Music - Solitude - Choong Family; Wretch 32 - Gully Flossing;

Grime is gonna take over. It's been hitting the mainstream a bit more lately.I'm sure you all been hearing some Wiley, Dizee etc. I got into Grime by chance about 2007 so quite recently but I got opinions. I had heard some tunes on Choice Fm and Kiss 100. Then there was Channel U.
These introduced me to the likes of Akala, Kano, Asher D, Chimpmunk (more recently) and the Choong Family with their brilliant Solitude with its solid lyrics and beats.It's sounding a bit more commercialised and some people are hating this.
The way I see it if you want grime to take off, to become popular enough for all the hot artists, spitters, producers (Rude Kid has some sick beats) out there to get noticed by more people you got to get a bit more of a "pop" "commercialised" sound. Still you got to do it right, there have been so many trys and failures. Keep all the grime attitude but don't get too cheesy on us (Tinchy Stryder - Stryderman comes to mind although his other stuff has been pretty good.) but I'm quite liking what Chimpmunk is doing, I think his new one Beast is in the right direction but risks alienating propa grime fans a bit.


Solitude from the Choong Fam is the first song here. I am still waiting for their new album if it ever gets released which judging from their MySpace might never happen although I think they have all the right ingredients to hit a bit more mainstream.



I got a bit tired of all the underground RnB and slowjams as well as the mainstream RnB I'd been listening to on the online radio stations etc lately (Hot 108, Choice FM etc).
So I opted for a change, which lead me to GrimeRadio.co.uk. And also Rinse FM.I have not had a chance to have a proper listen yet but Gully Flossing by Wretch 32 definitely caught my attention. Wretch 32 is definitely worth a listen and as I'm quite new to the grime scene I didn't realise that Wretch was fairly successful with 3 albums and loads of mix tapes under his belt. Linked up from imeem.

Gully Flossing (feat. Bigz, Danny B, Calibar, Heady, Friscoe, Scorcher & Romain) - Wretch 32