Once Upon A Grime: 06/01/2011

Tinie Tempah Feat. Wiz Khalifa - Till I'm Gone [Video]

We first heard of the collaboration at the start of May, nearly two months on and we've got the full video. The teaser has been around a couple of weeks now, but here's Tinie collaborating with one of the hottest artists around at the moment. Wiz Khalifa is the man of the moment in the US, and Tinie is probably the most saught after male artist in the UK at the moment. Wiz is on the hook of Till I'm Gone which features on the American release of Disc-Overy. Buy the single here.

Griminal - Young Guns (Trailer) [Video]

Griminal has had some questionable singles in the past, e.g Invincible and Supa Dupa, but it looks like Young Guns could be the right move for him. Griminal sent a few indirects Kozzie's way earlier in the year and the duo had qualms for a little while. When Koz called out Grim for Lord of the Mics III though Griminal was no-where to be seen. Lil Nasty stepped up, but then pulled out too. Let's hope Young Guns can gain Griminal a little bit of respect again. You can now pre-order on iTunes.

Tinchy Stryder & Slix - Hustle Hard Freestyle [Video]

A bit late with it, but Tinchy and Slix have done a Hustle Hard. But saying that the Grime Daily logo flashes up at the start, so it could of been shot a good few weeks back, but just dropped late. The best so far has clearly been Chipmunk's effort by a mile. The question is though; can the Ruff Sqwad duo keep up with the pace? Tinchy does well with all the flashy talk as he can back it, and Slix does it pretty much all the time, swag and money. It's not a bad effort infact, but Chip still remains on top...

Yasmin - Young Guns (Trailer) [Video]

Day three and it's the turn of Yasmin. Watch previous trailers from Devlin here, and Ed Sheeran here. The hype for Young Guns is really starting to build up with these snippets of the new video. The all-star line up too helps. Yasmin already has two top 20's under her belt with Finish Line and Runaway alongside Devlin. Plus her recently single crept in the top 40. Let's hope this one will do just as well. Pre-order via iTunes.

SS11 Photoshoot Photos [Clothing]

Finally, five weeks after taking the photo's I've finally got them back on my laptop. So today we've got photo's of the new "OUAG" colourways. No more Blackberry snaps. For the summer we've got Black on Haze Yellow, White on Irish Green and Red on White. All the photo's are low-res, so if you want any high-res for your own website email me at OnceUponAGrime@gmail.com. If you'd like to add a tee to your collection pick one up via BigCartel.

A couple of days back the footage of the freestyles were dropped. No Lay didn't hold back her thoughts on OG Niki not one inch. No Lay went all out for Niki whilst OG Niki just spat about her haters. It looks like No Lay has the upper-hand already. OG Niki is going to have a hard time vs the London MC. Niki says she respects No Lay, but feels she'll have the upper-hand in the clash. Only time will tell. OG Niki interview below and No Lay's interview after the jump.

Originally the video was mean't to be up on Sunday, but on Wednesday morning here it is. Desperado is the latest in a long line of artists of spit a Time to Flow freestyle. Despa kicks things off with a deep and real talk Rap freestyle showing why he was so highly rated back in the day. But he's back in 2011 and is keen to get his reputation up again with new music and clashing Rival at Lord of the Mics 3. The second half of the video is where Rivz should look if he wants some background info on what he's going to come up against...

Rival Feat. Grime Allstars - Lock Off The Rave Remix [Radio Rip]

The remix for Lock off the Rave is a big one. Not only is it a eight bar rally, it also have seventeen MCs all going back to back on the track. DJ Vectra span the track first on Rinse FM on Monday around half six, but he didn't play the last eight bars. Logan took over to spin the full track on his Tuesday morning show. The line up consists of Rival, Discarda, Jammin, Nasty Jack, Kozzie, Badness, Merky ACE, Sharky Major, Danny D, Kwam, Big Narstie, Blacks, Dark Boi, Ego, Diesel, Jammer and finally Jamakabi. The single is out on July 10th.

Ed Sheeran - Young Guns (Trailer) [Video]

Yesterday we saw Devlin's trailer of Young Guns, today it's Ed Sheeran. Since you saw Ed sporting his Once Upon A Grime top at I Luv Live back in November he's come very long way, in a very short space of time. Now he's signed to Atlantic Records, had a number three with the A Team, plus over 100k followers on Twitter too. Compare that to 3k back at the end of 2010. Below is Ed's snippet, keep an eye out for Griminal's, Yasmin' and Lewi White's to come. Pre-order Young Guns on iTunes now.

G.Tank - Bugz (Instrumental) [Free Download]

We haven't heard many beats from G.Tank in a while come to think of it. But don't worry, as well as this free download he's got two EPs lined up. The first is a joint project with Doller Da Dustman entitled Cold Blooded Tank. The second being a solo venture called the Flash Forward EP. Until then you can enjoy Bugz and download for free via Soundcloud below.

ChildLine's Final Verse with SBTV & Devlin [Competition]

ChildLine have started a new little link up with SB.TV behind the camera and Devlin with the lyrics. Devlin has wrote a brand new song for the campaign entitled Teardrops. The idea behind the song is that anyone can write the final lyrics for the track. So if you feel you can pour your heart and feeling out onto a bit of paper, or Blackberry, or iPhone, or whatever else you use to write your lyrics on this is your chance. If it's good enough you'll have a feature on a track with Devlin. Watch the video below, get a feel for the track then follow the instructions at the end of the video.

OG Niki & No Lay - Lord Of The Mics III Freestyles [Video]

Another comfirmed clash for Lord of the Mics III is between two female artists. You've got OG Niki who blew up off the back of her Grime Blog freestyle, then you've got No Lay who's one of the best female spitters in the game. The fued between this two kicked up on non-other than social networking site Twitter. So it's good to see they're going to clash rather than just tweet beef like most artists nowadays. OG Niki drops her freestyle below and No Lay doesn't hold back with hers after the jump.

Tinie Tempah performed a fourteen track set at Glastonbury this weekend. Amongst the set was Simply Unstoppable, the track from the Lucazade advert, a cover of Willow Smith's Whip My Hair, plus the video below, Wonderman. Tinie has the crowd under his control and performanced a brilliant set. You can watch more performances from Tinie via the BBC website here.

Devlin - Young Guns (Teaser) [Video]

In the build up to the Young Guns video 360 Records will be releasing little teasers from each artist involved. The first being from Dagenham's Devlin. The track itself was produced by Lewi White who's been working with Devlin for years now. Griminal also has a feature, as does man of the moment Ed Sheeran and Yasmin too. Check Devlin's teaser below, watch out for the other four, and pre-order now via iTunes.

Sox & Devil Man - LOTM3 Interview & Freestyles [Video]

Two additions to the Lord of the Mics III line up are from straight out of Brum. Sox and Devil Man of Birmingham are ready to clash whoever is thrown their way. Sox has called out Shifty of Mayhem to clash, but apprently they haven't heard from the Manchester MC in a few days now. As for Devil Man who clashed Skepta on LOTM2, he's ready to take anyone's head off. Who'd you think he should clash? Leave comment in the comments box with your opinions. Watch Sox' interview below, and catch his freestyle alongside Devil Man's interview and freestyle too ater the jump.

With the Friggin' L mixtape out a few weeks back now via Hoodtapes, Lady Leshurr has had a small video put together for the opening and title track. The promo Friggin' L sees Lady Leshurr spit over several American Hip-Hop/Trap beats just to prove how versatile an artist she is. The main highlight of the mixtape is Leshurr matching Busta Rhymes flow on Look At Me Now. Download the promo here, and check the video below.

Keep Calm and Listen to Grime Medium Re-Stock [Clothing]

Just realised I added the two Keep Calm and Listen to Grime medium tops to stock, but not avaliable to purchase. So if you want one, snap it up quick! I'm going to sort out new printers this week after the major cock-up of the last ones. Avoid TOT Shirts at all costs. Buy via BigCartel.

Boy Better Know - Kiss Presents Set [Video]

(Photography by Kids of Grime)

Probably one of the best Kiss Presents (fka Chosen One) sets to date. The whole of BBK took the trip to West London to record Logan Sama's latest Kiss Presents show. Skepta shows us why he's one of the best in Grime with his one. Anyone who slates him off, try to carry on doing so after listening to this one. Let's hope Logan keep his standards this high, more of the same would be great. Download here.

D Double E Feat. Dizzee Rascal - Bluku! Bluku! [Audio]

Span for the first, reloaded, second, quick chat with D Double E, then third time tonight on Tim Westwood's show, it's a new DEE and Dizzee joint. Yep, Dizzee Rascal. Nope, this isn't Pop. No, it isn't Grime either sadly, it's a Hip-Hop production by S-X. But let's face it, this is the closest to Grime from Dizzee we've had since Violence maybe? Apprently it's out on iTunes now with this link, but it doesn't seem to work for me. I'll update the blog post with a purchase link as and when. S-X uploaded the tune to his YouTube, but expect Dirtee Skank to complain and it'll be down soon. So listen whilst you can and catch Dizzee live in Westfield shopping centre after the jump.

Edit: It's been taken down, I've re-uploaded to Divshare.

(Photography by Kids of Grime)

It seems Jammer and Jammin have decided to remix the abriviation of H.A.M (Hard As'a Mother'fucker) to L.A.M.B. No idea what is means though. Anyway, Quason Matthews follow the pair to a festival and on the way shot the video for the track in the car, hotel and during the live performance. When these two make a track, it's always a good listen. They compliment each other like P and Blacks or DEE and Footsie. Don't forget to download Jammin's new free promo the Wake Up Call here. Sadly, this track doesn't feature on it.

Rude Kid - Do Do (Instrumental) [Free Download]

(Photography by Kids of Grime)

Known to some as the instrumental that sampled Dil to Pagal Hai to others it's the instrumental that Dot Rotten, Brutal and Voltage vocalled. Rude Kid produced the beat for Go Down a good few years back and Dot put the the track on Extra Attention in 2009. The Grime produced decided to give away the beat via his Twitter. For those who aren't too familiar with it, listen below, then download here and have fun with vocalling, remixing or simply listening to it.

Blizzard - #BringYourVibe Freestyle [Video]

Blizzard has to be one of the most promosing young names in Grime at the moment. Some of you may remember him from Big Like (EA) from back in the Channel U days infact. A few days back UV.UK travelled up to Manchester to link up with Blizzard to get a couple of freestyles. The first one being Hip-Hop. Blizzard shows his versitility flowing over the mellow beat before switching it up over a Teddy production.

Lethal Bizzle In Bournmouth [Video]

Lethal Bizzle took over Tim Westwood recently for his booking in Bournmouth. We've got three videos of the trip to the South coast. Bizzle took along his Fire Camp crew for the tip too. In the first video below you'll see the car journey with all members of the spitting lyrics in the car, and the same applies on the way back from the event. You'll also see Da Bizz perform a few tracks including Pow 2011 on stage and wonder around the rave after to meet the fans after the jump.

With Golden doing the rounds Dream Mclean decided to flood your iPods a bit more. Everyday is the complete opposite of Golden. That was a relaxed and zoned-out track, this isn't. Everyday was produced by Rusko & Netsky. The original was created by Rusko and then remixed by Netsky. Dream has decided to go for a little bit of Drum and Bass to get you hyped up for the Saturday night ahead. Download via Mediafire or pick it up via our Soundcloud below. Dream is a real problem at the moment.

Live Fest - 23rd July @ The O2 [Event]

Just under a month away now it's London's biggest indoor festival. It also turns out a few Grime acts are on the bill that day. Ever since touring with Chase & Status Tempa T's career has boomed. Next Hype of course helped just a little too. Catch Tempz down at Livefest next to the likes of chart topping East Londoner Tinchy Stryder, plus Roll Deep too. Pick up your tickets via TicketMaster and hit Live Fest's website here for more info.

Skepta - Live Performance @ Champagne Bubbely [Video]

I didn't think Skepta was doing club performances anymore, but it turns out he still shows up for them. Well, he shows up, does a twenty minute set and leaves it seems. Whilst performing at Champagne Bubbley Skeppy brough out the now cheesey, but classic, Too Many Man amongst several of his new tracks. Mike Lowery, Amnesia and Bad Boy were amongst the others performed by the BBK front man.

Bounty Killa, Ghetts, Shystie, Trilla, 3.2.1 & English Frank - Limb by Limb [Video]

(Streetz Iz Watchin' "Grime Pays" t-shirt avaliable June via JD Sports)

A bit late with the video, but I'm still catching up with a few things. Ghetts continues to keep up an appearance with the features and it's the first time we've heard of English Frank since his video Music's My Sister back in April. Shystie is starting to get back into music and thankfully Trilla actually wrote some new bars for the track too.

Halo - Kids of Grime Freestyle [Video]

(Photography by Kids of Grime)

If you listen to Maxsta's music, then you should know about Halo. The sixteen year old kid popped up around the end of last year and Max has taken him under his wing it seems. He's always in the studio with Maxsta and was also involved in the Kids of Grime photoshoot late last year. At fourteen he's got years ahead of him, but the below video will showcase his current ability.

DJ Whoo Kid & Wiley - RWD Mag Interview [Video]

DJ Whoo Kid is really putting in the time and effort to help the UK scene out at the moment. The latest mixtape will be with Wiley, and it seems maybe Lethal Bizzle may have something up his sleeve too. Whoo Kid also talks about a mixtape with Chipmunk too. If Chip carries on with the Hustle Hard style music, then I can't see a problem. That was one of his best tracks for a good while. Whoo Kid and Wiley talk about the mixtape, the power of Twitter and Swizz Beats wanting to make Garage music.

Desperado - Ok Then x Lost In The Light [Radio Rip]

DJ Cameo over the past few days has span two new tracks by Desperado. The first of the two features Kid Bookie. The track entitled Ok Then was produced by Flava D. Despa has spent the past nine months or so outside the UK and it seems he's fully back on a musical tip. With Lord of the Mics 3 round the corner, Desperado also has a new single out too.

This time it has singer Leonora on the hook. It's your typical Dubstep influenced track that you should be use to by now in 2011. The OGz crew member is back with a bang. Look out for his clash with Rival on LOTM3. No release date for Lost In The Light as of yet.

1Xtra Soundclash Hightlights [Video]

About a week back now the 1Xtra Soundclash took place in East London, last year in West. Three teams clashed, Roll Deep went out first, Charlie Sloth won, that's the long and short. Here's a video of selected cuts by the BBC. The crowd was dead for Chipmunk and Sneakbo, and sadly for Sway too when he performed Up Your Speed. Roll Deep brought back a few old Grime beats and bars, whilst Shola Ama performed her Garage hit Imagine. More highlights on the BBC's website here.

Trim, Obese, Discarda, Nico Lindsay & Big Narstie - After Hours Set [Video]

The latest After Hours set, which was filmed by Aaron Hanson, sees a few heavy weights in Grime pass through the Kiss 100 building. Discarda is back making music in 2011, and is on Rival's Lock Off The Rave Remix too, as in Big Narstie too with a new found hype. Trim who just released his ninth and tenth mixtape has a few pops at Bloodline as does Obese. Nico Lindsay is finally getting the exposure he deserves with more radio appearances. Catch Logan wearing his Keep Calm and Listen to Grime t-shirt, we've got a couple left in medium on BigCartel. Download the set here.

Wiley - Chill Out Zone [Tracklisting]

With 100% Publishing out only last week Wiley is moving onto the next project already. Infact, it's already wrapped up and here's the tracklisting. There's no name as to has produced any of the beats, but there's a good few features on the release. Ed Sheeran makes an apperance on If I Could, as does Cherri V on Romeo. But don't think all the features will be simply singers on the hooks though. Opium lays down a few lyrics on Pengting. Chill Out Zone will be avaliable from the 17th July via Elusive Entertainment. Hit the jump for the tracklisting.

Fancy seeing Roxxxan, Kano, Ghetts, Scrufizzer and more all at one event? For as little as £10 (max £12.50) you can in Hackney next month. RE:Definition will be filled with MCs, vocalists, actors and dancers on the day. Here's what Kano had to say about the event:

"Events like this don't come around often, especially in your home town, so it's great to be able to celebrate east end music and culture which is where it all began for me. Anyone who's been to an Urban Development club night will know Re:Definition is gonna be one not to miss".

To promote the event Urban Development have brought in the lyical wordsmith they call Mikill Pane to help promote the event with a freestyle. Check that video below, buy tickets here, and for more info on the day click here.

Bars For Change (Trailer) [Video]

Channel 4 are starting a new documentary programme called Bars for Change. The host of the show is Jody McIntyre, this is the same guy who the police pulled out of his wheelchair during the student riots in London. There's going to be five music documentaries covering political issues that affect young people. Various Hip-Hop and Grime artists have been lined up to help. From the video below you can already see Lioness and Roxxxan are involved. What Channel 4 want you to do is get involved. Head over to their Facebook or Twitter to start doing just that.

Lord Of The Mics III - Confimed Clashes [News/Videos]

Twitter has been going mad over the past few days due to Lord Of The Mics 3. Jammer has decided to bring it back with help from Cameraman Sketch. Names have been flying around who should clash who, but not everything is set in stone yet. OG Niki vs No Lay is one battle, another is Kozzie vs Lil Nasty. Two clashes that are 100% confirmed are Rival vs Desperado and Wariko vs Diesle. Jammer caught up with all four artists to talk quickly about the clash. Catch Rival's video below, and the other three after the jump.

Following Big Narstie around for the day is always going to be a laugh. He's constantly making jokes and you'll notice this during his music. Today we've got the second and third episodes of the Diary of Big Narstie. In episode two you'll catch Big Narst travelling to perform at Luton carnival in the rain. Episode three sees Big Narstie travel to West London to the Kiss 100 studios. At Kiss a set is recorded alongside Trim, Nico Lindsay, Obese and Discarda before shooting off to 1Xtra for another set. This time it's a NAA set on DJ Cameo's show. Catch episode three after the jumper and episode two below.

It turns out Audio Wave isn't just going to be a throw away mixtape from Scorcher. He's not going to put it out, let it do the rounds via Twitter and move onto the next project. Scorch linked up with Kritikal to film and record an acoustic version of one of the tracks from Audio Wave. The selected track was track seven, My Last. Check the acoustic version out below, and download Audio Wave here for free.

Doller Da Dustman - Kids of Grime Freestyle [Video]

(Photography by Kids of Grime)

Doller throughout 2010 and into this year was constantly putting out new music weekly, literally. Over the past two months he's gone a bit quiet for his own standards. But he's been in the studio recording the Cold Blooded Tank EP alongside G.Tank. Kids of Grime caught up with him recently where he dropped some new lyrics for the camera.

Maxsta & Big Shizz - The Warm Up [Free Download]

(Photography by Kids of Grime)

More free music for your ears today. This time it's via the young Grime kid Maxsta. Straight out of East London Maxsta has been a problem in the Grime scene for a little while now. He's had his fair share of beef, but it seems he's putting all that behind him now and consentrating fully on his music. Vocalling a classic Grime beat it's The Warm Up by Maxsta and Big Shizz. Download here.

Wiley Feat. Sharlene Klarice - Cookie Pie [Free Download]

Wiley's music does go a bit up and down at times. One minute he's making bangers like Who's My Brother?, then the next he's making stuff such as Tweet Back. Although some of the lyrics during the track are quite catchy, some are pretty cheesey at the same time. If you want to stock up your Wiley collection then this track is up for free download from Soundcloud below and you can buy 100% Publishing via iTunes.

Lethal Bizzle - Bizzle's Back x R8 Gang [Audio]

DJ Whoo Kid already has mixtapes under his belt with Tinie Tempah (twice), Giggs and Skepta, plus a forthcoming one with Wiley. It looks like Lethal Bizzle could be another name. It's good to see the G-Unit DJ really trying to support the UK scene. Bizzle dropped two new freestyles over the past few days via Whoo Kid's website.

First off is Bizzle's Back. Some of you may recognise the beat via Meek Mill and Rick Ross, some via Chronik - How To Be An MC. Lethal B decided to take to the booth to tell everyone he hasn't left, so therefore he isn't back from anywhere.

The second track sees Lethal Bizzle spit over Wiz Khalifa's Taylor Gang beat. We all know how much Bizz loves his car, so he's named his one R8 Gang.

Deekay - Helmand Riddim x Ministrumentals Volume 1 [Video/Free Download]

Deekay is one of those artists who likes to keep everything in house. He'd rather produce and spit over his own beats than someone else's. That's not always a bad thing though. It shows his originality and creativeness. One person who's noticed this is 1Xtra's DJ Cameo. He brought Deekay onto the popular track Who's Dat? which has well over 130k hits on YouTube now. Deekay's latest track to have a video accompany it is below entitled the Helmand Riddim. Also don't forget to download Minstrumentals Volume 1 by Deekay too. A whole mixtape full of his beats for free. Download here.

Naughty Boy Feat. Dot Rotten, Griminal, Mic Righteous & Sneakbo - Fuckery [Video]

For once it isn't the same old music video. The artists involved won't be walking down the street mimicking their lyrics with a group of their friends, some thought has been put into this video. It's about a Rock fan who's found a new love for another genre. With Grime artists Dot Rotten and Griminal, Mic Rightous and South London's new found top boy Sneakbo on the track, it's hard to decide what genre it really is. Naughty Boy on production for Fuckery.

Stelf - Refix Freestyle [Video]

(Photography by Kids of Grime)

Stelf hasn't been the most vocal Grime artist since his last release, but it looks like we've got a new mixtape from him just around the corner. Continuing on from the Shake My Head mixtape we've got the Refix Freestyle from Volume 2. Surprisingly Griminal made this beat and the Grime Report filmed the hood video.

Volume Control Edition 5 - Beat Selection [Voting]

With threes Grime tracks and one Hip-Hop tracks under her belt, Hyperfrank has decided this is the final in the series. To finish the popular and unique project off Lady Leshurr has been called upon. The Birmingham based artist is know for her ridiculously quick flow and how she can clearly spit the lyrics at such a pace.

For number five we've got beats from Neon Beats, Blizzard and CD Spinz. You've got the choice of a bouncy Grime beat, a more mellow instrumental or your typical Grime sound to choose from. All beats are below, head over to Hyperfrank.co.uk to vote.

Neon Beats - Attack

Blizzard - Set Me Free

CD Spinz - Gritty

Marger - Boom Bye Bye [Video]

It was only a week or two back we save the video for Alright, but Marger's back again with another new visual for your eyes. In the build up to the Cheeky EP the decision was made that it's time for another video. You'll have heard Boom Bye Bye on the radio oncen or twice, or maybe you've downloaded the Sneeky EP? Marger called upon Street Starz this time to give us something to watch alongside the audio. Marger has been on point this year with his angry flow and violent bars, and it seems he isn't going to slow down or change anytime soon.

Dream Mclean Feat. Ceaser - Golden [Video/Free Download]

Simply put, one of the best Grime artists from out of London. Not that that matters, he's also one of the best Grime artists at the moment with the most potential too. Deadcloud built the hype up to the video with giving us a little teaser video, but when the full visual dropped it made the YouTube hits free. Dream was so happy with that so he decided to give away Golden for free. Download Golden here.

Maxsta & Big Shizz - SB.TV Warm Up Session Freestyles [Video]

(Photography by Kids of Grime)

Since being signed to Just Jam Records, a new record label which SB.TV has a big part in, Maxsta has been quiet on the music front. More than likely due to the deal he's been in the studio making tracks. So when he dropped some fresh lyrics for his Warm Up Session it was a nice return.

Whilst filming Maxsta's freestyle Big Shizz was also in the room and got in on some of the action with his own Warm Up Session. The Rascals recently released a free mixtape which you can pick up here, and you can watch Big Shizz' freestyle below.

Two Medium Keep Calm and Listen to Grime T-Shirts In Stock [Clothing]

We've had major delays due to the printers mistakes. The long story short is that they printed 'Once Upon A Grime' print on the new 'Keep Calm and Listen to Grime' new colours. We've been waiting on them refunding my order, and then when I do get the money back this week I'll move to a new printers. Hopefully by the end of the month everything will be sorted and we'll have restocked a few items. But saying that, we've got two spare medium Keep Calm tops avaliable for £15 via BigCartel. So if you want one you better hurry!

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