The Best In The Game

Everyone else needs to re-group, pick up the paper and pen, and come back in a year or-so. The Gens have just raised the bar.

2000&GRIME

After a short period in which he seriously fell off, Wiley has certainly come back in a very strong way. 2009 is going to be a very competitive year for Grime. Newham Generals album drops January 19th, Wiley will be dropping something and Dizzee is set to come back bigger and stronger after his first No.1, the track 'Bonkers' tore up every venue on the Dirtee Stank tour. And Durrty Goodz's 'Ultrasound' is out in January also, that means my four favorite spitters are dropping pure heat, I can't wait.

Wiley - 'Westwood Freestyle'


Newham Generals - 'Bell Dem Slags'


(The Paddy cameo is alot!)

Dirtee Stankin'!

I worked for Dirtee Stank for a few months over the summer after Uni. It was a pleasure to be surrounded by such talented, creative people. They are the pioneers of this UK Grime game, no one can compete, seriously, Dizzee and Cage and the whole team are the best at what they do in the country. I've been waiting and waiting for the new Gens stuff. I was fortunate enough to hear 99% of the Gens forthcoming album while they were working on it bits and pieces. It's an amazing record which is going to take Grime into a whole new stratosphere. If you check the tags, you can see my previous posts when I went on the Gens video shoot for 'Head Get Mangled' - that is about to blow people away the most amazing Grime video ever made. The setting, the location, the whole concept is amazing.

The hype is steadily building after the Newham Generals tore up the Dirtee Stank Tour, and this preview video for 'Violence' is pretty special, can't wait for 'Generally Speaking' to drop in Feb '09. Big up Pad, Rach, Cage and the Dirtee Stankers!

While Most...

Of these other British artists are obsessed with trying to crack the American market, Dizzee is straight destroying it Down Under.

SEMTEX TV - DIZZEE RASCAL & SEMTEX: LIVE ON TOUR PERTH, AUSTRALIA from DJ SEMTEX on Vimeo.
Check Semtex's blog for more footage and updates.

Straight Outta Newham

You're not ready for what the Newham Generals are about to do! I'm excited for them, its their time. Double and Foots have been putting in the work. Stalwarts on the Grime rave scene, Double was always a standout MC with his signature 'D Double Signal'. Footsie has come on strongly since the days of "bare right hooks", he is one of my favorite MC's right now, his Selassie lyric is too much! Foots is talented behind the boards proving his credentials forging some serious beats for Raskit.

Check that Selassie lyric here in this video of them killing it on Logan's show from earlier on in the year:



This is a little clip of them killing it at a showcase in Austin at South by Southwest. Chrome is singing on this one, you might remember him from a little cameo on a certain No.1 I was banging on about a few weeks ago!

Soldier - Newham Generals Ft Chrome


Shout out to the Dirtee Stank Family!

Dance Wiv Me

Make sure you check out Dizzee's new video for his heavyweight single 'Dance Wiv Me' feat. Calvin Harris & Chrome. It's gonna be a massive summer record, make sure you cop it July 7th on Dirtee Stank Recordings.

The Making of the Video is doing the rounds on MTV, MTV Base etc. at the moment.  Check out the cameos from DJ Semtex, Jammer and others.  It's alot. 

"Dirtee Stank's The Labeeeeellll"