(all listen links point to real audio archives) 1) Songs of the Summer: Matias Aguayo - Minimal (DJ Kosi Maxi version) (Kompakt) | listenWiley - "Wearing My Rolex" (Asylum) | watch 2) Play that (UK) Funky Music: Marcus Nasty & Mac 10, October 1 Rinse | setGeeneus - Volumes: One (Rinse)Crazy Cousinz - Bongo Jam (Bongo) | listenPaleface feat. Kyla - Do You Mind (Crazy Cousinz mix) (Maximu...
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Riddims, Recession and Retirement Well 2008 certainly has been an eventful year: grime turned electro, dubstep went wonky and hip hop went Romanian (you'll see what I mean later). I present you with my usual thematized top picks and a couple of duds from the year that saw Alton Ellis do his final rocksteady, a song about a watch sweep the nation and the recession turn everyone nutso. Re...
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While we're on the subject of grime (I could spend my whole day on the subject of grime), Wiley also has an exciting live performance on the horizon. The godfather of grime tunes was just added to the Festival Republic Stages at Reading and Leeds festivals in England. Dizzee Rascal is also scheduled to play the double stage event during the Bank Holiday weekend. According to Mixmag.net: Dan ...
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Grime Wave isn't Wiley's forthcoming new album, Race Against Time (coming in September '08). Rather, it's a compilation of b-sides and collaborations released on Wiley's indie label, Eskibeat Recordings. If you've only heard the tunes on 2007's Playtime Is Over, then Grime Wave rounds out Eskiboy's life story. Grime (like dancehall) is a collective consciousness and Wiley shares the mic with...
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Wiley's Chew Fu produced banger. I've been on this in the club for a minute, I can't wait for it to be huge (pause).Take That drops 28th December on iTunes and all good remaining record stores.Download Wiley - Take That This is from the press release:‘Anybody that thinks I can’t do it anymore better step right back and take that’ is Wiley’s opening salvo on his new club and radio heater.Wi
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Word is spreading like wildfire across the internet this week about Wiley's new record deal. It seems the ol' eskiboy isn't ready to retire from the grime game after all - or - Atlantic Records made him a deal he couldn't refuse. Atlantic Records signed Wiley's recent electro-grime single "What Would We Do (Wear My Rolex)" which is blazing in the UK and US underground right now. You can grab...
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The grime scene is issuing a one-two punch kind of marketing this year. Just when you start to wear out one awesome album from playing it too much, another awesome album hits the streets. My fave this year has definitely been Wiley's Playtime Is Over, released via Big Dada, and while I'm not tired of the album yet, I have been wishing that there was another eski-album of this caliber to alter...
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Wiley is a little older and A Lot wiser this year and it sounds like he's ready to turn up the heat on his career. I know, we reported that he retired and he's done with the grime scene and alla dat now. But after watching this new interview with Wiley, it became clear that he's just getting started. Wiley is a pioneer of the grime/2-step/eski sound, so he's put his time in. But when the sp...
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What's going on with music videos these days? So many of them are badly produced or make the artist look bad in some way. The new video for Wiley's dance track "Wearing My Rolex" is a fine example. I heard the stories about Wiley walking off the set and refusing to participate, so I wasn't expecting much. But now I can see why he didn't want to be part of it. It has no street cred and none...
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I just spent an hour compiling the ultimate commentary on Wiley's new tunes. Then my fingers accidentally brushed some key combination that made Firefox throw it all away. I guess the universe didn't want me dissing Wiley's latest efforts. So, instead, you get just the facts and you can tell me what you think of them...Wiley released a brand new video for his seasonal song, "Summertime": And...
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Speaking of Glastonbury, I highly recommend catching Hot Chip's show, especially if you can take pictures or video to share with the rest of us! There is growing speculation and reasonable support for the idea that the electro/rock band will perform their cover version of Wiley's "Wearing My Rolex" with the Eskiboy himself on vocals!! Hot Chip recently played their version of the tune (origin...
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Part 3 is the last in the series. Feel free to add more examples in the comments.Shiny productions in front of a green screen:Lethal B: (record deal)Wiley: (indie record deal - Big Dada)The only high production work of the series:Lady Sovereign: (record deal)
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Tomorrow will see the release of Wiley’s “Race Against The Machine”.The veteran artist continues to be at the forefront of UK Grime. In the past 15 months, Wiley has had a number hit (”Wearing My Rolex”), performed at the Wireless Festival as well as toured with Jay-Z and Mark Ronson.Race Against The Machine features the singles ‘Too Many Man’ [...]
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You have most likely heard of Lady Sovereign. You may have also heard of Dizzee Rascal. In the US we would tend to call that style of music hip-hop, because here, that's what we call any music with words rapped over it. In the UK they currently call this style grime. It has words rapped over music like hip hop does, but the music is more clubby than most american hip hop. Grime's basslines...
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