I get sick of all the purism exhibited by people who know a little about reggae and are desperate to defend their cred. In their clamour to appear hip, they make a completely false distinction between “real” reggae and artists such as Sean Paul, Maxi Priest and especially Shaggy. At the bottom line this approach …
As Wiley jogs casually up the UK Top 40 with Wearing My Rolex, it’s heartening to see the grass roots crew upping the levels for the hardcore. 1. Boy Better Know – Microphone Champion vol 1 mic_champ_vil1_cd.mp3 – FileFront.com 1 hour 4 minutes and 10 seconds of grimey biz from Jammer, Skepta, JME, Frisco, Shorty, …
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74 minute special! Lyrical onslaught! Shocking out! You can also download the mp3 and all previous episodes (which you should do, definitely) direct from http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogariddims/ or via itunes music store. Details of how to subscribe to Blogariddims Direct link to the mp3 00:00 Introduction 00:26 Neckle Camp feat. Jammer, Rinse FM 01:02 Turbulence acapella …
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invoicing for Woofah / lots of scanning / dump stuff in charity shop / water newly planted (not by me) vegetables / listen to the new blogariddims podcast / get technics deck fixed / transcribe an interview tape / review Downpressor’s record he sent me ages ago / purchase mixtapes by Jammer, Tinchy Stryder and …
Most of last week was spent putting Woofahs in envelopes, getting it into shops and telling people about how great it is. Which was and is, a good laff. Here’s a quick run down of some other stuff tho: Paul Meme has an album coming out! And some other stuff I don’t know if I …
weareie: Blogariddims Update On the latest three mixes of this crucial series. Of particular interest is the latest, from Dave Stelfox. Entitled One Drop And You Don’t Stop, it’s an essential rundown of proper JA roots material from recent years. All killer no filler, but if you’re like you’ll be less keen on the floaty …
I’ve somehow managed to get through the last few weeks without writing about the new series of blogariddims. Points off for me, but you’ve been on board this anyway, right? Eclectic one hour podcasts down the wire every fortnight. Episode 28 is the bizness – mentalist Brazillian funk stuff which veers off into awesome retro …