It’s been a while. There’s a heavy instrumental contingent for this month, as well as lots of fire from Brazil. As always: buy, stream, share and play loud. Footsie – King Original, Vol. 5 The grind never stops, even in a global pandemic. “King Original, Vol.5” is Footsie’s second full-length release of the year, as…
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I’m not sure how many people read the top part of these posts, but if you can consider donating to the memorial fund for George Floyd. RIP. These are a collection of grime tunes that have been released this month, some came out today. Buy them, stream them, show them to your friends and play…
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It feels like ages since the start of May and ages since I actually wrote anything. Anyway, here’s some grime & bass music records I bought or liked this month. Footsie – No Favours There are a few different styles on “No Favours”, but the album is at its best when Footsie leans in to…
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The latest album from Manga Saint Hilare – titled “Make It Out Alive” – is his most clearest and cohesive sounding body of work to date. Recorded over a year, he went in deep about wading through the struggles of life, painting a picture of a man whose been through the full spectrum of emotions…
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Owlybeats – The Dark, Vol.2 Owlybeats is a producer from Bolton who makes judgement day grime that rumbles the headphones. His latest EP – titled “The Dark, Vol.2” – is a five-track record that fits into the trap-inspired, spine-tingling grime from the same lineage as Filthy Gears, Trends, Silencer and more. Opening track “Ghost Train”…
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Big up all the artists this month. There were so many great records released in March, I had to split this article into two parts. Covering all the bases here, over the two articles there’s vocal grime by spitters with different things to say, melodic grime, 8bar grime, super-dark grime and grime at higher tempo’s.…
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The majority of the grime class of 2015 have now become fully-fledged artists. Jammz has cemented himself as an underground champion; while AJ Tracey has broke barriers commercially, even if his sound has changed over the past few years. Of course, there are plenty more emcees from this category who have gone on to achieve…
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Lemzly Dale – Rare Snacks Bristol’s impact on the underground electronic music world is well documented, and Lemzly Dale is one of its key players in the modern era. His style spans grime, dubstep and R&G, and you can find most of his work on his own label Pearly Whites, as well as others like…
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The Wiley and Stormzy beef has reignited. After Wiley drew out Stormzy with a few tweets, Stormzy put the ball in Wiley’s corner and asked him to clash live on Rinse or 1Xtra. Wiley rejected, which makes sense as he’s in Cyprus, but also because he wants to make some money for the clash and…
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The Art of Grime 