If you were to ask me if I was a Giggs fan, I’d probably say ‘no,’ but when I really think about it I have taken great pleasure in bumping his last few tunes over and over on YouTube. lol. Anyways here’s his new video for “Look What The Cat Dragged In”.
Shout out to Grime Daily for the heads up.
Ex-Pussy Cat Doll, Kimberley Wyatt has joined forces with South London MC, Aggro Santos on his latest release, Candy. The song was initially believed to be Kimberley’s debut single, but it’s been confirmed that she is only a featuring artist. The electro-pop track is not totally my cup of tea but it’s catchy, and if pushed properly, I can see it doing well on a mainstream level and in the clubs. It’s a definite turn-your-car stereo-up summer tune.
Aggro first came to the attention of the urban music scene in 2009 with his track, Free Yard and released his Rhythm N Flow mixtape later that year which featured the likes of Giggs, Ironik, Marvell and Dot Rotten.
Rating: 6/10
Download Candy ft. Kimberley Wyatt here.
Download the Rhythm N Flow mixtape here.
Tracklist
1. Intro
2. Rhythm N flow ft. Marvell
3. Pitbull Remix
4. Call Out ft. Dot Rotten
5. Proper
6. Hot Freestyle (Swagger) ft. Joe Grind & Giggs
7. Face 2 Face feat. Ironik
8. Interlude Mix ft. Davinche
9. My Immortal
10. Bonus Free Yard Remix
Bashy seems to be doing a lot right now – a killer F64 and now a freestlye over Giggs Don’t Go There ft. B.O.B. instrumental. I must admit Bashy’s little vocal in the middle made me laugh.
Download/listen to the Bashy- Don’t Go There Freestlye here.
Today the Guardian reported that South London rapper Giggs’ UK tour has been called off. The tour which was to start tomorrow in Birmingham, has now been axed after the police alerted promoters about their concerns over safety.
Giggs who has recently signed to XL recordings, was set to play 10 dates across the country, but the police became concerned about the tour after promoters for Giggs’ London show at the Islington O2 Academy contacted them. However, the rapper alleges that the police called venues ahead of the tour ‘exaggerating security risks’ and even told BBC 1Xtra that “this is how it’s been from the beginning, it’s just that everyone is hearing about it now. Before it used to be low-key, people didn’t really believe me.”
I must admit that I can understand why Giggs’ tour would be cancelled. It’s obvious that there’s a high chance most of the audience would be what can only be described as ‘off road’ (translation = hoodlums ) but at the same time I can’t help but think that the police help to perpetuate such fears. For example, a few years ago a DJ friend of mine booked Giggs to play at a popular university on the outskirts of London (which also happens to be notorious among students for its ‘assertive’ security staff) but the police would only let the event go ahead if Giggs went straight on stage and left straight after. Needless to say, no trouble broke out but if my friend hadn’t known any better and if the venue had applied more pressure, that would have been another cancelled ‘urban’ event for no good reason at all.
Loving this track! It’s certainly one of those tunes that restores your faith in UK artists and UK music. A great track to get the crowd hyper in any club!
Follow Giggs on Twitter @sn1giggs
Mistajam: hosts Giggs world exclusive of the 'Don't Go There'video
BBC 1xtra DJ, Mistajam has released the world exclusive of East london’s finest, Giggs latest video on his website. As soon as it surfaces on YouTube, i’ll have it here but in the meantime you can find it here.
Also, make sure you follow Mistajam on twitter and tune in to his 1xtra show, every Monday-thurday 7-10pm. He’s always on point with the tunes, especially Dubstep!
CJ Beatz definately went in (road slang for ‘hit the proverbial nail on the head’) with this mix CD of the greatest UK urban tracks of the last decade. CJ Beatz 85 track compilation features club bangers from each year aof the noughties from artists such as So Solid, Dizzee Rascal, Oxide & Neutrino, Boy Better Know, Misteeq, Akala, Fundamental 03, Bashy, Chipmunk and Estelle to name a few.
This CD has my endorsement, it’s definately a time machine to the good old days and i’ve had a few of tracks on repeat already!
Check out the tracklisting below and download it from here.
1. Intro
:: 2000 ::
2. Artful Dodger feat. Craig David – Re-Wind
3. DJ Deekline – I don’t Smoke the Reefer
4. Sweet Female Attitude – Flowers
5. Gods Gift – MC Tribute
6. Lonyo – Summer of Love
7. Mis-Teeq – Why?
8. Oxide & Neutrino – Bound for the Re-Load
9. MC Luck & DJ Neat – Little Bit of Luck
10. So Solid – Oh No
:: 2001 ::
11. The Streets – Has it Come to This
12. Craig David – Fill Me in
13. Daniel Bedingfield – Gotta Get Through This
14. Ms Dynamite – Booo!
15. Maxwell D – Serious
16. The Masters of Ceremony – Do You Really Like it?
17. So Solid- They Don’t Know
18. So Solid – 21 Seconds
19. Roots Manuva – Witness
:: 2002 ::
20. Blak Twang – So Rotton
21. Shy FX – Shake your body
22. Ms Dynamite – It Takes More
23. Ms Dynamite – Put Him Out
24. Fallacy – Groundbreaker
25. Musical Mobb – Pulse X / More Fire Crew – Oi
26. Heartless Crew – Heartless Theme
:: 2003 ::
27. Dizzee Rascal – Fix Up Look Sharp
28. Fallacy feat. Tubby T – Big N Bashy
29. Dizzee Rascal Vs Asher D – Commander B’s NightFlight
30. Dizzee Rascal – I Luv You
31. Donaeo – Bounce
32. Wiley – Eskimo
33. The Endz – Are you really from the Endz?
:: 2004 ::
34. The Streets feat. Donaeo, Kano & Tinchy Stryder – Fit But you know it
35. Kano – P’s & Q’s
36. Wiley – Wot U Call it
37. Lethal Bizzle – Pow
38. Dizzee Rascal – Stand Up Tall
39. KlashneKoff – Murda
40. Swiss – Cry
41. Estelle – 1980
:: 2005 ::
42. Sway – Intro
43. Akala – Roll Wid Us
44. Terri Walker – Oopsie Daisy
45. SLK – Hype Hype
46. Roll Deep – Heat Up
47. Roll Deep – When I’m ere
48. Roll Deep – The Avenue
49. Roll Deep – Shake A Leg
:: 2006 ::
50. Ghetto – Top 3 Selected
51. Akala – Shakespeare
52. Tinchy Stryder – Breakaway
53. Amy Winehouse – Rehab
54. Bashy – Black Boys
55. Fundamental 03 – Playground
56. Corinne Bailey Ray – Put your record on
57. N-Dubz – I Swear
:: 2007 ::
58. Dizzee Rascal – Flex
59. Skepta – Sweet Mother
60. Skepta – Duppy
61. Wiley – Gangsterz
62. Wiley – Bow E3
63. Roll Deep – Celebrate That
64. Benga & Coki – Night / T2 – Heartbroken
:: 2008 ::
65. Giggs – Talkin The Hardest
66. M.I.A. – Paper Planes
67. Chipmunk – Who Are You
68. Sway – F your Ex
69. Wiley – Wearing My Rolex
70. Skepta – Rolex Sweep
71. Estelle – American Boy
72. Tinchy Stryder – Stryderman
73. Dizzee Rascal – Dance Wiv Me
:: 2009 ::
74. Attacca Pesante – Make It Funky For Me
75. Perempay & Dee – Feel it in the Air
76. Egypt & Fuzzy Logic – In the Morning
77. Fr3e – Tribal Skank
78. Gracious Kay / Funky Dee – Show Me Are U Gonna Bang
79. BBK – Too Many Man
80. Lethal Bizzle feat. Donaeo – Go Hard
81. Bashy – Who Wants to be a Millionaire
82. Chipmunk – Diamond Rings
83. Tinchy Stryder – You’re Not Alone
84. Wiley – Take That
85. Donaeo – Party Hard
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