Was thinking of doing this a while ago - putting together a mixtape of the mixtape. Lots of good tracks thrown away on bad mixtapes are in need of retrieving - not sure I have the time and patience to get all the permissions to do this though
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Was thinking of doing this a while ago - putting together a mixtape of the mixtape. Lots of good tracks thrown away on bad mixtapes are in need of retrieving - not sure I have the time and patience to get all the permissions to do this though
mos dan
fact music
lol. is that the ultimate dissensus word?
blubeat
blubeat
why the funky house? what's with that? FWD a few weeks back was Geeneus playing 2 hours of funky house followed by Benny Ill playing almost two hours of it as well. Crowd definitely wasn't feeling it. I've had to live through it once already and didn't enjoy it then either.
and those djs and logan aside, there's no one else repping really.. westwood? cameo? mak10 and a few others on pyro? grime needs more djs
Did the person behind the "AZA T Grime Scene podcasts" used to post here? He was doing mixtapes with fresh dubs with producers consent at the rate of one a month but they stopped after six episodes: http://www.garageband.com/user/thegrimescene/podcast/main
hmmm...
perhaps them? apart from that Terror Danjah's Hardrive Vol. 1 is out on monday and it is totally full of bangers instrumentals and vocals...then there's No.Lay's one but I don't know if that's coming out this year anymore
some of the above will probably have boring moments though as they do the girl track, badman track template s***
do you have all the major album releases from this year?
perhaps them? apart from that Terror Danjah's Hardrive Vol. 1 is out on monday and it is totally full of bangers instrumentals and vocals...then there's No.Lay's one but I don't know if that's coming out this year anymore
some of the above will probably have boring moments though as they do the girl track, badman track template s***
do you have all the major album releases from this year?
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noel emits
a wonderful wooden reason
Benny Ill playing funky house? Serious?
Right here is your problem. Case closed.
Chipmunk - League of my Own
Little Dee - Star In The Making
Duurrty Goodz - Axiom EP
Trim - Soulfood Vol. 2
Skepta - Greatest Hits
Tinchy Stryder - Star In The Hood
Jammer - Are U Dumb Vol. 2
Ghetto - Ghetto Gospel
Scorcher - Thunder Power
P Money - Coins 2 Notes (this is a free mixtape, you won't find it in shops)
Are all of the top of my head and all brilliant. Even out of this shortlist, I can tell you right now that Soulfood Vol. 2, Axiom EP and League of My Own are already pinnacle classics of the genre.
And to all the Chipmunk haters: I know it is painful, but sit down and listen to the whole album. It is pure fire front to back. Few MCs are on Chippy's level right now. I can see how he wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea, but to anyone who is despairing that the grime they loved is being swirled down the shitter, I'd expect you to be saying two Hail Chipmunks before bed every night. He just has such a natural ability and is (somewhat) arguably leading grime into its second generation.
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Agreed. I think he's the most exciting MC to emerge since Skepta.
I do?
mos dan
fact music
you haters are really struggling to pick holes aren't you? that's a lot of good material right there. i'd throw in young dot's 'this is the beginning' too, prob my personal highlight alongside axiom.
i think ppl would be wise to remember the nuts weekend of a thousand clashes http://dot-alt.blogspot.com/2007/09/try-and-keep-up.html, not to mention logan's rajar success, wiley's album (and in a way, the success of diz, kano and lethal too) and another year of trouble-free raves (yes, all five of them) if they want pointers to grime's enduring vitality. and jme selling 6,000 t-shirts, like i said in the blog post!
btw tom, big ups for merking that guy that said 'yeah, but do the youngers *really* look up to wiley rather than biggie though?'. tom just said 'well, i just asked them, and yes they do'. brap!
i think ppl would be wise to remember the nuts weekend of a thousand clashes http://dot-alt.blogspot.com/2007/09/try-and-keep-up.html, not to mention logan's rajar success, wiley's album (and in a way, the success of diz, kano and lethal too) and another year of trouble-free raves (yes, all five of them) if they want pointers to grime's enduring vitality. and jme selling 6,000 t-shirts, like i said in the blog post!
btw tom, big ups for merking that guy that said 'yeah, but do the youngers *really* look up to wiley rather than biggie though?'. tom just said 'well, i just asked them, and yes they do'. brap!
john eden
male pale and stale
i remember the days of wiley and kano and lethal b saying what they did wasnt and shouldnt be called hip hop too...
ill check out the chipmunk cd then, hope its good. but i think what sick boy calls 'pioneering classic', id most likely call good to great. pioneering classic is quite a heavy title to apply to something. im not saying its all doom and gloom for grime, not at all, just that whats out there to buy isnt quite as amazing as some of you are making out (the 'its all so amazing/grime is at its peak right now' seems to be like a case of wanting it to be all these things rather than it actually *being* these things). i know a good grime track when i hear it, but like bun u said, these tracks are *usually* on otherwise middling to poor mix cds.
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blubeat
blubeat
funky would not be my description but it was certainly house.
benjybars
village elder.
agree fully.. it's such an immense set... you know how wiley always used to introduce tracks with 'confident with the flow'?? that sums up this whole set. just pure confident flows. i seriously don't see how anyone can listen to fuck radio 5 and not be well hyped about the future for grime (apart from the chronic lack of live events for these guys to perform at...)
also, anyone know how skepta's album is selling??
mos dan
fact music
sorry i meant the use of the word 'hater' to be slightly tongue-in-cheek, which didn't really come across
i think there's more good stuff to come soon. i'm excited about jammer's album, goodz' full album is apparently unbelievable too (blows axiom out the water apparently), i'm sure there's lots more..
woebot on hearing skepta recently on r1 -
On this weeks show I did think Skepta was alarmingly bad! Really if this is the best that Grime can come up with these days it's in deep trouble. Skepta just doesn't have a "voice" like for instance D Double or Wiley do. He also doesn't have any lyrics. And he also doesn't seem to have any beats. A tune I can do without, the rest not. Skepta also kept doing this crucifyingly embarrassing thing, calling MAH "the Grimey Uma Thurman". I put down my saw and cringed, thinking, "Please Skepta, don't say it again," and he bloody did. It was crap the first time.
On this weeks show I did think Skepta was alarmingly bad! Really if this is the best that Grime can come up with these days it's in deep trouble. Skepta just doesn't have a "voice" like for instance D Double or Wiley do. He also doesn't have any lyrics. And he also doesn't seem to have any beats. A tune I can do without, the rest not. Skepta also kept doing this crucifyingly embarrassing thing, calling MAH "the Grimey Uma Thurman". I put down my saw and cringed, thinking, "Please Skepta, don't say it again," and he bloody did. It was crap the first time.
rockypoppy2
wtf?
fuck radio 5 just kills it dead - gumdrops i dont know what version you were listening too, but every mc merks, even lightning (once or twice)
agreed re griminal, someone needs to be getting him studio time, mixtape soon come please!!! and tempa t what the fuck is he dossing on, he needs a mixtape ffs. and then the generals, not even gonna say, the mixtape saga with them has just been too long.
still i dont understand how people cannot be excited about grime right now, its like the youngers are officially usurping the olders, bringing the scene back to an initial starting point, which echoes 2002-2003 period with its ferocity and just fucking good beats.
agreed re griminal, someone needs to be getting him studio time, mixtape soon come please!!! and tempa t what the fuck is he dossing on, he needs a mixtape ffs. and then the generals, not even gonna say, the mixtape saga with them has just been too long.
still i dont understand how people cannot be excited about grime right now, its like the youngers are officially usurping the olders, bringing the scene back to an initial starting point, which echoes 2002-2003 period with its ferocity and just fucking good beats.