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re: distribution, rossi b is running cb distribution now - http://cb-distribution.com/ - they reliably get the big grime and dubstep tunes. me, megatron, subtek have been picking out some things for amoeba sf. but am i still into grime myself? maybe. not sure. i find a lot of that energy in...

No, it's that artists in the grime scene don't even have the drive of about a million bands that started their own labels and successfully marketed themselves. I put out a compilation of unreleased tracks from about 8-9 different producers which got international distribution and reviews, and I...

i have always found the "big business commercialized/cannibalized music scene xxx" to be patronizing at best, like the artists you're talking about aren't as bright as YOU are and so those poor innocents got taken for all they were worth by fast-talking whitemen in expensive suits. consider that...

hey thanks! let me see what i remember loving so: corrupted crew f. mc neat - "g.a.r.a.g.e" one of the first mc records to come out that i found compelling, even though it's a little cringey these days as neat spells out the hook and some of the rhymes are a little... lacking. still, it's a...

please allow me: -- Check it out What are you saying What are you playing Who are you obeying Day out day in? Baby, baby, baby, baby That stuff is driving me crazy Djs communicate to the masses Sex and violent classes Now our children grow up prisoners All their lives radio listeners -- i don't...

Okay, so how about DVDs? I have a pet theory that "live performance" in grime now is more about performing for the rest of your crew / camera and eventual DVD release than actually playing for the crowd. Whenever grime artists go to NYC now they have somebody filming it, and the whole thing...

fwiw, i interviewed plasticman the other weekend and he's never been into d&b at all, drives around in his car listening to hip-hop stations. wouldn't think it from his records, would you? that said, i do think that "what grime producers listen to" and "what you should listen to to appreciate...

I'll take a stab as best I can - I've made preliminary efforts at digging into it. When I went to London summer 2003 I went to Co-op at Plastic People (also the home of FWD>>) and was really surprised that there wasn't any connection at all between that crowd and the people that came out for...

i think it's 2 things: marijuana use is so casual and enforcement is so lax (when i was at smoove there were people openly rolling up and lighting up 5 feet from the bouncers) - it's like making a song about drinking a couple of beers. hmm, wait, bearman... there's no real cultural ties to the...

actually these are legally known as "interpolations" - dre is famous for using them from the chronic and on. means that the BEPs just had better lawyers/more watchful label mgmt. (but god, they suck more in every other identifiable way)

"i just moved to the city" -> "i need to say controversial things to get my rep up" he also thought ghetto was demon. in his defense, i think one of the links in "hipster blogger dorks" is his own blog.

the "hype man" was ghetto, also late of nasty crew. that kano show was fucking raw! bionix was djing too. the wiley song is the one over "ice cream man" - "can't get along with wiley" really? i saw karnage working the crossfader quite a lot - there were a lot of nice chops going on.

went to this last night: wiley flo dan scratchy trim karnage blogged a little (but have to run off to the park show with dipset) http://www.urbanrenewalrecords.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=25

hold tight for my new choon sampling "west end girls" all the Hounslow wastemen dem call out me name... merk!

NASTY Deuce CD is here! http://www.dulug.duke.edu/~cooper/nasty_deuce_mix.mp3 tracklisting: Boys Love Girls 3:31 Kano Player 2:32 Bigga-Man Feat. Ears Take You Out (Featuring NASTY crew and Biggaman) Lyrical Combat (Featuring Hyper) 3:12 Jammer Doing It Now (Featuring Essentials) 1:01 Jammer...