Another New Affilate..Q & A With Skillzie.

After browsing Grimeforum last month, I came across Skilzie. Impressed initially by his two promo’s and tunes I heard later on, I decided that he’s an artists I would like here on House Of Grime. Here’s a quick Q & A I done with him.

Me: For those unsure who you are, introduce yourself.

Skilzie: Yo what’s good people, my name’s Skilzie, straight from South East London.

Me: You seemingly came from nowhere (No offence), when and why did you start music ?

Sk: (Laughs) Na bruv I hear that. Boy..it started bout 5 years back you know, bunking lessons spitting in the toilets and I just took it from there really.

Me: What’s the reason behind your name ?

Sk: Boy, I was gonna use Skillz init but that sounded bait, so I just added the last 2 letters of my name on to the end and ran with it.

Me: You’ve dropped two promos, “My Step In” & “Top Of Da Blocks”, take us through them.

Sk: My Step In was my first thing, it’s got 12 tracks on it with prodcutions from Deverlish, Rude Kid & K.A.D, check it out, the music speaks for itself. Top Of Da Blocks was my 2nd, this was more hard-hitting grime that caught ears. I think it’s 9 tracks..(Laughs)..bad memory ! But like I said the music speaks for itself you can get them both from my myspace.

Me: I’ve heard a few of your tunes on legendary pirate station Rinse FM, will we be able to hear you on the radio soon ?

Sk: yeah man I’ve gotta large up DJ BigBeats for the airplay and yeah BigBeats and Dogzilla are working on it. Large up Dogzy vet in this !

Me: Which producers are you comfortable using ?

Sk: K.A.D, Lengface, Z Dot. There’s bags but they’re my main ones really.

Me: Your new to the scene, are you happy entering with the scene it is currently, or is there another era of grime you would of preferred to be associated with ?

Sk: Na man I’m fully happy with the scene right nowit’s in a good place !

Me: You made a tune sending for Maxsta, what’s that all about ?

Sk: Basically to cut a long story short: I done a ‘lil publicity stunut on the forum, he obiously took offence to it ‘cos it was he’s boy and it went from there, but I ain’t gonna like he’s new tune with Kerry is big !

Me: What’s been the best part of being an MC so far ?

Sk: I don’t even know, you know ?! I’d say people feeling my stuff…

Me: Grime is so often mentioned in a negative light, what can you do to try and change that ?

Sk: Grime is grime I dunno if I can do anything to change it but if I had the choice I dunno if I would.

Me: What’s next for Skilzie, a mixtape ?

Sk: Yeah I’ve got a free thing dropping “Prepare 2 Launch Vol.1″ we’re looking at September big up Nu Breed for the artwork, this is looking to be around 15 to 18 tracks watch out for it. Shaping up to be a lot !!

Me: Thanks for talking bro, any shouts/announcements.

Sk: No worries bro, anytime. Yeah shout out Link Up ENT., Deadly Nightshade, Iceman, Shaggidy and Flash, K.A.D productions, Ruthless INC. and all my West Street man 3Brooksey ! 3Tyrone!

Skilzie’s Myspace – Top Of Da Blocks Promo – My Step In Promo

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