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ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets James Blake’s new album, Friends That Break Your Heart, dropped today and along with it the requisite press tour. Much […]
Always one to defy expectations, Wiley‘s eagerly-anticipated Godfather 3 album just landed and it was way ahead of schedule. The new album, his 13th studio project to date, was originally slated to arrive at the end of the month, but it appears his excitement got the better of him. Joining him on the album are D Double […]
Much was made of Cadell‘s beef with Stormzy when they sparred a few years ago, but then things seemed to quiten down and we all got on with our lives. Now, however, with the increasingly heated war between Wiley and Stormzy, the details of Cadell’s situation have bubbled back up to the surface. Referenced in […]
The Wiley vs Stormzy saga continues. After Stormzy replied to Wiley‘s “Eediyat Skengman” with “Disappointed“, Wiley clapped back with a sequel that accused him of not caring about grime and citing his use of the “Know Better” beat as an example of that. Well, Stormzy’s replied with “Still Disappointed”, addressing every point that Wiley’s made and uses […]
It’s all kicking off. In the latest developments, Dot Rotten has re-entered the beef and now Wiley‘s escalated it with “Eediyat Skengman 2”. Taking things to new levels, Wiley addresses some of the accusations Stormzy threw at him in “Disappointed“, denying most of them, and counters by going after his mum — If I see your […]
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 […]
Grime was never supposed to win, let alone last this long. Fresh out the gate, the elder statesmen of UK garage refused entry to our tracksuit-wearing masters of ceremonies, leaving them no other option but to create their own stage. Then there was ‘the establishment’ and mainstream press to deal with, who felt the content was […]
Following accusations from Wiley that he’s a “culture vulture,” Ed Sheeran issued what he says will be his one and only response. “I never said no to doing a song for you after we made You for No.5,” Sheeran wrote on Instagram. “You wanted to release ‘if I could’ the same week as my debut single on […]
Trying to define Eskibeat, Wiley’s super influential production style from 2002-2005, means taking a cross-continental trip across grime’s influences. At its core, the frosty, digital sound is an East London answer to dancehall’s millennial anthems, grafted onto garage’s uptempo rhythms. Except it’s also Wiley’s answer to East Coast hip-hop’s own forrays into clean, digital production by […]
If you’re not aware of the back and forth between Wiley and Skepta then where have you been? Musically at least, it began with Wiley’s “Flip The Table ” towards the end of last year, where he took aim at both Dizzee Rascal and Skepta, as well as some subliminal shots at a few other […]
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