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riddim with cheeky lyrics and a catchy
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female vocal element, as well as the THE WIDEB ELIJ
original, there are three other mixes sBs Goes Dutch Joker
AH BISHOP
that lean towards a more electro/dance Mistreated Bass EP City Hopper/Output
sound. Check ‘On This Ting’ as a tasty Mastermix Bassline One Output Two
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bonus track.
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Ghetts
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drops an awesome four- Coming hot off his debut
Artillery track EP. Featuring funky, American tour, the Bris- y
slap
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J.Clarke electro and bassline tolian picks up where he
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bangers, this clever, left off with ‘Purple City’.
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The ‘top three selected’ MC formerly sample-based release will Essential for both grime
lemail.com
known as Ghetto is the latest person be working the clubs for and dubstep fans.
from the grime scene to embrace the the foreseeable future.
South London born ‘Road Rap’ scene. Jammer
Newcomer Z Dot’s production lacks Ts7 feat slick Don & Party Animal
presence, but it allows Ghetts to use his specks Big Dada
tongue-twisting fast flows to fill up the All Night Long
track. Certainly not one for the clubs or M-I-RAW First single from his debut
daytime radio, which isn’t a bad thing,
album, produced by Toddla
but it isn’t as strong as his 2008 release The ‘Smile’ producer T, sampling an old school
‘Freedom of Speech’. goes for a more grimey hip-hop break. Look out for
Bias & Cole feat fox
MONE
Y
SHO
T! approach with two heavy- the Boy Better Know remix.
Battlestations EP Big h weight MCs at the helm.
Prolific Hooligan Already busting up the
Bloodline darker bassline raves
Do the words ‘Neighbourhood’ or ‘Sincere’ ring any bells? Well if not, get ready
across the nation, this one
to hear two of the biggest producers to emerge from the UK garage scene, MJ Big H has had legendary status in is not for the fainthearted.
Cole and Zed Bias, join forces in the studio. Ragga-fied vocal licks, mighty subs, the grime scene since 2003. Famed
short stabby cuts and ridiculously dirty drums show their full glory on this for his unique, spaced-out flows and
naughty three-tracker. Calling upon MC Fox to work the mic, the dynamic duo outspoken views, he rhymes over one of
have delivered an EP that defies musical boundaries. You will hear this all across Skepta’s strangest productions, ‘UFO’.
the airwaves from Radio1 to Rinse, and from the sweatiest UK funky dances to No melody, just hard-hitting drums and
Fabric Live. an original bassline not found in any of
his other productions. Perfect combina-
tion, this is a great vocal track to launch
Double 99 original. Great remixes too from Burga- into 2010.
Rip Groove boy (a bassline banger), Bee Q & Unique
Ice Cream Recordings (a skippy two-stepper), Code Red (a Terror Danjah
funky roller) and Qube (dubstep). Bipolar EP
In 1997, Tim Deluxe and Omar, aka Butterz
Double 99, were twiddling about in a DavinChe feat Cleo sol
one bedroom flat in London N7 for four Hero The legendary producer has seen a re-
hours, and happened to stumble upon Dirty Kanvas turn to form of late, with the ‘Gremlinz’
the worldwide phenomenon that was
release on Planet Mu and ‘Hardrive 2’,
speed garage. Ice Cream Records make Having already worked with the likes plus singles with rising star Mz Bratt.
the perfect remix choice by bringing of Kano, Jammer, Skepta, Wiley and The ‘Bipolar EP’ is instrumental music
bass connoisseur The Count, aka Hervé, JME, DaVinChe drops another bomb of not built to accommodate MCs, with
onboard to drop a carnival beat and a tune with ‘Hero’. A perfectly tuned grime sounds peppered through a TARGET Roll Deep
sublime warping bass, giving a new and powerful vocal delivery comes from dubstep arrangement. Throwing an
lease of life to this timeless classic. On newcomer Cleo Sol. Already a major infectious melody in on the chorus is 01. Wiley ‘Take That’ Island
the flip, 17-year-old producer Josh contributor to the UK grime scene since causing this to get battered among
“This is a no-brainer for me, an absolute smash!”
‘Kenzy’ Kinsella adds a sick dubstep/ his late teens, South-East Londoner the dubstep and grime heavyweights.
02. Roll Deep feaT JoDie ConnoR ‘Good Times’ Roll Deep
breaksy vibe that compliments the DaVinChe has also been dabbling with Expect to hear this a lot.
“New one from us, a feel-good record.”
“Brockwile!” hook. other pseudonyms as one half of funky 03. Boy BeTTeR knoW ‘Goin’ in’ Boy Better Know
bad boys Perempay & Dee. This really is Tinchy stryder feat Ruff
“Smashing it in clubs and on the radio at the moment.”
lauren mason music with balls and, in our opinion, the squad 04. pRinCess nyah ‘hooligans’ White
The Boss UK’s answer to Timbaland. Tryna Be Me
“The UK funky princess is back with another banger.”
Double Up Music Takeover Ent
05. ill Blu feaT shanique ‘say yes’ White
aggi Dukes
“Remake of Floetry’s tune, with a funky twist.”
Although she has been bubbling on Drink & Skank The No.1-selling Tinchy is joined by the
06. shola ama, J2k, Wiley, Devlin ‘Trouble’ Aim High
“Getting a lot of attention from this track.”
the underground for quite some time, Bullyboy Fresh crew he started out with back in the day,
cockney singer/rapper Lauren really
Ruff Squad. Co-production from legends
07. Geeneus feaT kaTie B ‘Good life’ White
“A remake of the classic track.”
steps up another level on ‘The Boss’. Not sure whether or not this has missed Rapid and Dirty Danger sees the tempo
Hooking up with veterans Greg & Leon out on the “skank” craze, but all the drop down to 135bpm, which isn’t typi-
08. DavinChe feaT Cleo sol ‘hero’ Dirty Kanvas
“This is heavy!”
from Agent X was the perfect choice to same, it’s a solid offering from East Lon- cal of their styles. But this track can fit
09. J2k ‘step’ White
bring out Mason’s vibrant personality don’s Dukes. Aggi’s microphone clarity in between funky and grime. Joined on “Wiley-produced banger.”
and swagger. Synth bass, tight drums comes across well in this self-produced the track by Slix and Fuda Guy, bragging
10. mayhem feaT BuRGeR Boy ‘one Too many’ White
and well-programmed swooshes drive and penned debut release on Bullyboy about their swagger slightly lets the “Repping Manchester, Mayhem crew are one to watch in 2010.”
the urban electro groove home on the Fresh. A crisp, UK funky club-based tune down.
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