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There are a lot of grime shows and events popping up on the calendar this year, including a Rinse takeover at Ministry of Sound next month, so it’s a good thing veterans like Bossman Birdie and So Large are still tirelessly grinding away on new reloadables for the dance. New banger “Bout It X2” sees them […]

In our series ‘The Films That Made Us’, we take a look back at the films that have shaped British music over the last three decades. In this third edition, we talk to pioneering grime producer/DJ Sir Spyro about the 2002-released flick ‘Shottas’, a peak of Jamaican gangster cinema and a stone-cold classic among many […]

It’s been four years now since we lost Stormin. A titan in grime and, in the latter part of his career, a revitalising force in the world of D&B MCing, Stormin’s legacy is huge and still being felt today. To mark the anniversary, his old friend and long-time collaborator Sir Spyro has put together a new track called […]

It’s been far too long since the last Meridian Dan drop (2019’s “Yo G”), but he’s finally back with his new single, “Teachers Pets”, and he’s joined by his old Meridian Crew teammates Jme and President T.  The instrumental comes from Sir Spyro, giving the three MCs a chuggy, dubstep-leaning bed for them to bounce on […]

It’s been a tumultuous decade for all of us. The past ten years have seen Britian host the Olympics, endure uninterrupted Tory rule and conclude it by crashing out of the European Union in the most embarrassing way possible. Similarly, grime hasn’t exactly had a smooth run. From the genre’s beginning (2001) up until around 2009, it had made a […]