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Good read! Your soundcloud is a public service imo. Roots of Ramadanman with the Soul Jazz releases on there would be amazing...

Thanks for organising the poll, Benny. Have already found new faves The top 30 I submitted: 1) Terror Danjah - Cock back V1.2 2) Wiley (feat. Flow Dan & Dizzee Rascal) - Eskimo 3) Lethal B - Pow! (Forward) 4) Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers 5) Pinch - Qawwali 6) Riko & Target - Chosen One 7)...

At least one of these won't make the cut Eskimo Pow Chosen One I Luv U Functions on the Low Destruction V.I.P Cock Back V1.2

Happy with this being the highest-rated dubstep track, but perhaps something by Loefah may still come up? The rest should be all-grime IMO

Why I'm interested in the individual ballots probs more than the poll itself.

So true

When I was first getting into grime (thru Run the Road and the big studio albums) I got the sense of a mini-genre of songs about how stuff was so much better when you were a yout, when you were either less aware of the world's ills, or free from the responsibility of dealing with them. Things...

I read the first book and decided the style was so televisual that I could just save time by watching the tv show. Apparently G.R.R. Martin worked in television for a while – and actually wrote some of the episodes for this as well, including the one that's coming up. ...which is directed by...

Such a funny piece. This bit particularly relevant here:

^^^^^ YES YES YES YES YES

I think Alex Macpherson's attitude is really valuable: taking the heat that comes from attacking the darlings of the paper he works for, (like Radiohead, etc). That's pretty brave, I think. And it's not ALL negative, he's as committed to riding for the music he loves and thinks is important as...

Simon Reynolds bringing together recent pieces by Martin Clark, Rory Gibb, Philip Sherburne. Probably as good as it gets at the moment...

What concerns me is what the logical end point would be if the only two options a critic has is positivity and silence. Those hoping that the dull and derivative will just sink due to lack of exposure are misguided, I think. A piece of music is subjective enough to always find support from...

Point 3 of that mnml msgs souffle post from last year is v good on this:

Agreed on Footsie's Zoot Break EP. His track with Swindle is one of my favourite things this year. Not really feeling 'Mario Balotelli' from the Ruff Sqwad 2012 EP, but 'Dats How I Like It' with JME is pretty great. A friend sent this vid to me: Feel like there is a scene report to be...