PROFESSOR GREEN is readying himself for a comeback – five years after his last album Matters Of The Heart. The rapper, real name Stephen Manderson, hasn’t been sitting round twiddling his thumbs though. He has been busy juggling music and being a dad to his adorable son Slimane, who he affectionately calls Slim.
As Stephen Facetimes me from his London home for a catch-up, he sounds and looks the happiest and most content I’ve ever seen him. “Next year we’re releasing new music,” he says with a smile. “I mean, a lot has been happening.
“There’s genuinely probably three albums now after all the recording I’ve been doing. “I wrote a song for Slim called Blue Blanket. I started writing that in 2014 but I didn’t have kids then.
Then I had him and I could finish the record.” Teasing what is to come, Stephen adds: “There’s a song I wish I could play you. “I don’t feel like anyone’s really doing social commentary without being really f***ing boring.
“It gets too political and I don’t think it speaks to everyone. But I’ve got a record where I play a character. “His name is Terry, and good old Tel doesn’t really understand the world.
And that’s all I am going to tell you.” Fans clamouring for a taste of new tunes from the Lullaby star will get a single today, in the form of Moola In My Wallet (Satnav Rap). Stephen wrote the track after being asked to work with car loan app Carmoola and I have to admit after hearing it once, it’s a pro.