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i'm a total ghetto addict and i'm a bit let down by this. after a few listens there just isn't enough hype/angry stuff, which is what he excels at. i really like his honesty though, his fearless 'freedom of speech' to explain how his, *ahem* 'mind works' i guess.
Simon78
Well-known member
It was great, I stayed up until 3 listening and was late for work this morning.
Mainly new beats got played. I think Trim was really into some of them and was asking for a CD. Scratchy was really good as well.
Elijah
Butterz
Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?3brjehz150v8624
Stream: http://i.mixcloud.com/Cr17
Elijah & Skilliam... Trim & Scratchy... 80% 2010 beats... obviously
Stream: http://i.mixcloud.com/Cr17
Elijah & Skilliam... Trim & Scratchy... 80% 2010 beats... obviously
Elijah
Butterz
no name yet only made a few weeks ago
Simon78
Well-known member
Its so heavy. I want to hear that in a club.
Great show that, I will be listening to that mp3 a lot.
A lot more roap-rap styled tracks than I thought there'd be as well. I'm not sure about Ghetto's "honesty". He's always seemed a bit insecure to me, always on this permanent hype ting (but a serious one, much more earnest than the tongue-in-cheek aggression of, say, Tempa T or Badness). In fact, the Movement are kind of a squad of chronic overcompensaters: Scorcher's hopeless American Gangster projections, Wretch and Devlin's embarassing "I'm too metaphorical for you blud" attempts at wordplay, etc.
When I think of honesty in grime I think of people like Wiley, JME and D Double E. Their styles and personalities are so unique and eccentric and campy; they seem to embrace the ways they are different from their peers. I mean, maybe Ghetto is how he says he is, but even if he is, it doesn't really make him interesting, yaknow?
And the way he gets so emotional when people challenge his masculinity! Remember the Bashy "you got raped in jail" incident? That was just uncomfortable.
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rubberdingyrapids
Well-known member
seriously cant wait to hear that trim show. hope its epic.
benjybars
village elder.
Scorcher's American stuff is terrible, Devlin is at best C-list but Wretch I really like: the Wretch v Ghetto set on Logan last year was my favourite, i come back to it time and again. Wretch clever and funny, not quite on Trim's level of clever and funny but better than 90% of other MCs and at least he isn't yet another advocate of the 'nah blad I AM harder than everyone' mentality. I even played a Chipmunk track on radio last night because of Wretch... I think he forced Chippy to up his game on it.
Basically, yeah. If Devlin is C-list then Wretch is F-list at best. In his whole career he has put out virtually nothing of any value at all, but still somehow goes on like he's some Jay-Z type figure, throwing freshly bought Louis Vuitton scarfs in the bin on youtube (definitely not purchased with music money, though he'd have you think otherwise). He is a master charlatan, and it irks me there are still some people who are buying into his schtick. Few other MCs have got away with what Wretch 32 has, given his lack of work rate or real contribution outside of his affilation with Ghetto.
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Actually come to think of it I actually can't think of a single other MC who has managed to work his image so well that he has eluded the notoriously fickle critical eye of grimeforum for so long and so consistently.
I'd say Goodz, but Goodz put out Axiom EP which is now pretty much a grime classic, and his clash with Wiley is the stuff of legend. Wretch 32's trophy cabinet is all smoke and mirrors.
I'd say Goodz, but Goodz put out Axiom EP which is now pretty much a grime classic, and his clash with Wiley is the stuff of legend. Wretch 32's trophy cabinet is all smoke and mirrors.
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lol I just tried to load that picture on my computer at work, and HSBC tells me that it has been blocked, filtered under the category "Tasteless".
wow, strong words for Wretch! This is the Ghetts & Wretch set on Logan from last year, so sick.