Tag: grime

  • Album Review: Dizzee Rascal – Raskit

    Album Review: Dizzee Rascal – Raskit

    The former King of Grime has returned, but is Raskit a solid claim to the throne?

  • ALBUM REVIEW: Gang Signs and Prayer by Stormzy

    ALBUM REVIEW: Gang Signs and Prayer by Stormzy

    Written by Andrew Barr (@weeandreww) Unless you’ve been living under a rock or you’re on the BRIT awards voting panel, you’ll be aware that the UK grime scene is enjoying a real purple patch. This is clearly evidenced when artists like Frank Carter, the ex-Gallows frontman, declaring at the NME awards that “grime is the…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: Skepta – Konnichiwa

    ALBUM REVIEW: Skepta – Konnichiwa

    Managing to stand strong after critics called Grime’s second wind a passing fad, Skepta has proved everyone wrong on his fourth LP, solidifying himself and the genre as a cornerstone of British music.  “We ain’t seen nuttin’ like this happen before. Who’s seen the country flip on its head like this, fam?” says fellow grime…

  • TRACK REVIEW: Skepta – Man

    TRACK REVIEW: Skepta – Man

    The unprecedented growth of Grime was one of the defining moments of British music last year. While it may have been overlooked by the Brits, which has thankfully been balanced out by the recent Ivor Novello nominations, you’ll be hard done to find someone who didn’t hear Skepta’s Shutdown blaring at any point in 2015 as the…

  • Thoughts On: The Brit Awards

    Thoughts On: The Brit Awards

    When your award show is referred to as “the British Grammy’s”, you’d think it was some sort of compliment. Well, that’s until you realise that the Grammy’s themselves considered James Bay more worthy of a Rock Album Of The Year nod than the hundreds of other potential nominees. Fair do’s to the Grammy’s though since they at…