FEB 2017

Immigration Song

In the Face of Cheeto Satan's ban on Muslim immigrants from countries that don't benefit his financial interests, Four Tet have released an ever growing playlist of music exploring the very countries making the 'banned' list.

As well as featuring songs from artists from Syria, Sudan and Libya (to name a few) there's also music that may be more familiar to you, such as A Tribe Called Quest and Mariah Carey mixed in. The play list seems to be growing as it attracts attention, check it out on Spotify before 'The Man' has it deleted!

If you don't have Spotify you can still listen for free, by signing for a temporary account. Once you're in, use the Spotify search engine, type 'Four Tet', then click on the artist, then the playlist should appear as the 'Artist's Pick' at the top of the results.

​ 'SKWOD' - Nadia Rose

In honour of the women who marched worldwide against Cheeto Satan in January, this is a song celebrating female friendship!  

With a romping bassline, a dancehall rhythm, and the bass nicely squeezed through a synthesiser, Nadia Rose pays tribute to her female friends with the brilliant 'Skwod'. Nadia takes centre stage in the video, with some beautifully timed choreography, as she spits all over the track, changes pace, plays with your ears and linguistically traverses south London street slang, patois and the queens English.
Skwod, won best video at the MOBO's last year and it's easy to see why, it's full of fun carefree female energy, the choreography better reflects how women actually get together and dance, yes it's sexy, because they exude confidence and joie de vivre, rather than the hypersexualised, masturbation fodder in music videos.
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I don't know where I've been but there are some serious female MC's around at the moment, I Love our British way of spitting bars, the English sound, the grime style rhyming, it separates us from the USA, it's ours, it's the British way of expressing the lives of working class black Britain, and I love it!