A rarity from the old days.

'Stand Up Tall: Dizzee Rascal and the Birth of Grime' - ebook by Dan Hancox out 2 August 2013

Win - Dizzee Rascal

Wiley and Danny Weed - Blue Rizla

full set and tracklisting http://www.theheatwave.co.uk/events/item/rinse5dec10/

The Heatwave - Protest Bashment - Rinse FM 5 December

This was how a phone interview I did with Wiley the other day began. I was calling to talk to him about the way E3 and east London has changed since 2003. This is how he answered the phone...

Wiley E3 interview clip - on Rizzle Kicks - Dec 2013

Geeneus - Midnite Remix

full set here http://www.mediafire.com/?2gmjk3owtq0

Marcus Nasty ft Majestic - STD government health warning bars

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=227447003939150
http://educationactivistnetwork.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/30-june-strike-for-our-future/
http://escalatecollective.net/
http://deterritorialsupportgroup.wordpress.com/
http://london.indymedia.org/articles/9136

TO THE LEFT - Beyoncé says STRIKE: 30 June 2011

Remerdee - All Over

Rokko Mountain Museum sounds

wordthecat.com riddim mix from back in the day/every reginald manor house party ever for time immemorial

Ward21-dem-gal-sitting-riddim

An Its Total!!!!!!

JTJ ft.MNT - Leicester Anthem 2008

unknown date - from wheel volume 1, a free compilation from the superb http://grimetapes.com/

Slimzee with Dizzee and Wiley, Rinse FM

"The land of all lands, the area of all areas - New Cross Gate"

A super-rare, unreleased track from south London's finest and much-missed OG grime crew, Essentials. NXG was produced, bizarrely, as part of New Labour's New Deal for Communities - connecting some of the same themes of urban regeneration and grime in my book! - thanks so much to David Moynihan of Dirty Canvas and No Hats No Hoods, who was responsible for the track happening in the first place, for sending this over.

As Far As It Goes

NXG - Essentials

Lost treasures of bassline, featuring 'Lady Leesha' before she was famous/Lady Leshurr?!

From Dj Undecided October mix* - I think October 2007?

U.S.F Ft Lady Leesha - It's Over Now (bassline remix)

A rip of the opening track on a 2003 Radio 1 Chris Goldfinger set, which I got here

http://www.theheatwave.co.uk/blog/item/chris-goldfinger-at-hot-wuk-this-thursday/

it's a more pared-down version of that which appears on her album. So much more powerful without the crooning backing singers.

The Other Cheek - Tanya Stephens

taken from this http://www.ukrecordshop.com/item/rinsessions-volume-1.html which is deleted, so i figure okay to upload. it's just the best grime collection ever: if you can find it, find it.

Plasticman - Crazy Titch Vs Mariah Carey

http://sites.google.com/site/grimetapes/the-grimetapes-presents-series-1 for the full collection, big up slackk

Body On My Rap Sheet - Roadside Gs

I write about music and politics for The Guardian and others. My books include The Village Against The World (Verso) and - forthcoming in 2018 - Inner City Pressure (Harper Collins)

mos dan

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