Friday Freestyle Bonanza

I have been somewhat 'absentee' on the blogging front for the past few weeks,

 somewhere between the Newham 10K and other stuff i'm doing it's peaak.

Anyways, f*ck all the talk - here's the videos...

Friday Freestyles EP 2

Bada-bing!

Here's the second episode of Generalz Ent's Friday Freestyles series!

Not long til mine comes out, but in the meantime here's South London MC Redzy AB - enjoy!

Hitsville UK....

A beautiful idea, the idea of a domestic scene big enough to circum-navigate A&R's and slimy music executives, a scene bubbling enough just to give music straight from the artist to the listener without feeding an overbloated middle-man.

Although the song is by The Clash...

the dream is timeless and belongs to us all.

If Wiley is the Godfather of this countries most growing music genre, this song or the idea represented is ideologically something like the Old Testament (should they ever write the book of grime).

Everybody knows that...

Fruit-tella is...

Thats a given, I'd even go as far as saying that they are a marker of social status - as 'real badman' always have a pack with them. I mean how else would a lot of us deal with the long hours and working conditions found 'on the road' if we weren't rolling with Fruit-tella (or to a lesser extent starburst).

Anyways all talk of sweets aside, Adam Deacon's new movie Anuvahood is coming out in March, and somewhere between the cameos and trailer it looks like it should be 'jokes'.

This brother...

Is making a lot of sense...

He's definitely a speaker after my own heart and overall he has a strong point "build it and they shall come".

So this is out to all my real movers and shakers, 'bun an imageting' and don't even think about the money as an endpoint, payment is a byproduct of business it's not as important as what service you're providing so don't think about cash as much as you think about adaptability initiative and confidence.

Eitherway, this life is for the schemers...

The Instrumentalist...

Production is an important aspect of many music genre's.

In the world of Hip Hop it definitely helps to have someone sharp and innovative behind the buttons, so without further adieu I present to you...

Session 600

I will say little more than that, because his production itself speaks volumes!

UK's unsung heroes...

Because Grime is the inner city thing, quite often the Hip-Hop heads of this country get forgotten about.

So I'm gonna drop some names and plead the case for their recognition.

Eurgh!

Is a busy guy - he gets it in for the UK. As the president of the Don't Flop Battle Rap League (the UK equivalent of America's Grind Time Now and Canada's KODT League), dude does this internationally

as the evidence...

clearly shows!

Even though the Don't Flop league doesn't have the amount of talent its counterparts have,

 its obviously growing - and furthermore the leagues Capo doesn't play when he flies out!

Logic

Is number two on my list (even though its 'no particular order') and truth is I don't have to say much!!

Brixton's Logical one is a scene mainstay for a good reason...

namely that the dude...

makes sense.

Speaking of logic, I move on to the last UK mainstay I wanna talk about...

Lowkey

Who isn't really an unsung hero as much as a known bubble burster, 

If ignorance is bliss, then its only because it is measured by comparison to it's binary opposite.

Lowkey makes it very clear that knowledge...

can be a VERY....

BITTER...

COMMODITY.

Friends roadmans, countrymen

I present

Eurgh, Logic, Lowkey

Requiescat In Pace...

SPIFFTV.COM

Whilst nobody that isn't close family knows the cause of death at this moment in time, the assumption is that the demise may be somehow related to Internet Gangsters.

Internet Gangsters have been an increasingly bigger and more worrying problem here on the many 'e-streets' that make up the 'world wide interweb', and although no e-bullet fragments have been found - I can confidently say that there is either blood on somebodies keyboard, or SpiffTv bandana overdosed (OB'd).

I really hope there is some kind of inquiry, 

but at the same time I won't be surpised whatever the end verdict is.

Eitherway, we will all dearly miss u Spiff and hopefully lessons will be learned, Like:

Too much Gas and (fake) Grease may just kill your poor website.

Rest in peace Spiffy 

*sheds tears* 

Now how will anyone see Johnny Gunz spray bars

Hangtite TFL...

The employee's over there are striking from tonight and throughout tomorrow.

Although they aren't able to give a full and comprehensive idea of how many service's will be disrupted, 

here is the information they did share online -

Tube strikes are BS, from time them lot are paid Noiicely - it's a 'BALE FACE' ting

I was considering getting up to BrainLokk MC's radio show, 

but West Ham to Harrow is peak at these times lol!

I will update with any more news as it comes in!

All Hail Bale (aka Excuse My Yiddish pt 3)...

All anti-Spurs talk will earn you a swift...

BALE FACE!!!

Excuse my Yiddish but... F*ck off, what can you lot tell us man!?!?

WE JUST BODIED THE EUROPEAN CHAMPS AT THE LANE!!!

Swiss - Bad Boy's

I do try my best to be first 'inna this', so I sincerely hope nobody has beaten me to the punch on this one!

I'm sure 'this man' needs no introduction, but that is an assumption on my part, so if dunno the difference between a 'Swiss' and a 'Swiss-roll' I'll point you in this direction, so that you may get up to speed.

For everyone else, here is 'Bad boys' by Swiss...

The 1st Commercial single since 'Pain n Muziq' days, and what can I say other than

"Salute!" and "Welcome back Sir Swiss".

No need for my usual

Friends, Roadmans, Countrymen tagline

- you should already know what it is!

Marvin Henry Update...

As you may remember, In Tea and Biscuits part 3 I spoke at great length about the murder of Marvin Henry.

According to the BBC there has been a development in the case and a 21 yr old man has been charged with murder. It also states that the other 11 people that were arrested have been bailed until late November.

I have little knowledge regarding this case, but hope that justice is served quickly enough.

Once again, RIP Marvin Henry.

Ok...

More from Will Kay and his OddKingdom brand!
This time it's his takes on a few UK Brands

Set to the sounds of 'Dot Rotten', this whole 'watch me work' style video,
is one of the things that sets Will ahead of the competition,
in terms of style and ingenuity ...

 

Big look, for both Will and the brands featured!

*Note: I will update this again tomorrow with more links etc*

All Apologies...

I really hope that you haven't noticed by now, but I am over opinionated.

Often without due justification

I can understand your shock! I was also shocked when I found out.

It's OK though! I'm not conceited, furthermore I'm adaptable.

I will soon be more than comfortable sitting in this Glass house..

and Only God knows when I'll stop throwing stones...

I mean why change the habit of a lifetime!? I'm good at it!!

I'm very conscious of the fact that for every criticism I throw, three may come back in return.

That's also OK, for I can catch too

More time, it might boil down to being a case of that whole 'Pot - Kettle - Ethnic' thing...

but whatever init!!

'Face bovvered'??

lemme check...

Nope!! 

My face is actually not!

BizzyNESS as Usual!

There's nothing worse...

Than someone entirely on some kinda

it's really hard to bear

 .

Nothing is more grinding than somebody both attempting to surpass your 'ability to ignore'

and actively stealing something that should be everybodies, like oxygen.

Dem man are pisstakers...
don't let them steal from you.

And still, this harsh cacophony continues...

my greatest fear is that I may soon 

 

I beg for both guidance and patience during this testing time,

for being nice is a matter of both control and kindness.

Currently I feel both thing slipping from me,

Please forgive me should I emplode and

reduce the cacophony of sound to the haunting pleasure of silence.

Basically,

please STFU now,

your disturbing my existence.

Sometimes...

It's hard to block out all of the background noise and minor distractions whilst attempting to do what ever it is you feel you need to. I refer to all of these distractions as the

CACOPHONY....

 

And frankly, whilst i'm tryna get alot of things of the ground I'm deaf to it all.

An Eritrean Songbird emerges...

In a time where the idea of being current and having 'arrd swagger' is so present across the board,

Lidiaana
feels refreshing as an artist. She is very humble and somewhat shy, but proud and fiercely confident at the same time - the kind of Paradox that many an affluent artist typically has been.

She was born and mostly raised in Germany and moved here in order to make her way in the music industry.

I've always loved a handful of German artist (Guano Apes, Afrob and Samy Deluxe to name but a few) and can see where a lot of her influences are drawn from.

'Wake Up' is her new single (available to download on iTunes) and I think it's 'alot'.

It's a song with depth lyrically and the video is built in a very 'fit to purpose' manner, sweet and 'lovey dovey' until it reaches it's tragic crescendo. 

I'm not going to say more that that - give the video a look yourself.

I love the 90's soul feel of this track, and it's good that the video is both professional and classy without 'blingy' imagery.

Lidiaana's about init! 

She grinds daily, so you will hear more from her!!

Here's a link to an interview she did recently

Monday Rant

It's sad to read 'was known to police' in the first line of any article regarding the murder of a child,
I must state clearly that we (that is, assuming I speak for 'all of us')
reject any such attempts to rubbish the life of this young man, or profit off of his death.

Once again 

RIP Samuel Adelagun

I don't hate Monday's.
I've already played 'Friday', by the Cure in the mix-bag of Grime, Hip Hop, Indie and punk music, that I often start the day by playing. It saddens me more to open the paper and find another article about the young man murdered just a stone's throw away from where I live.

It's obvious that society has a problem at the moment, but it's sadder to see the same semiotics and biased language yet again. Blame shirkers the lot of them. Throwing the word 'gang related' at such news exonerates neither reader nor society. Samuel Adelagun was a child.

Of course these 'children' are somehow accountable for their actions, but ultimately they do not bring guns in to the counrty or convert them. All of the 'products' they sell are sourced by 'external agencies', they're merely the impressionable 'bottom end of 'the layer cake'.

Teenage angst has always been a problem for practically every developed (or developing) society, the combination of this and socio-economic poverty form a volatile cocktail.

Many people have said England doesn't have ghetto's,

speaking in relative terms to the 3rd world (rather than between classes domestically).

Whilst the common concensus buried it's head in the sand, the 'Underclass' found ugly ways to try pull themselve's out of their 'synonymy' with poverty.

Anyways less talk more Music, alie?!

 

Hangtitght Kele - Big Mic Man!

I'm sure Nigeria are overly proud!!

Here are the Lyrics:

There was a sense of disappointment as we left the mall
All the young people looked the same
Wearing their masks of cool and disinterest
Commerce dressed up as rebellion
Because we are so handsome and we are so bored
So entertain us, tell me a joke
Make it long, make it last forever
Make it cruel just make me laugh
We can't be hurt
Drink to forget your blues on the weekend
Think about more things to buy
The TV taught me how to sulk and to love nothing
And how to grow my hair long
So why do you go picking fights that you will lose?
(When u have entertainment, when give you things to pass the time)
So why do you have to go thinking thoughts that are above you?
(You can be happy, just play dumb x2)
Well I was brave
And unique,
Intelligent,
A snowflake
I could have been a hero
No-one can be trusted over the age of 14
Tattoo our arms
Converse shoes
Cynical
But we still do it
We tell ourselves that we're different
I've gotten so good at lying to myself
All, all my pain and honour is used up
All my guns are rusted
So when are you going to realise those are not your wrongs to right
Have another line, have another drink
(Pop songs won’t change the government)
I am a martyr I just need a motive
I am a martyr I just need a cause
I'm a believer I just need to a moment
I'm a believer I just need a cause
We're finding it hard to break the mould
We are finding it so hard to be alone
We're finding it hard to have time by ourselves
We have nothing at all to say
Uniform
There was a sense of disappointment as we sped away
All the teenagers looked the same

Stroke of genius...

This post isn't about the last Batman film to be released, although it was brilliant. It was such a great film mainly because Heath Ledger stole the show. The role of the Joker was played out with enough style and charisma to make him feel like an Anti-Hero...

"Why so serious!?!?"

Really good catchphrase eh. 

 Here's a simple answer to it though...

"why so serious!?!",

"because eventually people will have to take you seriously".

Giselle is very serious, Bailiff levels of serious. 

She is a versatile and driven Make-up artist with plans and structure to match. Her 'hustle' is both strong at grassroots level, and online. She is on both Facebook and Twitter so you can have a look at what she does, also her website is nigh on completion.

A major part of my respect for 'her grind' is built on her understanding of the build then diversify school of thought. Like Will Kay whom I wrote a previous piece on, Giselle has plans on more than just the prizes you'd immediately associate with her 'particular ballpark'. 

'Shugah' can sing some too... but that's a different blog post lol.

Just know this, even if...

 your eyes are shut to this portion of the Media/Art/Fashion world, it doesn't matter.

For the moment, Giselle can remain a 'TTKK thing'. 

Work rate and dexterity breed success. So it won't take her too long to be where she wants to be.

If you only know her name when it's unavoidable, so be it!

Friends, Roadman's, Countrymen,

I present Giselle - Make-Up Artist

www.twitter.com/makeupmesexy

 

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