grime in 2015

Listening to this again and it really does tail off in the second half, but man that first half. I lost track but props to whoever was respondible for "I'm old-school like Djemba-Djemba".

ZXPH XLLXS - XCXD BXMB

This fucking tune! The Scru verse on it is probably the peak moment of the whole mix.

calling bullshit on the visionist album

the new maxsta ep is really great, i love how much of the title track's video was filmed in canary wharf, which has been a malevolently looming presence in east london for so long. there's a really effective balance between maniac and boothroyd productions, maxsta is so good at handling the more awkward latter. "mare street dickhead" lives up to its title!

"your girl came backstage, took a picture of my dick and put it on pinterest"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oHKhbomztQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLuNr70paw4

new stormzy is fire as well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA49Iy_5IAk

As we move to the end of the year, I'd like to drop a quick note to encourage any readers / lurkers / ilxors to post their favorite grime tracks from this year to the thread so that I can hoover them into the ongoing spotify playlist. Last chance for any accessible stragglers that may not already be in the lexicon.

http://www.factmag.com/2015/11/17/elijah-skilliam-grime-2015-compilation/

If anyone's craving a Run The Road-style round-up then this comp is pretty great, loads of stuff I hadn't heard before (although virtually every verse will be familiar to people with the Logan Fabric mix).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5Srbw68axc

^^^ Also Kano over the XCXD BXMB beat is brilliant and rubbish in equal measure, right up until the point where he goes full Alan Partridge with "your girl's pum-pum stinks like the A13 Beckton exit", which is quite a location-specific diss.

#stormzyforxmasno1

Man try say he's better than me
Tell my man shut up
Mention my name in your tweets
Oi rudeboy, shut up
How can you be better than me?
Shut up
Best in the scene?
Tell my man shut up

Simple, yet effective

The Fadar - How Pirate Radio Made Grime Great, Again
http://www.thefader.com/2015/12/21/how-pirate-radio-made-grime-great-again

I'm wrapping this playlist for the year. It has been updated with a few new adds (No Lay, Visionist, Preditah, Plastician) and includes every track mentioned on thread that is available via Spotify's US catalogue as of EOY 2015. If I missed something or if a track comes available sometime in the future, bump here to let me know and I'll add.

Rolling Grime 2015 Thread Spotify Playlist