The world is my Oyster card

Lethal Bizzle is on the cover of Time Out this month. When was the last time he wasn't pictured with sunglasses? When was the last time he was actually seen by someone without them on? I saw him play in a dark, sweaty punk club with Gallows at the Dot To Dot festival earlier this year and kept them on all night. Something's wrong. He's either got conjunctivitis, a gammy eye or he's gone blind. Someone should investigate that further.



Come to this night in Hackney Wick on Friday. It will be amazing. I haven't seen Slew Dem all perform together in years. Kode 9 is at FWD>> that night so think of it as an after party.



I'm DJing at Sankey's in Manchester with Plastician and Hatcha tomorrow. Should be good.

No furry hats, no hoods

I went to Dirty Canvas last night for the launch party of their label. Lee Brasco, Dirty Danger, Purple, Badness, Jammer, Neckle Camp, Ras Kwame and Terror Danjah were all there but the highlight for me was D Double E's new hat. It was incredible. Think a little mink Liza Minnelli number meets something Dot Cotton might have been wearing in the 80s and you will get the picture. Towards the end of the night, Jammer and Badness did a PA of the next release on No Hats No Hoods which was produced by Silverlink. I can't remember what it was like - I was too mesmerised by the hat. Just after I left I heard Jammer and co. were hanging out playing music in their car and smoking across the road from the venue when some police rolled up and searched the car, but it was all bless in the end innit.



This is my new favourite drink. I only discovered it the other day but it's pretty amazing. It's like a cross between Lilt and Rubicon Passion.

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Jammer is in the new issue of i-D dressed as a giant multi-coloured condom. Cardigans a month or two back, now this. Look out for Wiley in a skirt and blouse next month (maybe).

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Some recent songs I like:

Mykal Rose - Shoot Out

Grandads may remember Mykal Rose's big song with Shabba Ranks in the 90s. I don't, but I really like this.



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Grit Boys - Cup Full feat. Mac Boney & Dizzee Rascal

Do you remember when Dizzee did that amazing radio show with Grit Boys on Damage Control when he was over in Houston a few years back? There was talk of them doing some tracks together. One of them ("Get In") came out on a mixtape a little while ago but there's also one on Grit Boys' new album, Ghetto Reality In Texas.



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Apple - Mr Bean

I don't have an mp3 of this (you can listen to a sample here) but I bought it on vinyl a few months back after a recommendation from Logan Sama. It's a kind of soca/makossa-grime track (with tribal / tropical dancehall percussion) on a funky house label and I'm a big fan. Think Jon E Cash making carnival music. I've played this every time I've DJed recently and it always goes down well. I heard Spyro playing it on that big Rinse FM set last weekend (which wasn't actually as good as everyone said. Maybe kind of boring, in fact, but I can't be bothered to explain why right now).

Sean Kingston interview

Below is a recent interview I did with Sean Kingston. Read the edited version in Vice here.

Prancehall: Hey, did you star as Leroy the boxer in Bugsy Malone? You look like him.
Sean Kingston: What? No, I didn't star in that. I did acting when I was younger, though. I went to acting school and I enjoyed it a lot.

Oh, okay. So why did you let DJ Khaled anywhere near your album? He's literally insane.
He's not insane, he's a good dude. He shows a lot of love to me and has a lot of energy. He's very energetic, know what I mean?

Does he shout all over the song on your album, like he usually does?
No, he doesn't shout all over it.

Thank God for that. Do you have a girlfriend right now?
No, I'm single.

Why haven't you got a girlfriend?
I'm focusing on my career, man.

No time for girls?
No time for girls, I'm always busy. I mean, I love girls - I have associates, I have friends, but not a girlfriend.

Is it true your executive producer, J.R., hooked up with Britney Spears?
Yes. Some of it was true, some of it was a rumour. He did take Britney Spears on a date, but as far as him saying that he had sex with Britney Spears and all that stuff, that was kind of a little…

Was the date before or after she shaved her head?
Erm... that was after.

Did he introduce you to Britney?
Yeah, I met Britney with him at the studio. She's cool, man, she's very shy, she's very quiet. She's kind of funny, you know what I'm saying?

Would you say she's a beautiful girl?
Erm... she is, she is. My definition of a beautiful girl is Beyonce, though.

What if Beyonce shaved her head, would you still think she was a beautiful
girl?
Yeah. She has a nice body. She's not going to shave her head, though.

Peekaboo

The Observer ran a piece on singer-songwriters on Sunday and featured Lethal B(izzle). Erm... are they tryna take man for a cocktail sausage? Since when was he a singer or, for that matter, a songwriter? Apparently he took a body guard to the shoot and got him to look after his ice cream while he had is picture taken. Read the article here.



This is 50 Cent's remake of his forthcoming Rolling Stone cover with Kanye. Curtis has a sense of humour.



VBS is doing some kind of 50 Cent vs Kanye thing this week. This is part 1 of Spike Jonze hanging out with Kanye. There's also a 50 interview.



I almost forgot about this, but there was also another Spike Jonze Spends... with M.I.A. where they go to Afrikan Boy's house (he's signed to her label, don'tchaknow?). Pretty funny. Notice the way she pretends they met "out and about" but it was a total MySpace thing. Just like Kano pretending he saw Kate Nash on MySpace when in fact it was all totally planned for him. Gotta go now. Bye.

Dikhead Ting

Officially my favourite thing on the internet from the last three months. Who's the guy across the road I wonder?



I'm not sure if I mentioned Goodz's Axiom EP on here before now because I was saving myself for a Vice feature that never happened (does anyone have his phone number? If so please email it to me) but I have been liking it a lot. It's good to have him back. I listen to this little clip at least once every day. Just saying.



The guys from Y3 Media emailed me a week or so back to tell me they'd uploaded footage from Wiley's album launch. They strangely decided against providing me with a link to where I could find it, but I'm smart like guys with three or more GCSEs so managed to track it down. This is part 1 of 5, but in keeping with tradition, I will leave you to find the rest of the links yourself. I also stumbled across older footage they have of some of the Eskibeat youngers. I wasn't totally convinced before how good Ice Kid was (even though I booked him for my final night at Scala earlier this year) but his little freestyle at the start is pretty great I think.



I haven't posted in ages but now I can't stop. Here's Wiley with his Eskibeat youngers on Westwood months and months ago. You can really tell with them all in the room that this is the generation who grew up listening to Wiley. They sound so much like him. Look at Richard in the background throughout the whole thing standing there like a proud dad.

Oh, btw, in case you missed it, Wiley Kat left Big Dada only to come running back with his tail between his legs a week later. Big look for the scene, as they say.

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Finally, here's a letter I got about my mixtape last week or the week before. I will be sending out CDs to whoever asks. Just email me.

Hello PRANCEHALL.

I downloaded your mix-tape and I'm listening to it now.

The Toxic freestyle just got pulled three times.

I just this second thought that to earn a c.d i'm going do a real time
written commentry while i smoke some marajuana and listen to your mix.

O.K

Jammers still doing his thing. Its great. The toxic rhythm makes me think of a cowboy film or those yellow suits in kill bill. Wait. Theres an american guy, just like wham, right up in my head phones. He sounds good in a sort of lazy way. And the beats like a kind of euphoric sci-fi film, with a limp, which is quite a good thing. Hold on, is that the Justin Timberlake song? No. No, its not. Its Will Pherell. Mary Jane tune sounds great. Jammers back. Jumpy rhythm mix, its uplifting, now its changed, this must be Slinga. Oh wait, the beats like mario 64 music in the ghost world and also a fruit machine. Great! Heres the big man. On good form. Its like he was never shot in his big fat belly. And i guess this is our man in new york or berlin or whatever. Hold on. Some ones on the phone. Mr Shadetek made the wobbles yeah? They're nice. Still phone. Getting bored with the phone. Thats it. Finally some jamacians. Thats great. The beat is triumphant and like one of those battering rams in medival times. the flows faster and more militant. The singing man is great. Gangster for life and that. Seriously though, wicked exclusive. We are back to the americans. That guy with the higher voice who does the choppy double time flow. Hes great. He should be famous. wow im dizzy now. More ghost sirens// FFFFuck its really late. Its 5.38. I'm going Bed. You can make the rest up. Wait../ the Movado lick is great.