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Stryder began a partnership with English record producer and songwriter [[Fraser T Smith]].<ref name="hitquarters.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_Fraser_T_Smith_Interview.html |title=Interview With Fraser T Smith |publisher=[[HitQuarters]] |date=22 March 2010 |access-date=29 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314061713/http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_Fraser_T_Smith_Interview.html |archive-date=14 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> According to Smith in an interview with [[HitQuarters]], "Kwasi had no shortage of beats and cool sounding production, but I think he wanted to try and break through into the mainstream, and I had some experience crossing underground over into mainstream having worked with artists like [[Craig David]]."<ref name="hitquarters.com"/>
The single "[[Stryderman]]", was released on 20 July 2008. It was the first [[Single (music)|single]] taken from ''[[Catch 22 (Tinchy Stryder album)|Catch 22]]''. The second single, "[[Take Me Back (Tinchy Stryder song)|Take Me Back]]", was released on 19 January 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20090125/7501/|date=January 2009|title=Top 40 Singles Archive: Week 32, 31 January 2009|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=17 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415124112/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20090125/7501/|archive-date=15 April 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a144524/three-weeks-at-no1-for-lady-gaga.html?locale|date=January 2009|title=Three weeks at No.1 for Lady GaGa: Week 32, 25 January 2009|publisher=The Official Charts Company|access-date=17 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025091223/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a144524/three-weeks-at-no1-for-lady-gaga.html?locale|archive-date=25 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> His third single, a collaboration with the English hip-hop band [[N-Dubz]] entitled "[[Number 1 (Tinchy Stryder song)|Number 1]]," peaked at number 6 on the [[European Hot 100 Singles]] and number 1 in the UK & Ireland and became the first single with the title "Number 1" to peak at #1 in any country. His fourth single from ''Catch 22'', "[[Never Leave You]]", was released on 3 August 2009 with the album following on 17 August 2009. "Never Leave You" peaked at number 5 on the [[European Hot 100 Singles]] on the week of its release. Catch 22 debuted at number 11 on the [[European Top 100 Albums]]. The fifth and final single from ''Catch 22'' is "[[You're Not Alone (Tinchy Stryder song)|You're Not Alone]]," which was released in November 2009 and samples the [[Olive (band)|Olive]] song of the same name.<ref>{{cite web |
In February 2010, Stryder headline toured for the third time, he invited the English singer [[Example (musician)|Example]] and rapper [[JME (rapper)|JME]] as his supporting acts. The tour was Stryder's second sell-out tour after he toured in 2009 and helped in raising the profile of [[Example (musician)|Example]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/norfolk/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8503000/8503851.stm In pictures: Tinchy Stryder plays the LCR at Norwich UEA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625062209/http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/norfolk/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8503000/8503851.stm |date=25 June 2012 }} BBC Norfolk.</ref> Stryder opened on the pyramid stage at the England [[Glastonbury Festival]], on Saturday, 27 June 2010. He also performed at the [[The O2 (London)|O2 Arena]] in England, for the Transformation Trust's first birthday alongside [[The Saturdays]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.transformationtrust.org.uk/?p=150 |title=The Saturdays top stellar support for children's charity birthday celebrations |publisher=Transformationtrust.org.uk |date=17 June 2010 |access-date=22 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425051705/http://www.transformationtrust.org.uk/?p=150 |archive-date=25 April 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/news/pyramid-stage-openers-announced|title=Pyramid Stage openers announced|date=11 May 2010|publisher=Glastonbury Festival|access-date=11 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100513063722/http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/news/pyramid-stage-openers-announced|archive-date=13 May 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>
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