WIley Vs Skepta: Next Installment – WIley – Barnet Dub

If you missed what happened so far:

Wiley (Feat. Giggs & Trigga) – Zip It Up – Race Against Time

Wiley “I’m a king when I roll through anywhere / You’re just a king when you roll through barnet“

Skepta taking offence brought us

Skepta – In The Country – Dub (Sampling Country House By Blur)

LATEST INSTALLMENT

Wiley – Barent Dub – Dub

^^After that, I think it’s apprent Wiley is winning this war so far. No longer a member of Boy Better Know as well now…where does leve them now ?

A Chat With REC…

REC is one of London’s biggest emerging talents, and with his debut mixtape “Press Play” in stores, I felt it only right to grab a word.

Me: Your name is fairly new to some people, who are you and where are you from ?

REC: Well I go by the name of REC pronounced (arr-ee-cee) and I’m from pimlico in South London.

Me: OK OK and how long have you been doing music ?

REC: Well writing lyrics I’ve been doing that since I was 13 and I’m 19 now so that makes it 6 years however going studio and making tracks about 4 years now to be honest.

Me: Ok so your 1st in store CD “Press Play” is available what can we expect on there ?

REC: Yeah that’s available to buy right now in uptown records so support the grime scene people ! But yeah to be honest you can expect grime obviously I have other genres on there to cater for other listeners and to show my versatility. But it is predominantly grime and very good grime for any fan plus I got features like Double S, Twissman and more so that gives the CD a little more weight.

Me: Yeah I see. So if there’s different genre’s on the CD which of them was your favourite to make ?

REC: Erm I liked making bassline because the vibe from bassline beats always gets me hype so that was enjoyable. But grime is always my favourite genre to make because it’s what brought me into music properly and its a unique sound that brings a vibe just can’t be replicated.

Me: “It’s what brought me into music properly” so who were your influences ?

REC: No one can ever say that they were not influenced by Wiley because he is grime in itself so him and a couple other vets like Ghetts and Kano. But my personal influence has to be Scorcher, there was a point where I even started spitting like him, but yeah scorcher because he was different to a lot of MC’s because he could also deliver the goods on CD’s so that helped me develop a lot.

Me: And I’m correct to say your a producer as well yeah ?

REC: Yeah yeah some people may not know that still. I’ve been producing on and off for like 3 years now I just don’t really advertise my beats but you should be hearing more from me soon. I’ve got 3 beats on my CD as well so that should give an idea to people about my sound.

Me: “Allstar Recordingz UK” is that movement still going ?

REC: Yeah yeah well more an independent label, which consists of producers, artist and a sound engineer, such as myself, Clixx, Felon, Renegade, Kr Saviour and Rampage. And we’re just trying to do this properly with performances, releases, videos everything so watch out for us.

Me: Certainly. You’ve got a tune on the mixtape called “When I Was A Kid” with Double S. How did the collaboration come about ?

REC: Boy you know what I’m very fortunate that Double S knows a friend of mine so it kind of came through them and that at the time Double S was not too busy on any project of his own so I asked if he could jump on the tune and he didn’t mind so It’s matter of luck really and considering at the time musically I wasn’t really getting much luck in music I feel that it was deserved.

Me: I see. Do you think (without mentioning names) that too many MC’s are where they are because of who they know ?

REC: Yes and no. Yes because some just get very fortunate although being clearly lacking in lyrical talent but because they know a person who has access to avenues such as legal radio they get the exposure needed to progress. No because you can’t help where you live for example Bow E3 a lot MC’s from there get the exposure because that is the spiritual home of grime so its not there fault they live there is it so you have to look at it from both sides.

Me: So apart from Double S who else have you got lined up to work with? What’s the next step for your career ?

REC: You know what my boy Clixx I always work with him you know what from now people should just know that Clixx is no longer a friend but a sibling lol but back to the point I’m working with the likes of Nayta, Fantastik, Dribbla, Southstars and more of the younger generation who I think are going to takeover the scene differently. But my next step is to break into the grime scene, “Press Play” was a project for exposure.

Me: So that covers the MC’ing side of your careers, how do you plan to progress as a producer ?

REC: You know what producing for me is on the side really, I only produce when I want to and I don’t produce just grime either so, the exposure of my beats will probably only be heard on future releases of my own really.

Me: Ok I see. Do you find that as an up and comer it’s harder to get beats from the more established prodcuers ?

REC: Erm to be honest I haven’t really attempted to ask established producers for beats because as you will have noticed if you bought my CD I have up and coming producers on there and their beats are as good as some of the more established producers so why go to established producers when I’m not yet established and they won’t give ma a chance ?

Me: In a twisted way that’s quite a positive response ! Well thanks for talking to me pal, any shoutouts ? And where can people contact you ?

REC: Yeah a big shout to my brother Clixx, large up Drastic, Damage, D Dot, I Dot, Rampage, Renegade, Felon, Kr Saviour, Nayta, My tight friends from day and everyone supporting. You can socialise or contact me thorough http://www.irec.tk (Myspace), http://www.twitter.com/iREC, Vivien Rec Kongolo (Facebook) and recartist@hotmail.co.uk for collabs and anything else no waste people please it’s a waste of both our time and large up yourself mate !