdf087c1fa2a1664ae4bb26ba4397aa0b70ecc3c69141; Bitcoin block 953528; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- All Of My Love; ISRC GBUM72000306; CopyrightID 0x62a1bd557511ea9065ab0b79fb3900ff025d357e3e384cf68de18f454742c06b; Bitcoin block 953528; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Push Weight; ISRC TCAEO1901178; CopyrightID 0xbf6dce6c9b59f30744f4f0576c12634cd9edd425865f264229d48d970b2b8213; Bitcoin block 953528; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Crazy Life; ISRC GBMA21866407; CopyrightID 0x4de99a20028406a29cc793e1468540b312e97521dcc0c01700ec9abebd2721be; Bitcoin block 953528; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- nASSty; ISRC GBMA21850002; CopyrightID 0x22a2d09aab80d8f6ddc2d5e1e3ed56a52f54d07dbcb5279cce350e602ba6c1b4; Bitcoin block 953513; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
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Popularity-0 recordings of Young Adz in everplay, described from supplier metadata.