Tag: grime
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RC 282: Ladies First
This is a response to the frankly whack Guardian listicle about the greatest female rappers that James (hi!) sent to me and Kirk. 4/10 – that’s not only my ‘see me after class’ score, it’s also the paltry amount I agree with. Ladies first, well last in this case. It reads like some bored intern…
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Stylo G – Badd
On the second hearing via David Rodigan’s 1Xtra show I knew Stylo G’s newest featuring Sister Nancy ‘Badd’ was going to be a hit and something special. Well actually I knew from the first hearing a week or two ago again on Rodders show, but then there was only a radio rip online and I…
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Lady Leshurr & 367 crew
I admit I only really came across Lady Leshurr via the guest spot on Orbital’s recent album, and she was the best thing on it! A friend posted this great video with her and the rest of the 367 crew (Lioness and Amplify Dot, who are equally worth checking out and should be big) guesting…
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Wiley – what could be
How many blogs go from early 70’s folk to up-to-date 2010 grime-pop? Not that many, that’s what! More up to date I’ve been slowly wading through the gigabytes of tunes that Wiley released via Twitter in July – 11 zip files full of new Wiley music, variable (even demos and just beats in there) but…
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UK Funky – yup another new genre!
Twittered about this but forgot to post about it – Uk Funky (or just ‘Funky’) – a new genre/type of music coming out of I guess house, dancehall, grime and 4×4/nu garage scenes, adding african beats or soca beats and rather simplistic dancehall/aerobics style lyrics, I love the groove though, and seems like every song…
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RC 179: Is he a Yankee? Naw I’m a Londoner – UK Hip Hop with Ian Fondue
Original image by Tim Cayne – used under Creative Commons – cheers Tim 🙂 Keeping it real with a strictly UK thang, myself and Ian Fondue explore the world of UK hiphop, which despite being dissed at various times by the music industry is currently on fire like a bad boy. BRAP! BRAP! BRAP! Just…