westwood - should this be funny?

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I've listened occasionaly to the rap show thing on radio one with tim westwood, despite not liking rap that much. why is a little skinny guy pretending to be like a gangsta rapper person. is this a big parody thing i have missed or is he really serious? do you think he talks like that at home?
listen to him here

― 'oni0n, Wednesday, 18 January 2006 14:49 (twenty years ago)

That indeed is one of the great mysteries of the universe. BIG skinny guy by the way. His performances on 'Pimp my ride UK' are harrowing.

― lexurian (lexurian), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 14:57 (twenty years ago)

Guess they wouldn't employ a real rap dude to front the prog.

At least Tim couldn't (or can't) make his own rap records.

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 14:58 (twenty years ago)

what's a "real rap dude", mark?

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 14:59 (twenty years ago)

in the uk.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 14:59 (twenty years ago)

someone who's, um, b.b.b.b...

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 14:59 (twenty years ago)

More seriously, it's about the ability to 'get down' with the street, and also to be able to put on a suit and talk to the management in their own language.

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 15:01 (twenty years ago)

Because the other option is DJ Semtex as the voice of British rap.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 15:01 (twenty years ago)

i wish i could remember what was Westwood was like 15 years ago on Capital. i can only remember the tunes, which suggests he was a lot less bombastic and eagerly OTT back then.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 15:05 (twenty years ago)

I remember him from Night Network. Yeah, less 'bombastic', more 'the man in black' coolness.

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 15:10 (twenty years ago)

He's 40 and the son of a vicar - of COURSE he talks like that at home.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 15:15 (twenty years ago)

Indeed, dad was a former bishop (of Peterborough) if you will.

― NickB (NickB), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 15:18 (twenty years ago)

Chappy got shot didn't he a while back? What was that about again?

― NickB (NickB), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 15:20 (twenty years ago)

This means Carmody's going to accuse me of being Nick Griffin again, right?

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 15:20 (twenty years ago)

Chappy got shot didn't he a while back? What was that about again?

Bob Harris getting annoyed about losing listeners.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 15:23 (twenty years ago)

Did he start a whispering campaign?

― NickB (NickB), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 15:24 (twenty years ago)

Westwood gets props from loads of US hip hop people, though. There was that advert on TV a while back for one of the Westwood Big Dawg comps in which Snoop is featured saying something along the lines of "Yo, Tim Westwood, he my nephew"! And he gets a thankyou in PE's It Takes a Nation of Millions... So obviously some people take him seriously.

― Neil Stewart (Neil Stewart), Thursday, 19 January 2006 12:14 (twenty years ago)

haha i've seen a few of those pimp my ride shows, total geek with pants sagging and bombastic arm gestures. i figured he was on xzibits cock..

― rizzx, Thursday, 19 January 2006 12:17 (twenty years ago)

LWR Westwood:

http://www.mastermix.org/

"I'm certainly going to do my level best to get absolutely everything featured in today's show"

― ewmy (ewmy), Thursday, 19 January 2006 14:29 (twenty years ago)

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