grime in 2004

i think its true. its mc based and it comes from this country.

alright-ruff squad
i second that motion.

:( Which is a nice way of saying "screw you USA".

Lots of big vinyl and video's soon come too

-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), November 30th, 2004

what, you too big to order from Rhythm division online?

Aside from Practice Hours I'm unsure what else is in stock (depends on the day) but there are loads more mixtapes coming supposedly around xmas/new year - Jammer's Destruction, Terror Danjah's After Shock, Logan Sama 2, Bossman Street Anthems 2, Split Mics... Will find out from Tinchy but as far as I'm aware their CD also drops before xmas. Can't wait to hear their album, but my fave track (Statik and Tinchy Stryder, with a girl singing in it) they hate so know sure what's going to happen to that! I would recommend everyone investing in Creeper on it's release.

i want to see a cage fight between discarda and the fat white hooligan from the southside allstars track. (i think its either niky s or nike) the one who spits his verse outside a pub surrounded by other fat scary white hooligans.

that would be brilliant.

i also want to see titch versus asher d, cos asher d gets on my nerves so i;ll put him in a cage with titch.

and riko versus jonny cash.

what other fights do people want me to get on my dvd

What's that mental Essentials riddim that's like the south version of forward? Headquarters riddim I think, its big. Narsty's new tune is heavy still. What do people think of So What and Foreign Format from south? There should be a big piece forthcoming on govt names about south grime, keep your eyes peeled.

northwest is funny. they've all got gimmicks. doneao, van damage, flirta d... i spose bashy is making a name but i don't rate him persoanlly. tottenahm is big though. well, i like meridian and total package anyway.

SLK's sets on Raw UK are sounding full of energy, right up there with Ruff Sqwad's latest and WOAH - Rapid's new riddim is cantakerous! Uses a nize little 2-step beat with a five-note b-line and a freaky female vox-FX loop. Simple but incredibly efenctive.

North's big right now: Total Package, Meridian, OO Squad, Venom Crew, T.M.M, Gunja Fam/Rattle Pack, Combinations. Some nice producers too: Skepta, Marsta, General LOK, JME, Hindzy D, P Jam...

Also check out Squaden Man Dem on HEAT 96.6fm. One of their MCs is called J.A. and he's very talented. 8pm-10pm Thursdays.

Grime Pseudonym of the Month : Johnny Skeng

it's nowt but house pirates for me.

north London wise i really rate JME from Meridian.

Are you trying to do a Dave Stelfox imitation? ;(

I'll check there btw and if it's not insanely prohibitively expensive I will buy it, Martin.

good

(i got one with him and monkey too, old school)

Aside from Dizzee Rascal (probably "Stand Up Tall"), can anyone suggest four more good tracks that provide a solid cross-section?

Thanks for any help.

Speaking personally, trying to use that site is fucking painful, plus the shipping is extortionate cos of the strong pound. If you buy online Juno is actually the only site that's easy to use, but their garage selection is pretty limited, and they don't do dvds or tape packs.

I don't share this experience at all, and I order every few months.

there's a jammer remix of the new roots manuva single by the way. roots redoes his vocal so he sounds kinda like a grime MC in how he spits on it.

demon does the armshouse lyric.

Talking about new Rolldeep stuff, what's that mad riddim that has a classical string sample on it.

-- 3underscore (tripleunderscore__...), December 1st, 2004.

The Kode 9 10"s are totally amazing, but probably dont get a mention here because this is a grime thread and they're more part of the dubstep scene.

out of interest where did you play them tripleunderscore?

Think of all the new Roll Deep stuff, aside from Shake A Leg, Back In The Day (produced by Target, nice piano sample, featuring Wiley) is one of the beautiful pieces of music I've heard in ages.