What do jazz fusion drummer Leonard White III, fictional Star Trek character James T. Kirk and Have I Got News For You team captain Ian Hislop have in common? The answer is they're all the inspiration behind tracks on a project by new North West London rapper Slim Pappito. 'Excellent Adventure', released recently, is his debut project, produced by himself and Astral Black label boss Jon Phonics.

Over melodic, hyper-referential hip-hop beats, he delivers rhymes packed with clever wordplay and Action Bronson-esque culinary expertise. Asked to describe his rapping style, it's like "a cartoon Massimo Bouttura trapped in a psychedelic Ian Fleming novel set in the Costa del Sol," apparently.