U R Not Uma Thurman.

Oh. Wow.  Who knew Wiley would vocal instrumentals like this?

This is essentially why no-one comes close.

True story. I play the OG before I go out sometimes. All the time.

gold bat

TGTBGAF = To Good To Be Given Away Free. Watch this catch on like 'banter'.

nasty, nasty beat from DJ Silencer. if your UK, this is the weather right now.

MP3: Silencer - Gold Bat

drum pattern & hi hats so rare

respect to Rapid for making something grime-y yet accessible. Track's called 'Go Rapid', the beat(S) are deep and he deserves some appreciation for his hustle.

Album most likely coming SOON.

'them man are gass on telly'

Boy Better Know. a hit. a hit. a hit. whether you like it or not.

one for the lager louts. but it works, I wish the to and fro staccatto at the end went on for longer though.

*no serious state of grime/crossover talk here*

'...best hope that williams here'

a load of emcees passed through Logan's show on the 7th to celebrate the PMoney mixtape release. there are 3videos worth courtesy of sbtv, but the highlight for me, is nottingham newcomer fangol's bars at the start of the above. multiple pull ups. until Skepta removes him from the mic.

please also look at Manga giggling throughout. need to make a .gif

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worth checking also because of trim and p moneys bars - but of course there is the usual breeze to negotiate.

Go cop Money Over Everything .

Swan Ting.

Tempz does Scotland.

denilson's stepovaa

tooo big chez moi right now.

I'd love to be a fly on the wall during JME's lyric writing sessions.

eurostar, chess, hanover, pro evo

I find this far more engaging than talk of lengs flying everywhere or belling dem slags. Maybe 'cause I can relate.

but I guess there's a time and a place for everything.

Butterz Interview: DJ Magic

DJ Magic is the chief at label No Hats No Hoods and grime org/Club Night Dirty Canvas.

If this is for you, you'll know about all that.

As mentioned on the video, look out for the forthcoming NHNH Edition 1. mixed by Dj Magic. Available at all outlets from the 24th.

props to butterz of course.

Tracklisting:

1. Frisco - Intro
2. Badness - Badman Yout
3. Chipmunk - Going on Sho
4. Frisco - Check Big Fris
5. Ghetto - Don't Phone Me
6. Durrty Goodz - Throw Away Thoughts
7. Skepta feat. Flowdan & Killa P - 21 Seconds remix
8. Roll Deep - Give Up remix
9. C Gritz - Stop Stop
10. Griminal & Lil Nasty - Greengate Vibe
11. P Money - What Did He Say?
12. Scratcha DVA feat. Riko, Killa P, Badness & Flowdan - Bullet A Go Fly
13. Tempa T - Next Hype
14. Ruff Sqwad - Bring Your Click
15. Wiley - Where's my Brother
16. Black the Ripper - Best in the Scene
17. Jammer - I'm Dirty
18. Lee Brasco - Tour of Bow
19. Ice Kid - My Life
20. D Double E - It's A Lot
21. Wariko - My Way
22. Trim - Four Letter Word
23. Rinse - Put Em Up
24. Kano - True G
25. Ice Kid - Patient State of Mind
26. Mz Bratt - It's Classic
27. Durtty Goodz - Reloadz
28. Skepta feat. Trigga, Flowdan & Bassman - In A Corner
29. Silverlink feat. Badness & Jammer - The Message is Love

nan, I am algierstwin

i'm gonna come back and cite the artical that inspired me to post this.

Try and imagine approaching your nan in this way.

Have you ever wondered why I've never blundered?

Gremlin

huge for terror danjah, huge for grime, huge for planet mu, huge for us.

Terror Danjah Production

outstanding artwork too. I'm not going to re-hash the details though. I hope some/most of my readership know about factmagazine - they covered it, click the link.

And yeah, zumpi hunter remixes on my day of birth. 24th August. Draw on close of summer.

Fling bits of food.

my favourite em c by a country mile. Trim parked up with 'Obesity' somewhere. .

Dirtbag

By Silencer.

off of Run The CD.

It just clicked with me today.

#1 the Music I Like

My new favourite Wiley album - some of the best things he's done in a long time. . - 'Eyes Of The Lord', 'Out Of The Game', 'Zip It Up' and that Danny Weed production 'Hummer Activity'. 'Music I Like' is real real nice too. They are all on youtube. And have been for about six months.

But what is 'Olly' - I can't imagine any audience, or anyone with an ounce of self respect listening to this out of choice. Means I can't just run the album in its entirety. But still putting together a Wiley Greatest Hits would own my CD collection.

But a seriously tight album bar the blip, and one that is certainly worth 11£ -

Yet to check Skepta's but heard that its pretty weak - nothing surprising seeing as all I've heard from him in the last year is the same bars about dry ankles and Ed Hardy Party's. Funny the first time.

We shall see. Oh yeah, and they are fighting for us now too.

I didn't check our favourite street commentator'S release yet either. Bashy. Did get sent some seriously poor videos though.

Instrumental wise - Butterz deejays have got you covered - serious serious selection. including Low Deep - Get Set Instrumental. . woaaah. D/l the show + tracklisting @butterz



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The new Soul Motive 12" split between Rossi B Luca and El-B is also worthy of a mention. I went nuts over the Joker 'snake eater' track on the same label a while back, mainly because it brought back memories of the Low Deep instrumentals I used to run together. . and this is worthy of the same amount of praise. Both sides predictably bass heavy but more echoing through the club walls than shattering your Kenwood stereo. Check samples at Boomkat. or on the Soul Motive Myspace.

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The anticipated Cooly G 12" on Hyperdub also finally appeared this week. Boomkat. She also let me know that there are a couple of brand new bits on her myspace. . . & for any in London area. . . Kode 9, Cooly G, Brackles, Lil' Silva line up at the Producers House in early August. . Details.

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FaltyDL is a name that has become popular pretty quickly, 2 months or so ago no-one had truly heard of him. Now with a slew of releases on Ramp Recordings and Planet Mu - including a remix package (U'ziQ, boxcutter and Vibert) from heaven and an album out yesterday - people are talking about him like he's been around for years. 'To London' is the track!

Further details can be found here

And there are new bits on his myspace player - He isn't hanging about. .

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Funky wise. have been listening a lot to the Emvee 12" on the Wireblock label. 'Glitch Dub' and 'Nocturnal' - ones hard, the other not so. Boomkat. People are talking about future Wireblock releases sitting on the funky side too - finally spreading from London.

Set's wise - haven't really caught anything too new that has been consistently exciting like the Mak ten sets of April. . With funky in its infancy, there is still the chance that you will be left unsatisfied or bored if the selections aren't right.

And i want a lot of emcees to step away from the genre completely. Grime is your vehicle, and if you can't ride that then you should career change.

One set that hinted at greatness was by the Fantastic Four (DVA, Roska, D Malice and Ill Blu) - which I'm sure is actually 5, seeing as there are two members of Ill Blu. They collectively have an EP out too. Ill Blu's 'Time To Get Nasty' is the choice cut. Hear at HTFR. I'll upload the set again if anyone should need.

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My eyes are still stinging. So i'll call this roll call off. & go find the coffee -

but, finally. . .

Martin Clark (Blackdown) did a proper round up of what's happening in London urban music here.

&

Dan Hancox featured some of the Bristol talents (Joker, Guido, Gemmy etc) in an article for the Guardian.

&

The Guardian also did this. Haha.

Barnet.

Wiley talking nonsense for 3minutes 45seconds. In the direction of Skepta.

In response to this , which was in response to this.

some 50 vs. Ross type thing, but this actually makes me laugh.

props to Elijahbutterz for the video. .

Grime in Swindon.

props have to be given. . . that Maniac beat in front of that audience (R1's Big Weekend). . . I hope tinchy continues to toe the line of chart success and staying true to grime. And that eventually the two coincide. That would make a whole lot of people very happy.

Not everyones feeling it though. Check the footage here. . . rollllling. . .

London Town

Rude Kid & Jme on the remix.

big ups to Elijah and Skilliam (Butterz Dj's) for their show last night. More from it soon, but Rude Kid was the guest and came with a load of heat. Now I truly know why some dj's are hell bent on playing solely grime instrumentals...!

Earth616

001, 002, 003

other preview videos through the link @ butterz. Thankyou to Elijah. But I went with Wiley seeing as i'd been crying for an instrumental release from him since before I even knew who the other 2 were.

all essentials.

Comment: The Triumph of Grime

It's easy to forget that for a scene to move forward it needs the people behind the scene just as much as it needs those at the front.

The Triumph Of Grime

It's come a long, long way but theres still so far that it can go.

Thankyou Dan Hancox.

Ruff sqwad at Westwood

See anyone else posting ruff sqwad at lunchtime?

...

no.

still at the top of grime for me - 100% sucker for the interplay - and even though they are barely a 'squad' anymore.

Kept expecting slix to step to the mic and give us a verse off of Bethnal Green.

Dot Rotten & Mega 12 on Westwood

I wanted to write something after this but I think i'm too confused. Theres a lot to take in.

Particularly that line about ghana.

Definitely got moves to make this year. . and this has got me anticipating if not fully ready for what he could bring.