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NYC

Ears, Jammer and D Double E on on tour with Vice magazine in New York.

MP3: Muskateer Allstars - Shoggle Riddim (feat. Fumin, Tinchy Stryder, Dirty Dangerous, Lethal B, Crazy Titch etc.)

Buy record here

Grime Primers

The Philistines have spoken, but now it's time to set the record straight (pun intended), with a definitive list of grime primers...



1. Band Aid 20 - Do They Know It's Christmas [Features Dizzie Raskle]
2. Craig David - 7 Days [A black boy from the Urban ends of Southampton]
3. Artful Dodger - Re-Rewind [Has the word 'rewind' in the title]
4. Blondie - Rapture [Song where woman raps. Lady Sov's obvious influence]
5. M.I.A. - Hombre [She's black, she's from the ends, she raps...]
6. The Streets - Weak Become Heroes [Kano was in one of his videos]
7. Oxide & Neutrino - "Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty) [Duh...]
8. Daniel Beddingfield - Gotta get Thru This [Straight from the bedroom to the road]
9. Ja Rule - Between me and you [I was running out of ideas here]
10. The Streets - Let's push things forward [Listen, this guy basically invented grime. Where do you think they got the idea for the forward riddim and the club night FWD>>?]


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Me on the UK Hip Hop sensation Dizzy Racsall

A copy of both articles can be found in Mixmag

DMZ

DIGITAL MYSTIKZ*+*LOEFAH +*SGT POKES
HORSEPOWER*(Benny Ill & Lev Jnr)
MARK ONE & VIRUS SYNDICATE
HATCHA & CRAZY D
SLT MOB
D1
DJ PINCH

Sat 7th May @ 3rd Bass - St. Matthews Church - Brixton - SW2
10-6am

*sound supported by 12k TurboSound System*

Die Liebe

MP3: Barbara Morgenstern - Die Liebe

WITNESS

Check out this amazing new track from Lady Sovereign's Album:

MP3: Lady Sovereign - Witness (Jammer Remix)

I love the way she so perfectly emulates Jamaican patois on this track. On "Random" she sounds like a tongue-less shetland pony speaking in a cod-Jamaican accent, while being strangled by her fetish-loving owner. Here, she sounds so real, you'd think she was actually black.

Also, check out this new David Banner joint in collaboration with gyal of the moment, M.I.A:

MP3: David Banner feat. M.I.A. - My Hometown

If, like me, you've been baffled by the hype concerning M.I.A., but have reserved judgement 'cos she's an immigrant and Thom Yorke likes immigrants, then wait until you here this! It's actually really good. You don't even need to pretend you like this one for a change.

While we're on the subject of grime, let's get even grime-ier with this grimey beast of a track from The Streets' new promo.

MP3: The Streets - Skeng

On this track, Mike Skinner "sings" about his struggle growing up on the mean streets of Barnsley. With lyrical content as real as this, it's unsuprising why journalists are calling Mike Skinner the new MC Neutrino.

Run for the hills

Post Grime is here.

When I say Ayia, you say Napa...

Download a mix from the rather inventively-titled DJ B-Line here

1. MACABRE UNIT - FRESH AIR
2. TERRA DANJHA - SONAR
3. MACABRE UNIT - SENSE ( RE-FIX )
4. IVAN.O - SAY WAT I LIKE ( INTRAL )
5. DAVINCHE - EYES ON DEVIL ( VIP )
6. MACABRE UNIT - UNKNOWN
7. WILEY - BROKEN ICE
8. WILEY - NEW ERA
9. ENDZ - ( END MIX )
10. TERRA DANJHA - UNKNOWN
11. SKEPTA & STATIC - D.T.I RMX
12. MACABRE UNIT - SLOW JAM ( VIP )
13. PLASTIC MAN - CHA - ( MARK ONE RMX)
14. MACABRE UNIT - CRUSHER
15. MACABRE UNIT - CRUSHED
16. TRIM AND SCRATCH
17. TERRA DANJHA - PIANO BASS
18. LEWI WHITE - UNKNOWN
19. IVAN.O - COME AGAIN
20. DAVINCHE - BUZZ LIGHT YEAR 2
21. DIZZEE RASKIT - STRINGZ HOE
22. FOOTSIE - HOOKS ( INTRAL )
23. MR SLASH - MUSICAL BASS
24. EASTWOOD - UNKNOWN
25. DAVINCHE - F LOOT
26. VENOM CREW - UNKNOWN
27. MACABRE UNIT - UNIT JAM
28. FLIRTA D - WARP SPEED ( INTRAL )
29. MONDIE - NORTH WEZZIE (INTRAL )
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While you're at it, you might as well download this Diplo mix:

MP3: DJ Diplo - Baile Funk Mix

It's basically glorified South American big beat, but I'm guessing that's irrelevant and you're all gonna just file it alongside your reggaeton mixes that you've been collecting over the past few years.

According to Simon Reynolds, Oxide and Neutrino invented grime.

That was clever of them.