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No, I can’t

This blog has been put to sleep. I now have a new site called Yep. You can find me on Twitter here.

No, I can’t

This blog has been put to sleep. I now have a new site called Yep. You can find me on Twitter here.

The most terrifying music genre the world has ever seen

Colonel Ryszard Kuklinski with Texas A&M cadetsInvented by Ryszard “Crunk King” Kuklinski (the grandson of an infamous Polish Cold War spy of the same name), Crunkczar, which sounds a bit like Polish donk, is a terrifying new genre that makes raver…

Panty, Bras, Coke and Cameras

This week’s Fader blog column is up.Btw, imagine how completely insane you’d go if you were forced to listen to this chorus on loop and look at my new logo for an hour – while on acid.

Breaking news: D Double E’s favourite Street Fighter character is Sagat

For the latest Bass Odyssey column on thefader.com I had a mole implanted on the Newham Generals’ table at the NME Awards, who reported back on the important things like how many cocktail sausages Footsie was eating (the average for the whole night was…

Andrea Dworkin’s least favourite bassline song ever

Full blurb here.

The new nu-metal

TRC combine the chagrin and angst of hardcore with some grime-style rapping. Read all about it over on guardian.co.uk/music.By the way, synth-metal poster boys Enter Shikari are now doing dubstep.

Top five explanations as to what Kanye West might be doing with his head in the lap of his girlfriend, Amber Rose, backstage at London Fashion Week

1. Warming his metallic jaw2. Licking some cheese and chive dip from her skirt3. Publicly proving, once and for all, that he is not gay4. Seeing if she’s wearing the limited edition Ed Banger x Cobra Snake x Louis Vuitton knickers that Kid Cudi exclusi…

Smutlee mix

I got Smutlee to do a short mix of dancehall, funky and garage stuff for the Vice music blog last week. It’s real nice. Tracklist in comments.Download: Smutlee mix

Burnley’s buzzin’

The people at VBS recently travelled to Burnley to meet with donk’s main man, and a personal hero of mine, MC Grimzie. This guy’s like Snow multiplied by Bernard Manning, to the power of that “Louish Walsh” [sic] X Factor guy.If you haven’t heard “Sexy…