grime in 2004

"Essex"

i heard there was about 8 people there.

rhythm divison has sold out of lord of the mics. is heat in the street 2 worth it?

And why aren't more people talking about Lord of the Mic??? It's REALLY good!

SHOOT IT, TOMMY GUN, SHOOT IT, MACK-11, SHOOT IT

Has anyone been in a Forward Riddim riot yet? This whole banning thing reminds me of "Never Scared" before it blew up on the tele.

I dled this a while ago and agree, but i have nothing to say about it cause i'm not enough of a grime nerd (sadly).

- the lethal b wiley diss over 'cant get you out of my head' maybe this is old but ive not heard it before.

- the lady fury track

- ESSENTIALS duh

er cant really remember
i sat down and listened to it all then wrote things down about each track. but then when i was writing it on the computer blogger fucked it and i couldnt be fucked. i'll have anopther listen tonight

but why was no one excited when i talked about it a couple of months ago?! seemed like everyone was hating on it then!

I got some good stuff in the post today, Heat In The Street 2, and the Crazy T/Vader/Mr Wong mixtape, which is straight garage and fucking brilliant on first listen!

Oh, and also Uptown threw in a Paperchase thing called Street Anthems which looks really good, nice roundup of all the good Essentials/Davinche/Terra Danjah stuuf, inc. So Contagious and Gone.

I think that it easily matches the N.A.S.T.Y. mix, although I guesses it kind of lacks the shock of the new that N.A.S.T.Y. had for me when I first heard it. But still...

xpost haha, it isn't?

the dizzee/doogz tune is boring. i have thought this of much grime i have heard since 'stand up tall' was released, including the rest of dizz's lp, i am coming to admit. except ruff sqwad's 'anna' and 'move to this'; do you all agree with the widow twanky blogs that have bemoaned the ruff sound qwality and mired lyrics? these songs are intensely perfectly great and i shouldnt be the first one to say so.

I disagree re Davinche though, I reckon he's a really good producer (do you still hate Terra Danjah candour?)

davinche has nice chops, and a tidy sensibility. but i find it of little consequence. if he was a uk hiphop producer i'd give him a pat on the back.

i already said i liked the grimette td stuff! has he had any new riddimic ones? because it was cock back and the sort that i wasn't so into. terra will let you all down very soon though

My version of "Anna" sounds fine, though 'cos it's all grainy mp3s for me I'd hardly know the difference anyway. Whenever I hear Ruff Sqwad tracks as instrumentals I find it difficult to imagine rapping on them cos they're so dense and multilayered ("Anna" is like a six part round!), but then later on I do hear vocals on the tracks and it makes perfect sense.

"davinche has nice chops, and a tidy sensibility. but i find it of little consequence. if he was a uk hiphop producer i'd give him a pat on the back."

I sort of get where you're coming from here in that he's very much a producer producer rather than a sonic artiste, but I don't know if that's such a bad thing. Stuff like "Ps & Qs" or Wiley's "Baby" or "Leave Me Alone" or "Grimey" work really well as foundations for great rap/pop tracks. He's like the K Warren of grime maybe. Or... no... No I'm struggling to think of a 2-step parallel right now that really fits. But yeah I'm love "Ps & Qs" at the moment, it's like generic grime that makes generic grime seem like a brilliant thing, like those second tier Neptunes tracks that are actually secretly first tier (lotsa Clipse stuff obv).

The first major label-backed grime compilation, called "Run The Road" has just been completed. It's a snapshot of this scene in 2004, taking in past classics and future hits.

It's coming out on 679 Recordings (home to Kano and The Streets) on November 15th and was A&Red by 679 and myself.

Here's the tracklisting:

1. Terror Danjah feat. Hyper, Bruza, D Double E and Hyper 'c*ck Back V1.2'
2. Riko and Target 'Chosen One'
3. Roll Deep 'Let It Out'
4. Kano 'Ps and Qs'
5. Jammer feat. Wiley, D Double E, Kano and Goodz 'Destruction VIP'
6. Dizzee Rascal ft D Double E 'Give U More'
7. No Lay 'Unorthadox Daughter'
8. Shystie feat. Ronnie Redz, Kano and Bruza 'One Wish' Terror Danjah Remix
9. Goodz 'Gimmie Dat'
10. Demon feat. Bruza and Big-E-D 'Da Rush'
11. Tinchy Stryder 'Move'
12. Lady Sovereign 'Cha Ching (Cheque 1, 2 Remix)'
13. Ears 'Happy Dayz'
14. The Streets feat. Kano, Donae'o, Lady Sovereign and Tinchy Stryder 'Fit But You Know It'
15. Wonder feat. Plan B 'Cap Back'
16. Kano feat. Demon and Wiley 'Mic Fight'