Whatever Session – 28 – Hark & Dan – Grime Special – 16-03-2013 by Hark1karan on Mixcloud

Originally posted here. 

The earliest memories I had of Grime were when we were at school and So Solid Crew started causing a stir in UK music. Nobody was making music like them at the time and was a breath of fresh air. With the attention came the controversy with lyrics about drugs and violence being spotlighted at a time where there was a rise in gun and knife crime in London.

After So Solid Crew, More Fire Crew, Ruff Sqwad and Pay As You Go Cartel all started emerging and the Grime seen was in a healthy state. The music was getting more and more exposure and more raves were happening around London. By the time Dizzee Rascal released Boy In The Corner and won the Mercury prize it had blown up. To this day that album is considered the best grime album ever and has more than likely inspired the current crop of MC’s to get into making grime. For me at the time the biggest tune out was POW by Lethal Bizzle. This tune had it all, the mad instrumental and the hyped MC’s spitting their bars. I was too young at the time but I’ve heard stories of raves being shut down because of this tune so much was the hype. Nearly 10 years on and it still gets that mad reception from the crowd when it’s played and gets an instant rewind. Along with POW I reckon I Luv U by Dizzee Rascal was the other stand out tune of that era.

After all the negativity towards the scene mainly from politicians and other communities, Grime somewhat took a back seat and went back to being an underground genre of music. This was the time that Wiley & Roll Deep, Kano, Newham Generals and Boy Better Know started  to emerge. These guys still brought the same hype and beats but less emphasis on violent lyrics. At the moment, JME, Tempa T, P Money, Slew Dem and Kozzie are all bringing the hype and people are taking notice again.

People say that Grime is back but in truth it never went away and it’s still sounding fresh. For this mix, we have blended old and new, instrumental and vocals. There are some straight up classics in there from Dizzee Rascal, Wiley and Ruff Sqwad and some new bits from Preditah, Darq E Freaker and Alias who are all killing it right now with their beats. We have missed quite a few tunes, which we easily could have put in, but the show would be 3 hours long with over 100 tracks. Grime will always be London but more and more MC’s are cropping out all over the UK so keep an eye out. The appeal of Grime for me is the rawness of the lyrics and the mad beats and I think that goes for everyone that likes Grime. Hope you all enjoy the mix let us know what tracks should have made it on. Also excuse some of the mixing, not easy doing it without headphones but I’m sure we can be excused with the track list we’ve provided.

Tracklist

1. Ruff Sqwad – Together (Instrumental)
2. Lethal Bizzle – POW (Forward Riddim)
3. Bok Bok – Silo Pass
4. Big Narstie – Gas Leak
5. Bloom – Quartz
6. Marco Del Horno vs Swerve ft P Money – Ho! Riddim
7.  Rudekid – Saturday
8. P Money – Shutting Down
9. Joker – Gully Brook Lane
10. Jammer ft Lord Of The Mics Allstars – Lord Of The Mics
11. C4 – OoRTIE!
12. Durty Goodz & Dizzee Rascal – Stretch
13. Skream – Midnight Request Line
14. Tempa T – Next Hype
15. Danny Weed – Creeper
16. Alias & J Sweet – ????
17. More Fire Crew – Oi!
18. Preditah – Vinyls
19. Slew Dem – Playground (Vocal)
20. Preditah – Circles
21. Skepta – Duppy (Doin It Again)
22. Royal T – Inside The Ride
23. D Double E – Bad 2 Tha Bone
24. J Sweet & Alias – Clash
25. JME ft Krept & Konan – I Play Dirty
26. Narrows – Saved Soul
27. Frisco ft Chipmunk & Double S – Skengman Mode
28. JME – 96 Bars Of Revenge (Instrumental)
29. So Solid Crew – 21 Seconds
30. Hudson Mohawke – Thunder Bay
31. D Double E – Guman Riddim
32. K1 – Pyramid
33. Lethal Bizzle – Leave It Yeah (Remix)
34. Darq E Freaker – Ironside
35. Wiley – Off Da Radar
36. Wiley – Ice Rink
37. Tempa T – Boy Off Da Ting
38. Musical Mob – Pulse X
39. Escobar – 96 Bars
40. Stayfresh – Who Said That
41. Skepta – Spaceship (Instrumental)
42. Newham Generals – Bell Dem Slags
43. Kozzie ft Merky Ace – Yeah
44. Kozzie ft JME – Im Grime
45. Big Shot – License To Stomp (tease)
46. Manga ft Scratchy & J2K – No MC
47. Champion – Crystal Meth
48. Manga ft Wiley, Riko & Flowdan – F Off
49. Alias – Warriors
50. Kozzie ft Marger, Merky Ace, Rival, Ego & Scrufizzer – Spartan (Remix)
51. Dizzee Rascal – I Luv U
52. Ruff Sqwad – Xtra (Vocal)
53. Footsie ft JME, d Double E, Jammer, P Money & Chronik
54. Breakage ft Newham Generals – Hard
55. Rossi B & Luca ft Flowdan – Shoota (Alias Remix)
56. Rudekid – Summer
57. Wiley – Eskimo (Instrumental)
58. C4 ft JME, Frisco & Jammer – Off Track (Remix)
59. Wiley – Where’s My Brother
60. Wiley ft Ghetts, Devlin & Shifty – 123 Go
61. Darq E Freaker – Cherryade
62. JME & Shorty – Moesh
63. Trim – I Am
64. Wiley – Step 8
65. Red Hot Entertainment – Junior Spesh