Search results for smiley culture
Ten years of Blogging
Ten years ago today I signed on at Blogger* and kicked things off with posts on an article by Greg Mario Whitfield about Bass Culture and a new issue of Datacide Magazine. Paul Meme and I had been avidly following Simon Reynolds’ Blissout website for a few years and had noted his move to Blogger …
Bars For Change: who polices the police?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCbMuqo9ZLA I wrote quite a lot about UK policing earlier in the year in relation to the failure of policing (at best) that lead to the death of Smiley Culture. News about that case was always going to ebb and flow, not least because it is now in the bureaucratic hands of the Independent Police …
Continue reading ‘Bars For Change: who polices the police?’ »
tongue in cheek: the eternal return
I have no idea if I am the first person to comment on this or not, but Dizzee’s new album (almost) shares a title with an ancestor of his – Smiley Culture, one of the most commercially successful UK MCs of the eighties. Shall I bore you with the parallels and divergences? Yes, I think …
RSI Radio volume 3
Yeah, two years since the last one – but a few things got in the way innit! Check me playing some records and yakking about them. Feedback welcome. More things of this nature planned… Includes music by Tommy McCook, Junior Murvin, Lorna Gee, Smiley Culture, Papa Levi, Nasty Jack, Million Styles, Micchie One, YT, General …
Who say Prancehall favour Boy George?
PRANCEHALL on Dominic, a white MC who rocked up in JA in the 80s and ended up recording tunes with Jammys and Penthouse, includng this one: …which is blatantly a rip off of “Cockney Translation” by Smiley Culture, but is saved by dint of Dominic’s ridiculous sub-“Minder” stylings. And of course Peter Metro, who recorded …
Answer Riddim Clash – John Eden round
Here is my contribution to this week’s big news. John Eden – Answer riddim mix clash by Johnedenuk on Mixcloud 45 minutes of prime reggae, rocksteady and dancehall – on varied (but all excellent) cuts of the Answer Riddim. A one take live mix, with a few exclusive contributions from Hackney’s best female MC. Tracklist: …
Born to Chat – The Asher Senator Story
“Jah man me go a kill you with originality Me name Asher Senator at the mic MC Me bredren them a call me human dictionary Abbreviation Qualification a me speciality” Asher Senator was born Peter St Aubyn and grew up in Clapham. At the age of 14 he was already grabbing the mic at house …
John Eden & Paul Meme – Fast Chat Special mix
0:00: YT: England Story (White)0:45: Maxi priest: Sensimilla (White)2:23: Papa Levi: Mi God Mi King (Taxi)5:07: Tippa Irie and Daddy Colonel: Jus a Speak (UK Bubblers)6:14: Daddy Rusty: No No Way (UK Bubblers)7:08: Daddy Sandy: Riddle Bubble (UK Bubblers)8:10: Asher Senator: The Original Car Style (Fashion)11:03: Tippa Irie: It’s Good to Have the Feeling You’re …
Continue reading ‘John Eden & Paul Meme – Fast Chat Special mix’ »
Why you are WRONG about Maxi Priest
“What? Is this some kind of post-ironic ironic thing?” – a fictional uncarved blog reader… Cos, obviously he’s rubbish reggae, isn’t he? The apotheosis of crossover crapness – watered down JA vibes for tourists on beaches and that guy from accounts who made an arse of himself at this office party. It’s reggae-lite for people …