80s Substep @ Raduno !!

Catch Me THERE

I’m going for the Grime on offer (and the beer). DJ Score 5 (who recently joint the Rinse FM team) along with OT Crew’s Devlin, Dogzilla & Deeperman. This event was set up by grime producer / dubstep DJ Rachet, make sure to look out for further events held by him @ Raduno in the future !!

The Mos Wanted Mixtape !!!!

I mentioned during my review of Little Dee’s “Once In A Blue” (Buy Here), that Mos Wanted was shaping up to be one of my favourite producers at the moment.

BEHOLD

Holy Shit

A mixture of old (E3 Link Up, Sting Mix) and new (Deep Blue Sea, Kick Off Da Hinges Remix ) there’s something there for every grime adoring fan. If you’re not a fan of any of those artists, then you are one very hard person to please !

Buy it right now exclusively from UK Record Shop.

Top 3 Selected….

Earlier on the year, the Grimefourm crew took part in a poll to decide who they thought should deserve the “Top 3 Selected” label. The results looked like this:

1. Ghetto

2.Wiley

3. Dot Rotten

At the time, that was an accurate top 3. But now the forum are ready to choose once more, here’s the options:

• Blacks
• Devlin
• Dot Rotten
• Frisco
• Ghetts
• Griminal
• P-Money
• Tempa T
• Wiley

You can get involved, vote, debate and all sorts in the Official Thread. (You will need to sign up, you can do that HERE).

My choices look like this (in no order)

Devlin

The east london MC is tantalizing his fans at the moment as they wait for his debut album “Bud, Sweat and Beers” to land in stores. But in the anticipation for that album, we’ve been treated to two fantastic songs.

“London City” is a good song describing a typical night out in the fantastic city of London (self-explanatory really). The video is really good as well, featuring cameo’s from Ghetto & Lil’ Nasty. “Community Outcast” is an easily recognizable tune for long standing grime listeners, originally featured on Devlin’s “Tales From The Crypt” Release. The tune is set to be re-released, this time with an added verse narrating on more relevant issues to the current economic situation and a fresh new video.

Two singles don’t sound like strong credentials for a top 3 MC, but listeners of DJ Big Beatz show on Rinse FM (3 to 5 AM Thursday Mornings) will have heard more new material with fellow O.T crew pals Dogzilla and Deeperman, of whom had a CD out earlier this year. (Catch the review here).

P-Money

Well what can I say ? CD of the year (so far), Radio Set of the year (so far), the South London MC is doing loads for the scene. “Money Over Everyone” (Review) was a fantastic CD, filled with a variety if concepts and a variety of grime if you like.

His very 1st vinyl “What Did He Say” dropped earlier in the year, featuring two of P’s biggest anthems to date, “What Did He Say” & “Don’t Jump” along with their instrumentals and last Monday P proved why he’s one of the scene’s best at Kiss 100′ central London studios. Along with a host of other top MC’s he tore down the mic on Logan Sama’s show.

Wiley

Alas, the godfather of grime. Call me a “fanboy” (an internet term used to describe someone who shows support for a particular artist, whether having substantial reason too or not) or even accuse me of “jumping on the bandwagon” (more than 3 people liking an artist), but no one gets about like Wiley does. Take away Revolver’s “Grimes Son” and the aforementioned “Money Over Everyone” and Wiley would have the CD of the year title.

“Race Against Time” was full of bangers such as “Where’s My Brother” & “Average Worker”, and is a welcomed CD to anyones collection. His work on other people’s CD is good as well. Features on CD’s from Little Dee, Skepta, P-Money and DJ Magic still maintain Wiley’s place at the top, and with “The Illusive” set to drop later on this month (or this time next year), Wiley is definatly top 3 selected.

Make sure to cast your vote now !!!

Grimeforum’s Top 3 Selected Official Thread.

P Money – Money Over Everyone – Review !

Back in July, I made a bet. I  promised that “Money Over Everyone” would be this year’s best CD. A stupid bet in hindsight, because you never know what’s coming out afterwards. But for now, we’ll say I’ve won the bet.

The angry intro sets an expected tone for the CD, transferred over into “Single Words”, a tune with a powerful hook and improved production input from Mastermind. An explosive ending to that song is made to look puny put next to “Left The Room” . Dubstepping genius Sukh Knight’s mind blowing production is backed up forcefully by P’s repetitive but effective rhymes. Up and coming producer Royal-T has done a lot of late and his two productions on this CD are fantastic. The 1st of those is “1 Up” which is essentially, a father Christmas sized bag of HYPE. The 2nd tune is far from as hyped, “Danger” features top vocalist Craigg and his vocals go well with P’s smooth flow.

For untold amounts of grime fans, a collaboration between P Money, Wiley & Frisco would be gold. “Cash In My Pocket” remix brings the 3 artists together, keeping Wiley’s original verse, with the added flare of Frisco and the witty lines from P.

For those listeners who love a good concept then sink your teeth into “Fruits and Veg” (see what I did there..no ?).  It works well as a theme but is scarred by previous tunes P has done of similar theme (Grime Dictionary, Sounds and Gimmicks). “Hot Ones” is an interesting concept as well, Little Dee and Blacks feature on the tune, where each MC takes turns to spit each others lines. It’s one of the CD’s strongest tunes conducted over Silencer’s “Hotheads”.

The gritty, intense and rather sinister tunes you normally hear from P aren’t far from reach, “Cool Safe” provides features from Drifter and Lady Leshurr, who both rip the track to pieces. Of course it’s the main man that shines, and he continues the greeze through tunes such as “If Mans Talking”, “Or What” and the speaker tearing “Man Wanna Know”.

The wide range of topics and concepts is taken to a deeper level with the brilliant “Don’t Understand” featuring musical chum Little Dee. “Crazy” fits perfectly into the sub-genre “Rhythm and Grime”, whilst the real hardcore grime fans would be appreciative of “Gameover” and “Nobody” with there real grimey bass sound (production from Maniac and Dreamer, respectively.)

In conclusion, this CD is fantastic, sprinting miles ahead of the majority of CD’s this year. Many liked P Money Is Power yet doubted it’s strength in productions, but that complaint is pretty laughable on this CD. Best CD of this year ??

YES.

Now Get Your Wallet Out !!

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About P Money

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Z Dot & Dolla Da Dustman Present ‘The Go Getterish E.P: Preview’ !! (Featuring Mini-Interview)

Big up top boy producer Z Dot (one of House Of Grimes very 1st affiliates), he’s teamed up with North London MC Dolla Da Dustman to bring you a preview of their joint venture: The Go Getterish EP !! Read on below the cover to hear what Z Dot had to say on proceedings.

Me: How did you and Dolla 1st come to work together ?

Z Dot: It came about through Brutality, when Gritty Committee and Doller made a track ‘Hard As Nails’ on one of my productions, and it went from there..

Me: Ok, how did the idea of an EP crop up ? Was it a mutual idea or did someone suggest it ?

Z Dot: Before we decided to release the E.P we had already made a lot of tracks, so we thought it would make sense to release a product. It was a mutual decision to release it as an E.P.

Me: Ahh I see. So when and where will the actual EP be available to the listeners ?

Z Dot: The E.P has been finished for quite a while, we’re just waiting to shoot some videos before we release it, but that should be happening soon. The E.P will be available digitally via iTunes, Amazon and all the other online stores.. and possibly some physical copies will be made available to purchase.

Me: I’ll be speaking to both you and Doller soon in more detail but for now, what’s next for you as a producer ?

Z Dot: After The ‘Go Getterish E.P’ is released, I’ve got a 4 Track Instrumental E.P coming out ‘Fire Power E.P’, and productions across a number of mixtapes and albums !!

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Z Dot on Myspace / Twitter / Facebook / GrimePedia

Dolla Da Dustman on Myspace / GrimePedia

Coming Soon: Z Dot Presents : The Firepower EP !!