Many mix cd's are in my car. Many of the mix cd's are grime. I was checking my mates cars theyres are the same. Upon sitting there listening to some grime cd's I had made years back I suddenly realised just how much grime as a whole means to me. It feels like a part of not just mine, but the friends lives in which these cd's have been passed round.
Ive promised to burn one, yes just one, 80 minute grime compilation of the best tunes to have ever been blasted from anyone in my areas car. I didnt realise what a challenge this was with litterally thousands of tunes to sort through.
I thought I'd start with maybe not the earlyest grime to have been recorded, but the songs which I can find on the oldest of these mix cds. The oldest cd's all seem to have a consistant 3:
Ruff Sqwad ft. Wiley - Be Together
Ruff Sqwad ft. Crazy Titch & Brutality - Havana Riddim (I dont think this is a release, can up mp3)
Skepta, D Double E & JME - Thuggish Ruggish
These 3 tunes were definately what defined grime for me back when i first heard the sound. Living 30 miles from london well out of the pirate station range, I was probably way behind many listeners on dissensus.
So out of interest, what were the first grime sounding tracks you heard? If you was to make a grime compilation what tracks would it HAVE to contain...
Ive promised to burn one, yes just one, 80 minute grime compilation of the best tunes to have ever been blasted from anyone in my areas car. I didnt realise what a challenge this was with litterally thousands of tunes to sort through.
I thought I'd start with maybe not the earlyest grime to have been recorded, but the songs which I can find on the oldest of these mix cds. The oldest cd's all seem to have a consistant 3:
Ruff Sqwad ft. Wiley - Be Together
Ruff Sqwad ft. Crazy Titch & Brutality - Havana Riddim (I dont think this is a release, can up mp3)
Skepta, D Double E & JME - Thuggish Ruggish
These 3 tunes were definately what defined grime for me back when i first heard the sound. Living 30 miles from london well out of the pirate station range, I was probably way behind many listeners on dissensus.
So out of interest, what were the first grime sounding tracks you heard? If you was to make a grime compilation what tracks would it HAVE to contain...