Recent content by sean downes

obviously this extends to all genres of music, but it's most interesting to me in rap, especially grills. like, one tiny often obscured part of someones appearence becomes the ultimate status & personality signifier. juicy j of three 6 mafia with his platinum dracula fangs (he worships the...

i'm fascinated by clothes & looks, and the obvious link between personality on the mic and appearance; lethal b's bugs bunny jumpers, dee's pristine addidas zip ups, wiley's hats etc. then the ratty nasal voices, precise snake like flows + slender wiry frames/booming cumbersome bellows + rotund...

i've never once heard a grime tune from a car window. maybe "stand up tall" a few times. how many 15 year olds actually drive cars? it's all about the bus stop. i remember seeing these three girls, right up in each other, touching noses, and screaming the lyrics to forward back in like may last...

and "destruction" has always kinda reminded me of "down bottom"

it's been said before but "things that you do" by jay z f mariah carey pretty much invented "sino-grime".

i mean, the reason grime is so good is because uk mcs are finally rapping how they talk, right?

but yeah, let's stop comparing uk mcs to us ones (especially rakim, the most overrated mc in rap history), i thought it was already established that garage mcing is a completely different style that relies on completely different cultural and enviromental signifiers.

i think once garage becomes a more song based music you will get more of the "rakim style extended metaphors" (barf) you lot are pining after. instead of mcs just spitting their biggest bars over the hottest riddim, you'll get more collaborative efforts between mc & producer (though this happens...

those lyrics are jaw droppingly bad.

well the thread starter did ask for any oversights!

yeah, i don't think so solid should be discredited at all.

"are you really from the ends"!! always overlooked.

oh yeah, and CREEPER

and "dillemma" is surely the most overrated influence on current garage right? it always seems like a vague attempt to try and shoe-horn so solid into the continuum, "bound for da reload" is 2step!!