grime Skepta

[Cole Des]

1 hour ago, Greens said:

Front cover of Time Out this morning

http://www.timeout.com/london/music/skepta-interview-im-not-a-rapper-im-an-activist

On nearly signing to a label:

‘They were like: “We understand you’ve done this all yourself, Skepta. You can have a deal like no-one else has got! You can have this, Skepta! You can have that, Skepta!” And I nearly broke. But I just wanted to know, if all else fails musically, could I make a CD and take it worldwide by myself. Like do you actually have to do this record label thing? And then I found out it was all a mirage. They just didn’t have anything for me.’

[Badman]

Skepta is a revolutionary 

He deserves all the praise he can get 

[dub]

lol @ the editorial "[with Biggie]"

[Lionel & Dave]

Diddy knew

Devil Man was bout to come thru and crush the meridian buildings

[Anderson]

Second listen.

Pharrell tune best on the album

[dub]

got enough decent tunes for me to be happy but its at a point where I have to skip all the tunes I've heard before it dropped tbh

[Guest Blacksheet]

On 10/05/2016 at 11:01 AM, FA23 said:

Skepta has never been a lyricist tho, always had basic bars dotted with decent quotables that are relatable. You dont look  at a skepta album for some deep shit.

castles tho

 

[Cole Des]

Much happier with Skepta as the face of Grime as opposed to Stormzy or Dizzee tbh.

[Mythy Collins]

if roll deep in at the deep end came out now would it bang?

[dub]

if you ignore those awful commercial efforts it would bang

BITC would win a Mercury Prize all over again

[Lionel & Dave]

22 minutes ago, FA23 said:

Nah, was too watered down with too much faux hip hop padding it out.

 

If they based the album around Flying Away, When Im Ere, Heat Up, Poltergeist & maybe good girl it could of. Wasnt a bad commercial effort tho.

 

Rules & Regulations tho >>

Roll Deep Skeppy >

Cosign to the fullest everything

In At The Deep End was an embarrassment tbf

the first sell out record in grime iirr

 

i mean

the fucking artwork for starters

smfh

[Lionel & Dave]

/ People Don't Know still my fucking jam

[RYDER.]

This guy Novelist sounds like a 2004 grime artist.. According to Wikipedia, guy is born in 1997.. I understand that's his whole schtick, old school grime flow etc, but to me it falls flat and just ends up sounding forced in 2016.

Remind me of some of the European rappers who I've listened to in the past who all put on their best Ghostface/Raekwon Ironman 1995 impression. 

Just be yourself

Anyway, I like the album, some bangers on here. 

 

[kerser]

It's not that deep 

[kerser]

That opp talk was cringe 

[Bruno Di Gradi]

man get money with the gang

[dub]

true shame, but I'm proud none the less

[kerser]

15 hours ago, FA23 said:

Number 2 in the chart. Shame radiohead dropped their album on sunday or the no1 would of been his. Must of sold close to 40-50k tho

 

Not to far of

‘Konnichiwa’ has a sold a cumulative 35,065 copies, which was of course released on his own totally independent label Boy Better Know. He beats the achievement made by his brother Jme last year, who charted at number 12.

Streaming made up for 8504 worth of album sales, while 22074 were sold from permanent downloads. This is Skepta’s highest entry onto the album chart, with his third album ‘Doin’ It Again’ peaking at number 19.

[Posted May 14, 2016]

36k independant. Madness. Should go silver soon enough, gold by the end of the year ??

 

think jme sold 10k in his first week and the album didnt have 3 years of hype behind it

[Cole Des]

Glad for him, I know there's times he probably wanted to quit the music ting and now look.

Hope it opens the doors.