I’ve been learning from Drum and Bass MCs recently. It’s a genre I’ve always loved and been a fan of as well as Jungle but it’s only with this song I’ve been working on with producer Al Pack that I’ve finally had a chance to try and flex my own skills as an MC in that genre. As I showed in my post and video a Hip Hop Artist’s First Attempt at Drum and Bass.Continue reading
So it looks like I need to make more Grime music. Generally I’ve made Hip Hop music as that has been my biggest influence. My entry into rapping came from underground Hip Hop both in the US and the UK before Grime was even considered a subgenre. That being said Grime has always been in the background throughout the years of me honing my craft, even if the subgenre hadn’t initially been ‘coined’. It’s crazy how popular grime is becoming, with artist’s such as Dizzee Rascal and Skepta getting interviewed on Sway in the Morning as well as Hot 97 in the US. It’s great that UK rap is getting a lot of world wide notoriety. It’s hard not to take influence. Much like all my other influences from Trip Hop, House, and UK Garage.Continue reading
In this video I show you how I went about making a soulful old school Hip Hop beat.
This video shows how I made my song ‘Opened Out’ which features on my first ever release The Bog Standard EP. Putting this together was a lot of fun, I could play with Soul and Jazz samples all day long.Continue reading
I created a video showing the making of cider attack. Otherwise known as ‘Cyder Attack’. I explain the reason for the song and my rather obscure spelling of the word ‘cyder’ in my blog post Cider Rap.Continue reading
I also had a look back at The Old West, in studying for The Marvelous Adventures of the Wayback Machine. By ‘The Old West’ I mean the American Frontier, or 19th Century western USA, or the ‘Wild West’ as some might call it.Continue reading
I made a video on how to freestyle rap. Following on from my post Why Should Every Rapper Freestyle I created this video giving you a powerful tip in learning how to freestyle, or in other words learn how to improvise and rap and craft lyrics on the fly and off the top of your head.Continue reading
So here’s another era in time I had to learn about whilst studying for ‘The Wayback Machine’ EP. Ancient Egypt! This is about my Ancient Egypt Song!Continue reading
I did a YouTube video showing the making of The Good Vibe which is a song I did off my first EP, The Bog Standard EP.Continue reading
Let me explain why there’s a song on my new EP with Drunk Pedestrians about the blues! I’ve been studying for the wayback machine. Basically I’ve been writing the lyrics for this up and coming EP about Time Travel, ‘Marvelous Adventures of the Wayback Machine’ and it’s been like a constant history lesson. Not that I’m complaining! Continue reading
It was ‘Back to the Future’ Day 2 days ago, I thought I’d bang on about it even more as I’ve always been obsessed with the concept of Time Travel ever since I was a pup. The ‘Back to the Future’ trilogy are some of my favourite films ever!Continue reading