If you haven’t
been on a night out in Birmingham, then why not?
Ahead of big names such as Maxta and Sox
performing at the ILuvLive event, we took a trip up to Brum to witness
the rapid growth of the Grime scene in a relatively small area.
[Jaykae]
Hooking up with Invasion Alert, JayKae took
us through a Five Pound Munch that came to...well I can’t ruin it if you
haven’t already watched!
We also spoke to the lads about music and
Lord Of The Mic clashes (hold tite the preeing mandem, you might feel abit sore
after you see what they had to say), as well as more serious topics like Gaza
(Free Palestine) and ‘Lyfe’ in Birmingham.
It has to be
said, the solidarity for each other and the wider community is there in ways
that we don’t see much of in London anymore. This may be something to think
about, especially as Grimmy (who turned up with legend DJ Big Mikee) believes
that Grime in London is dead. Not a call to war, Londoner’s should see this as
encouragement to go harder as we see a younger Grime scene overtake us in
passion, if not talent. Stop being boring London!
[DJ Big Mikee]
Just for good measure, and because we like a
laugh, we had to ask about THE trainer of Brum - of which there are tons of
brands the lads wouldn’t be seen dead in, and unfortunately for me this
included ‘Vans’. Won’t be wearing those on a Midlands trip anytime soon...
Less A$VP dresses and skinny jeans were also
the order of the day.
Always a
difficult one, we pressed for answers on the top 3 hottest chicks in the UK.
Dapz On The Map mentioned Beyonce. Erm...It was hot like Miami so we will let
that one slide.
[Dapz On The Map]
As the day went on, member by member, the
boys slipped in from the rooftop we were chilling on to jam in the studio,
proving that time waits for no man when there’s work to be done.
We took this opportunity to film a Five
Pound Munch with Big Mikee, which was particularly special to him as he was
back in his old bits as he got to discover the magic that is Chewits Xtreme AKA
Molly. Man doesn’t stray from Walkers either fyi.
[Grimmy]
Then Grimmy made FPM history by finding a
suspect product...check back for the drop at 12.30pm tomorrow!
[D2]
No matter your views on this area and that
area (we ain’t tryna start a turf war here guys!), Birmingham have produced
some amazing artists within the Grime scene, with lots of future projects in the pipeline.
We’ll be paying a visit again soon, and we suggest you do too. If not for the
music, then for the Five Guys with practically NO queue.
Written by Aimzy K aka Junior Samsung @AimzyK
