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I think Chantelle's in the position she's in because she's fucking amazing, knows her stuff inside out, and unlike other grime bloggers has no tendencies to wibble endlessly about how sad and emo the MCs look in their DVDs, or to turn her nose up when they do something vaguely chart-friendly. and her blog is really really informative. and the barbie dolls are awesome.

The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 22 August 2005 09:33 (eighteen years ago) link

"unlike other grime bloggers has no tendencies to wibble endlessly about how sad and emo the MCs look in their DVDs, or to turn her nose up when they do something vaguely chart-friendly"

but when that kid with the hoodie in risky roads looks all screwface and turns to the camera, it looks like the saddest thing in the world. ever. grime is so touching.

lethalfizzle, Monday, 22 August 2005 09:36 (eighteen years ago) link

yeah fiddy's is a good pr blog. her and hattie collins' stranglehold on print journo is bit much sometimes tho! i quite like sarah bentley, is she a regular anywhere?

prancehall is a fucking idiot.

hold tight the private caller (mwah), Monday, 22 August 2005 09:56 (eighteen years ago) link

i think it would be good for all mankind if collins and fiddy wrote everything in the music press.

okokok, Monday, 22 August 2005 10:01 (eighteen years ago) link

yeh prancehall is a bit embarrassing. sometimes puts mp3s up tho so thats alright

ambrose (ambrose), Monday, 22 August 2005 10:13 (eighteen years ago) link

that's the spirit

hold tight the private caller (mwah), Monday, 22 August 2005 10:23 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.bibacity.co.uk/shop/files/MalcolmProv/zubrowka.jpg

thats my spirit.

anyway, grime:

the russians have finally got into grime! after a few years of strict 4x4/2 step torpor
you can download half of a sidewinder here: i cant find a url for the original post tho

also, grime (2): i dont really like that new low deep ep. the cheeky violin track has got really weak drums! i had to maxx out all the bass to ven get it sounding at all decent

ambrose (ambrose), Monday, 22 August 2005 10:32 (eighteen years ago) link

"really weak drums! i had to maxx out all the bass to ven get it sounding at all decent"

this is virtually all grime tracks ever

okoko, Monday, 22 August 2005 10:34 (eighteen years ago) link

m8 have you ever heard of "tings in boots"!!!!!!!!!!

ambrose (ambrose), Monday, 22 August 2005 10:39 (eighteen years ago) link

yeah, its cheap, N.A.S.T.Y., tinny, thin etc etc just like 95% of all grime tracks. doesnt mean thats not cool, but it is true, regardless. grime does not sound too hot in a car, its just not sonically heavy enough. then again, dizzee's stuff sounds good turned up loud. but when i put those grime tracks on my vice magazine sampler cd in my car, i had to turn it off as it was too painfully rickety.

okok, Monday, 22 August 2005 10:44 (eighteen years ago) link

grime sounds good on the BUS

The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 22 August 2005 12:39 (eighteen years ago) link

and on the train
its good public transport music

then again, even on my ipod, a lot of the tracks sound a bit too thin sonically. its a bit piercing at times

okokok, Monday, 22 August 2005 12:54 (eighteen years ago) link

prancehall is a fassy breed.

wasteman, Monday, 22 August 2005 15:52 (eighteen years ago) link

i think prancehall has been appearing to dis himself a lot in this post. rightly so. let the self hate continue. seckle my grime-bloggint yout.

regionalgrimeregulator, Monday, 22 August 2005 16:01 (eighteen years ago) link

the only ends prancehall knows about are the bell ends he puts up his bum hole.

man's probably got GAIDS

if i see man on road, i'm gonna wet up his belly.

internet thug, Monday, 22 August 2005 18:15 (eighteen years ago) link

prancehall knows nothing about ends. its all about beginnings.

regionalgrimeregulator, Monday, 22 August 2005 18:23 (eighteen years ago) link

What-o darkie

fasshall, Monday, 22 August 2005 18:25 (eighteen years ago) link

"then again, even on my ipod, a lot of the tracks sound a bit too thin sonically. its a bit piercing at times"

I've heard this before, and it makes me wonder how many people are actually buying the vinyl/CDs and ripping it themselves, and how many are just YSIing Rinse FM rips or downloading substandard mp3s from the RWD forums. I buy vinyl from the shops, record it through a preamp and then equalize the WAV files, and I've never had a problem with Black Ops, Aftershock or even Roll Deep sounding tinny at 224/320 Kbps. (Ruff Sqwad vinyl can sound thin and cheap on occasion, but since it has happened to me several times, I'm guessing it has to do with the quality of the pressing.)

The Cricklewood Massive (The Cricklewood Massive), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 02:07 (eighteen years ago) link

fiddy vs prancehall = most entertaining blog beef evah!

The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 07:22 (eighteen years ago) link

Haha ouch.

Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 15:03 (eighteen years ago) link

Big up The Cricklewood Massive!

Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 15:16 (eighteen years ago) link

fiddy got murked!

riddimkilla, Wednesday, 24 August 2005 15:21 (eighteen years ago) link

nah fiddy's the one doing the murking

The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 15:24 (eighteen years ago) link

Lex OTM.

Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 15:26 (eighteen years ago) link

it almost makes you hate grime, in a way.

beatles fan, Wednesday, 24 August 2005 15:32 (eighteen years ago) link

lex, fidddy got MURKED by prancehall. prancehall spit bars that were just too too big. fiddy came with little bars like all she had was childrens lunchbox chocolates from variety family packs. prancehall though, hes working wiv strictly factory size cadburys bars.

riddimkilla, Wednesday, 24 August 2005 15:44 (eighteen years ago) link

IT'S NEKKLE! NNNNNNNEKKLE! SEKKLE!

i'M THE MERKLE MAN
ALL FOR THE GREEN AND PURPLE MAN
I'LL COME TO YOUR ENDS AND CIRCLE MAN
I'LL MAKE YOU LOOK LIKE URKLE MAN
I'LL MAKE YOUR GIRL INFERTILE MAN
ALL FOR THE GREEN AND PURPLE MAN

NEKKLE! NEKKLE! iT'S NNNNECKLE!

I'M THE MERKLE GUY
ALL FOR THE GREEN AND PURPLE GUY

BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH

JAMMER (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 18:38 (eighteen years ago) link

*shakes head* why? why?

Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 18:39 (eighteen years ago) link

DJs!

Stop playing Merkle Man tunes! PLEASE! Please.

Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 18:40 (eighteen years ago) link

Does he actually have any other lyrics?

Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 18:40 (eighteen years ago) link

YOU REALLY WANNA KNOW WHY? SERIOUSLY? RAS CLART WANNA KNOW WHY? LET ME TELL YOU!

IT'S NEKKLE! NNNNNNNEKKLE! SEKKLE!
i'M THE MERKLE MAN
ALL FOR THE GREEN AND PURPLE MAN
I'LL COME TO YOUR ENDS AND CIRCLE MAN
I'LL MAKE YOU LOOK LIKE URKLE MAN
I'LL MAKE YOUR GIRL INFERTILE MAN
ALL FOR THE GREEN AND PURPLE MAN

NEKKLE! NEKKLE! iT'S NNNNECKLE!

I'M THE MERKLE GUY
ALL FOR THE GREEN AND PURPLE GUY

BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH

jammer, Wednesday, 24 August 2005 18:41 (eighteen years ago) link

Also every Wiley lyric =

GOODBYE TO THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIKE ME/THEY JUST CAN'T GET ALONG WITH WILEY

Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 18:43 (eighteen years ago) link

Haha what about "Pies"? And "Pick Yourself Up"? Wiley's got raaaange!

Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 18:44 (eighteen years ago) link

The "Pick Yourself Up"/gotta keep movin to the next level lyric is his OTHER trick!

Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 18:45 (eighteen years ago) link

THEY DON'T KNOW!

REAL REAL REAL REAL REAL REAL REAL REAL REAL REAL REAL REAL REAL


...


THEY DON'T KNOW!

GOODZ (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 18:46 (eighteen years ago) link

ON THE REGULAR

GOTTA KEEP MAKING PAPERS ON THE REGULAR
ON A REGULAR BASIS
FROM CAMDEN TO GANTS HILL
NOW THAT'S REAL
LET ME SEE YOU MOVE
BANG YOUR HEAD JUST MOVE
ON THE REGULAR

TINCHY (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 18:49 (eighteen years ago) link

SLICKS!

BIG SHOT BIG SHOT PUM PUMPA!

SLICKS!

SLICKS (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 18:50 (eighteen years ago) link

only thing is i do think it sometimes is a bit self promotional and maybe cos shes an insider

Maybe cause... well it's HER blog. She can post whatever she wants. I like her writing, even if half the time I don't know the songs/records she talks about.

nathalie starts to cry each time we meet (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 18:50 (eighteen years ago) link

the problem i have is simply that i have no fire in my belly since dizzee left, except to make beats, at which i am a genius, but i cant be bothered to rap anymore. well not unless its to do with dissing lethal b, in which case i am quite inspired. but i never really wanted to rap anyway, i just wanted to produce. im generally very listenable and fun and engaging on radio, but when it comes to recording my own tracks, i am usually so spliffed out from smoking all year long, that i sound quite bored, deflated, and not very fun or engaging, which isnt very good is it. plus, my simple a-b-c style gets too simple on my won tracks, and i get a bit bored, and cant be bothered anymore. basically, im just not that good at writing songs as i am at sptting bars, especially those aimed at fire camp and lethal b. or vague lines about people not liking me (like lethal b for instance) because well, i am wiley, and lines about vague positive things like fixing up and getting better and looking ahead and things like that. just listen to my first album if you dont believe me.

wiley, Wednesday, 24 August 2005 18:53 (eighteen years ago) link

one reason i really like grime is cos of the namedrops to my locale. did tinchy really namedrop gants hill? that is so fucking biggle.

ilfordmassive, Wednesday, 24 August 2005 18:54 (eighteen years ago) link

yes - on "Chillin" off Aim High 2.

They shout out Edgware and Watford in the intro to Guns N' Roses! Big!

Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 18:55 (eighteen years ago) link

DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN

hold tight the private caller (mwah), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 18:56 (eighteen years ago) link

VERY BIG!!!!!!!

ilfordmassive, Wednesday, 24 August 2005 18:57 (eighteen years ago) link

yeah, wiley, sorry about leaving, that was wrong of me, i thought you would be okay. you dont sound quite as good since i left. matter of fact, you were crap on the remixes to both my singles. but anyway, stick to producing mate. youre good at that.

dizzeerascal, Wednesday, 24 August 2005 18:59 (eighteen years ago) link

sort of related: Riddim.Ca is a pretty good online grime community, especially for those of us who live in Toronto.

Jack, Wednesday, 24 August 2005 19:02 (eighteen years ago) link

But you're a nice guy Wiley. That matters, and don't let anyone tell you different.

Jack keeping it on-topic!

Lukas (lukas), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 19:50 (eighteen years ago) link

http://blackdownsoundboy.blogspot.com/2005_08_01_blackdownsoundboy_archive.html#112490848484198629

a tribute to all things fiddy
is it fiddy season or something
is she going to launch a MC career?
is this all publicity for her single launch?

fiddyslover, Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:08 (eighteen years ago) link

I heard she said that she's bigger than Jesus.

Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:11 (eighteen years ago) link

she's a really fit bird

i love fiddey, Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:14 (eighteen years ago) link

let's be cool

Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:15 (eighteen years ago) link

http://prancehall.blogspot.com/2005/09/stylees-what-your-crew-lacks-and-ill.html

i have made it to the big time - man like prancehall is pasting my odes to the lady chantelle on his own blog i am not getting a big head i jus wanted to say that it is appreciated i like what you are doing prancehall you are def big and it is an honour to get my words on your site so thank you blud

but since i havent heard anything from lady chantelle just yet i wanted to say that if she does see this i am still making sure that my mum doesnt call anyone ever at any time just in case your call is coming through it is saving bills with BT and it is also keeping the line free

just in case lady chantelle doesnt call though, ladie sophie heawood, you got my number also so if chantelle doesnt mind too much sorry if you are offended chantelle i hope you are not and while my heart is waiting for you man cant wait forever

mrfiddywannabe, Sunday, 2 October 2005 12:41 (eighteen years ago) link

BACK OFF HEAWOOD IS MINE BITCH BOY

fiddy, Tuesday, 4 October 2005 22:25 (eighteen years ago) link

brap brap...Fiddy is crap crap. Grime groupie. Major obsessions with Skepta,JME,Roll Deep. Along with her roomie Hattie....issues

Brapple Brappage, Wednesday, 5 October 2005 09:07 (eighteen years ago) link

fiddy is great

Barnaby (Barnaby), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 10:16 (eighteen years ago) link

fiddy is I, I is the first person and fuck issues... I'm rolling with a box of tissues

chantelle fiddy, Wednesday, 5 October 2005 11:01 (eighteen years ago) link

i roll with nuff kleenex when i log on to your site you are the antithesis of swagdom

mrfiddywannabe, Wednesday, 5 October 2005 11:56 (eighteen years ago) link

two years pass...

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrap

That one guy that hit it and quit it, Saturday, 13 October 2007 20:48 (sixteen years ago) link

is that THE chantelle fiddy?

That one guy that hit it and quit it, Saturday, 13 October 2007 20:48 (sixteen years ago) link

Seems illiterate enough to be.

Dom Passantino, Saturday, 13 October 2007 21:09 (sixteen years ago) link

how many of these blogs are still going i wonder....

this was a weird thread btw.

titchyschneiderMk2, Saturday, 13 October 2007 21:51 (sixteen years ago) link

WE NEED YOU

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 13 October 2007 21:53 (sixteen years ago) link

i actually miss chantelle fiddy blogging about grime. she wasnt as formal/ultra serious as blackdown, nor as ridiculous as prancehall - she covered it from a sort of grime-from-grime-fans-perspective. not as in depth as she could have been sometimes (she obv knows her stuff), but then i think thats what happens when youre so entrenched in a scene. last time i checked her blog, it was just vids of random music, including hadouken of all people.

titchyschneiderMk2, Saturday, 13 October 2007 21:58 (sixteen years ago) link

WE NEED YOU. WE ARE OFFERING CASH ADVANCES AND RECORD DEALS FOR MC'S AND PRODUCERS WHO SPECALISE IN GRIME OR HIPHOP.
GO TO http://primegrime.blogspot.com/ FOR MORE INFO ON WHERE TO SEND YOUR DEMOS TO. DONT BE SHY, WE NEED YOU. grime grime grime

http://primegrime.blogspot.com/ OFFERING RECORD DEALS, GRIME

-- hazza johnson, Tuesday, September 27, 2005 8:59 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Link

s1ocki, Saturday, 13 October 2007 22:03 (sixteen years ago) link

Fans of Chantelle Fiddy can be sure to catch her fantastic London Lite column weekly. Miss it, miss out.

Dom Passantino, Saturday, 13 October 2007 22:20 (sixteen years ago) link

OFFERING RECORD DEALS, GRIME

i'll just take the record deal, thx

That one guy that hit it and quit it, Saturday, 13 October 2007 23:40 (sixteen years ago) link

"Fans of Chantelle Fiddy can be sure to catch her fantastic London Lite column weekly. Miss it, miss out."

not missing her THAT much.

titchyschneiderMk2, Sunday, 14 October 2007 17:37 (sixteen years ago) link

if she wrote a book i would read that BOOK

Hahaha

DJ Mencap, Sunday, 14 October 2007 18:37 (sixteen years ago) link


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