Gym Class Heroes ft Estelle 'Guilty As Charged' Video
Gym Class Heroes release ‘Guilty As Charged’, the second single to be taken from their acclaimed third album The Quilt, on December 8th through Decaydance/ Fueled By Ramen Records.
The album’s opener, ‘Guilty As Charged’ is a stomping, bass and brass-propelled anthem, bouncing with dancefloor energy and infused with the sweet vocal charms of UK soul sensation Estelle. A box-fresh hybrid of neo-gospel and hip-hop with a twist of Latino, ‘Guilty As Charged’ a fitting testimony to Gym Class Heroes’ perpetual ability to cross and blend genres with unparalleled skill.
If making killer tunes was a crime, then Gym Class Heroes and Estelle stand ‘guilty as charged’ – “I guess I’m guilty, ‘til proven innocent, And I’ll be gone before they know what I hit em’ with” sings Estelle on the bouncing chorus. “And the moment that we all feared,” Travis raps back – “Guilty on all charges for the dopest album of the year!”
Having just wrapped up a US co-headline tour with The Roots and Estelle, the band also played a string of rapturously-received UK dates in September, when Estelle joined the New York quartet onstage for a raise-the-roof rendition of ‘Guilty As Charged’. Already receiving solid radio support (C-list at Radio 1, and B-List at Capital and Galaxy), the video – a story-telling tribute to the Blaxploitation movies of the ‘70s – was shot in Las Vegas, and hits UK TV on November 24. Singer Travis McCoy has also maintained a healthy presence in the UK, presenting the Rock Out Award to 30 Seconds To Mars at this year’s MTV EMAs in Liverpool.