Rizzle Kicks is an English hip hop duo from Brighton, consisting of Jordan "Rizzle" Stephens (born (1992-01-25) 25 January 1992) and Harley "Sylvester" Alexander-Sule (born (1991-11-23) 23 November 1991). Their debut album Stereo Typical was released on 31 October 2011. As of May 2012, Rizzle Kicks have sold over 1 million singles and over 600,000 albums in the UK.
In 2006, Jordan began attending rap and performance workshops with the Brighton-based charity AudioActive, joined a year later by Harley. The pair attended AudioActive's Hip Hop Foundation project and Jordan continued attending workshops and performances until 2010. Jordan is quoted as saying this work helped the duo "hone our skills and build a passion towards the career that we're in now. AudioActive did us a lot of good and without them we wouldn't be here!"
Jordan and Harley both attended Brit School where Jordan studied Media and Harley studied Theatre. Jordan was in the process of making his mixtape Minor Breaches of Discipline where he rapped over samples of some of their favourite artists (Gorillaz, Lily Allen, Arctic Monkeys) and asked Harley to sing over some of the tracks. Realising how well their styles fitted together, they formed Rizzle Kicks in 2008. The name stems from 'Green Rizla', an early nickname given to Stephens by a football teammate after a crew of the same name from the school that he attended at the time. That nickname evolved into 'Rizzle' and the duo decided on the suffix 'kicks' due to their shared love of football.
I do try to relax but I get up and move instead,
Yeah it helps to forget what's going on upstairs,
Cause my life is spent around achieving those highs,
I never let her play on my mind
Play on my mind, you should come here and say hi,
Cause even on a rainy day, when the shades are grey,
I will dance away, I will dance away
I won't take away when I'm making shapes
I will dance away,
I'll be dance like, and we jiggle like
and we bop like, and we skank like
and we jive like and we swing like, and we dance like
Yeah, I'm quick and clever like the British weather
Innit yeah I'll get you in to kicks but you ain't cinderella
Better pick'n'mix a blender make the chicks look better
Thinking about the theory, makes me wish that I was pissed forever,
There's a girl I liked in class we used to sit together,
I made stuff up so she would think i would a mystic fella,
Only recently we spoke her name was rose and yeah,
she got the seal of approval when she kissed it better,
What, what, yeah, I kill it turning words into pictures like I was flipping hieroglyphics,
Ever since i was kiddish now I'm rhyming sickest,
Your girl text me with like nine kisses I'm with it!
My life is spent around achieving those highs,
I never let her play on my mind
Play on my mind, you should come here and say hi,
Cause even on a rainy day, when the shades are grey,
I will dance away, I will dance away
I won't take away when I'm making shapes
I will dance away,
I'll be dance like, and we jiggle like
and we bop like, and we skank like
and we jive like and we swing like, and we dance like
I'm bringing the golden age, I know that England's cold but hey,
I'm here to try and scold your face,
With punches that can roll a paste,
On the oldest day nothing much was golden but the rings that the boys were holding would leave a inprint in your forehead yeah,
The ones i tried to mimic but i would like to visit,
The golden age the market vibe though catch it init,
Your there for times of thinking and maybe lifes the shittest but then i see the brighter side and try to smile its wicked!
My life is spent around achieving those highs,
I never let her play on my mind
Play on my mind, you should come here and say hi,
Cause even on a rainy day, when the shades a Gray,
I will dance away, I will dance away
I won't take away when I'm making shapes
I will dance away,
I'll be dance like, and we jiggle like
and we bop like, and we skank like
and we jive like and we swing like, and we dance like