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If you haven't been involved in the Twitter phenomena you have been missing out on U Stream. People broadcasting live, from wherever they may be. They come in different styles, so you could get Griminal and his mates spitting live from college, Mz Bratt taking questions from her followers and 50 Cent interacting with his fans. Skilliam and I have taken the route that our Rinse FM colleague DJ Oneman has, broadcasting a radio show live from the house. We are normally on Rinse FM late, and not everyone can check us out live, so it was fun to interact with a different bunch of people.
The show features new music from Starkey, SRC, Maniac and Terror Danjah, along with some Barry White for good measure.
I am not sure how often we are going to do this, but we want to get really creative with it, so watch this space.
Next month we are back in The Netherlands playing alongside Distance for Dub Infusions. Dutch crew you can buy tickets here, and we will be floating about the whole Saturday so if you want to link up, give me a shout.
What's up you lot? It's been so so long since I have spoken to you. Recently I have been trying to sort out my real life, and its resulted in Butterz, Rinse and anything else taking a bit of a hiatus. Now I seem to be over the trials and tribulations, I am back, and I will try not to let Twitter steal my random bursts of thought on Grime.
Since I have been away, Chipmunk has achieved a number 1 in the charts, which has had mixed reactions from the Grime scene. People ask me all the time why the Grime Forum have nothing bad to say about Tinchy Stryder yet when it comes to Chip they are all over him. It is just one thing: EGO. Statements like "Dj's that play just grime play 2 many wack ambitionless artist that I don't want my music played amongst! Explanation for my elevation!" are totally unnecessary. It reminds me of what Kano was doing when 'London Town' came out. Then after the mainstream attention is gone, you have to make double the effort to be accepted by the fans that made you in the first place. How about while your doing well in the mainstream pay homage to where you came from, and never alienate yourself from your core fan base.
For extra thought on this check Blackdowns latest Pitchfork column and Julie's point of view.
So while Chipmunk has been shouting Grimes dead of the rooftops, Wiley made an appearance on Rinse FM for the first time in over a year. It was the first time I have seen twitter light up with everyone locked in across all the scenes to see what he was saying. It's a shame big MCs dont turn up to radio more often, they seem more focused on getting on Grimedaily.
It's at that point of the year when Grime characters start talking about next year. You know, the guys that have done fuck all in 2009, claiming 2010 to be theirs. I wish you lot the best of luck with that.
Ill be back in bit, until then, check:
BBC - Police target 'Hip hop' nightclubs + Grime & 696 on BBC1
Boy Better Know Live @ Matter 31st July
Skepta - Nokia Charger Wire/King Of Grime Free Download
Newham Generals - Hard
Rinse FM - License Petition
FWD v Rinse @ Matter
Terror Danjah - Gremlinz
Dot Rotten - 50 Free Instrumentals
Sparked up by this debate on the Grime Forum we decided to have a little mix up with some of the producers that have been sending us some quality tunes for a while. It is likely that I will feature them here in the near future, when they have releases planned. But for now, check out their music, let me know what you think, and if you would like to send tracks in, please do by emailing me - Elijah@grimeforum.com
P Money - 1UP
Lethal Bizzle - Dont Run Up
Skepta - Gingerbread Man
Terror Danjah - Sidechain
Maniac - Boiler
Rude Kid - Exist 2
OG'z - Passing Thru
Fumin - Just Realised
Wiley - I was like you
DVA - Kill alla Dem VIP
Newham Generals - Murked Again
Griminal - Cant Be
Skepta - O My Days
Sharky Major - Shark Attack
Dot Rotten - Ride for me
Ghetts & Rapid - One Way Road
Wiley - Wheres My Brother
J2k - Over There
Mz Bratt - I like you
*New producer showcase*
SRC - Gold Coins
Desto - Aquanaut
SNK - Break In
Sandman - Checkstation
General Tank - Past to the present
Moony - Double ?
SRC - Oi Oi
Mr Mitch - Hollywood
Santino - Smackhead
Scope - 5,000 volts
SNK - Writers Block
Moony - One2One
???? - ????
Krimzon Productions - Judgement Day
Mr Mitch - Jailhouse
Myrikal - ????
General Tank - ????
Scope - Critical State
SRC - Hymarono
Swindle - With You
Footsie - Tetsuyas Theme
Silencer - Wizard
Terror Danjah - Radar
Maniac - Captain
Terror Danjah - Nightcrawler 2
JME - Computer Girls
Rude Kid & Terror Danjah - The Best Crawler
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For bookings contact Elijah@Grimeforum.com - And Download the latest Rinse Podcast Here.
Features DJ's JJ, Vectra & Spyro. Some legendary stuff, gutted I wasn't part of this.
Enjoy
Swindle - Generations
Skepta - ASAP
Terror Danjah - Planet Shock
Wiley - Mystic Forest
Silencer - Mr T
Geeneus - Jamhot (Davinche Remix)
Big$hot - 007
Dexplicit - Wakadoosa
Maniac - Headshot
Skepta - DTI
Jakes & Joker - 3Klane - (L Vis 1990 Remix)
Tempa T - Next Hype
Maniac - Ugly
Nocturnal - Vet
Terror Danjah - Sqaure Off
????? - ??????
????? - ??????
Wiley - Club 5
J Sweet - Kerb
Eastwood You Aint Ready
DJ Dready - ?????
Mondie - Pull Up Dat
Davinche - ?????
D Double E - Frontline Acapella
Dizzee Rascal - Hoe
Doctor - Calm Down Acapella
Maniac - G.R.I.M.E
Crazy Titch - Singalong Acapella
Youngstar - Bongo
Flirta D - Warpspeed Vectra Special Acapella
Wiley - Outburst
Ruff Sqaud - Dark Spyro Special
????? - R&G Remix
P Money - Freestyle
Maniac - ?????
Terror Danjah - ?????
Silencer - Bonus Stage
Narrows - Saved Soul
Spyro - DEE Refix
JME - 007
Rude Kid - Exist
Frisco - Say My Name
Target - Earth Warrior
Dexplicit - Steamtrain VIP
Caspa - Marmite (LOL)
Rude Kid - Jack Daniels
Bossman - Bongo Eyes
Plasticman - Cha
Maniac - Predator
Jammer -We Run The Show
Dready - Invade
??? - Pulse I Love You
Darque E Freaker - Dirtbag hype
Rude Kid - Are You Ready?
Statik - Supadupe
Scottie D - Libery
Ruff Squad - 100%
Rude Kid - Aftershave
Terror Danjah - Code Morse
Silencer - Goblin
??? - ???
Teeza - Secret Level
DPM - ?????
JME - They've Found Bin Laden (Spyro VIP)
Dexplicit - No
Nocturnal - Don't Phone Me
Waifer - Gunman Skank
Terror Danjah - Stealth Mode
Lewi White - Ice Cream Man Refix/Remix
