tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8991368.post113915323931489643..comments2024-02-22T10:25:06.452+00:00Comments on Blackdown: Return of the RaskittBlackdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02520300442318805159noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8991368.post-1140024826712030162006-02-15T17:33:00.000+00:002006-02-15T17:33:00.000+00:00yeah, seriously big props for that deja set, fanta...yeah, seriously big props for that deja set, fantastic find!<BR/><BR/>and the interview, well - haven't had time to read it yet but looking forward to settling down to it soon! safe.dan hancoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14335192225001443427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8991368.post-1139317732694055672006-02-07T13:08:00.000+00:002006-02-07T13:08:00.000+00:00I totally know what you mean about the community a...I totally know what you mean about the community aspect, but given he's been back on Rinse and now rolls with Newhams, this is the closest he's been to the grime scene for quite some timeBlackdownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02520300442318805159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8991368.post-1139300892642245692006-02-07T08:28:00.000+00:002006-02-07T08:28:00.000+00:00as i said i'm not sure when it's from because i do...as i said i'm not sure when it's from because i dont remember recording it, but the use of Wookie's Far East and Shy FX's 'Shake Ur Body' (another link to the interview! i hadn't noticed that one!) suggests it's early, possibly 2002. There's no Narrows 'Saved Soul' or any of that hard 4/4 stuff so that makes 2000-01 unlikely. And by 2003 all the early Roll Deep stuff comes through inc Creeper andBlackdownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02520300442318805159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8991368.post-1139270598270719562006-02-07T00:03:00.000+00:002006-02-07T00:03:00.000+00:00you know what, i tried to ask him a question about...you know what, i tried to ask him a question about his relationship to grime, but i didnt articulate it well and so quite reaonsably he didn't get my point.<BR/><BR/>my point was that given grime is as much a scene as a sound, and he's not had as much contact with the scene as he used to, what's the point of me asking questions that constantly reference his music to grime, when maybe he's lookingBlackdownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02520300442318805159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8991368.post-1139259502211589452006-02-06T20:58:00.000+00:002006-02-06T20:58:00.000+00:00yeah he seemed to really look up to Snoop.the next...yeah he seemed to really look up to Snoop.<BR/><BR/>the next LP should be interesting because it really could propel him to another level of fame - but how does he do that and keep his current fanbase?<BR/><BR/>hard to say but in many ways lots of artists face this dilemma, and dizzee is one who has straddled that divide better than almost anyone else, given both the sales and sonic shock of his Blackdownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02520300442318805159noreply@blogger.com