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Good Afternoon Stig, you're a regular and a welcome face throughout battles in
the UK, but for those that don't know....would you care to state your name,
where you're from, and what you're about?
I'm from Newcastle, via a whole bunch of other places, but Newcastle is
where my heart is. I'm a piss head who has a nack for making words rhyme and
when the moment strikes, insulting people. My name is Stig of the Dump, aka
Stiggy Smalls, aka Stiggasaurus Wrecks, aka Stigmata, Stiggamortis, Stig
Dastardly or Stevie Dickhead to my kin folk. Oh, and i'm fat.
I dunno, I mean, I dont think you can really judge that, cos alot of heads
drop mind blowing lines in freestyles so alot of cats assume that its
written. I just think when MC's rely on writtens and they make up the
majority of their lines, its bullshit. A lot of heads i know 'n respect fall
back on writtens...but they can free sick. It just really boils my piss when
people get labelled as sick freestylers..or..front like they're all off the top,
when its a blatant lie. I have the honour of cypherin' with some of the
sickest freestylers in the world in possessed, BA, Whashisface and Dr
Synners...and when i say 'world' i mean it. So to see heads lie about
possessing the talent they have and other people believing it. It kinda
degrades the art.
I live in London at the mo'...i've been here for just over a year. As I said
battles aren't a thing to me. Yeah, I got alot of love and exposure and a
few beer tokens, but its far from my main flex. As for the differences
between here and back home...they're huge. The talent back home is sick, but
heads aren't as progressive with getting heard. The scene relys on the
hardcore and students, people are just starting to push themselves more and
more. Whereas down in London you can't walk down the street without having
someone trying to sell you their mixtape. Another difference is the
regularity of nights. In the Big Smoke, you can go out almost any night of
the week and hit up a hip hop jam, back home they're few 'n far between,
even just open mics and shit theres only one or two regular. We have had
some massive acts a lot of which i've had the honour of hosting or
supporting, from Raekwon, Gza and Jeru to Biz Markie, so we do get to see
some of the legends, but its just a much much smaller scene. It's a dance
orientated city. So if i went out 'n got my hair highlighted, filled my snot
box with coke and made repetitive 4 by 4 beats and rocked labels that my pay
cheque doesn't cater for...i'd prolly be livin it large by now, haha.
Yeah, it was a huge concept. Very clever, but simple...it felt horrible tho,
i wasn't on it, i don't wanna sit here an' cuss anyone, but a lot of the
general public are stupid as fuck. I don't wanna battle in front of ignorant
people. I mean, I wasn't feelin it anyways, as I put maaad pressure on
myself 'cos i didn't have a penny at the time, and when you drop a clever
line and it gets no response, but someone drops some piss weak fat or mum
joke and people cream over it, it doesn't help the vibe. Also, I remember a
dude called Riz flippin a line from my boy Whashisface about him bein an
immigrant 'cos he was asian...it was along the lines of "He's so ignorant,
calling me an immigrant, he obviously doesn't realise the colour of his own
skin pigment"...a clever flip met with respect from Whashisface, but the
crowd boo'd and hated on him like he was on some anti-black shit...and that
ignorance i cant abide. I aint gonna dumb myself down, so i can't cross
reference people and drop lines I would find funny. So yeah, I defo wasn't
feelin it, but gotta give props for what they're doin with pushin the
battles and comin up with new ideas. Let me just state for the record
though, for everyone... I AM NOT A BATTLE MC... dont pigeon-hole me..
battling is a quick route to exposure and money, pure and simple...it hasn't
aided me with links or actual record makin. I can't complain about what it
has done...but now every fucker wants to try 'n run their gums at me 'n
battle me at a show. So yeah, im an MC who has battled, but i ain't a one
trick pony...sorry had to get that off my chest, bo! hahaha
Jeeezus...there's loads. I have to say though, my favourite dude in battles
is The Saurus, his multi's and punches are flawless and funny. So my
favourite would have to be either him 'n a dude called Franco Flip, or Illmc
vs Swann.. Craig G vs Supanat defo has defo got a huge part in history
though. That battle is monumental...its standard isn't as funny or tight as
the newer shit...but its one of those legendary stories.
Best line against me is one of the earliest disses I caught, by a young dude
from home called Spuggy Fitz...another fat joke, but it was just too funny.
We were on a stage with a second floor above us and a balcony lookin down,
'n he dropped summin like "I spit fire and burn frauds / He's so fat this
stage was part of the balcony on the first floor". I had to give props, I
was laughin myself. As for my favourite line i've droppped, urm...I was
battling a dude in Oxford on some little random recently at a night called
'Blunted'...and dropped "I'ma start beating his face / i'm defeating this
fake / it looks like Peter Kaye hasn't eaten in days"...an' he looked
spittin dabs of a skinny Peter Kaye, so that's the first that springs to
mind...props to him by the way, dude called Capskey I believe. Only other
recent one ive been really happy with was against some young dude who
battled at a show i was hosting for and he cussed me out while battling a
guy called Mr G, on some "you only look good cos you're stood next to a fat
kid" shit.. so i paused the procedings after the round was over to school
him and dropped "your getting blazed to hell, you look like a teenage Dave
Chappelle with aids as well" i was maad happy with that.
Yeah, actually i'm dropping "The Homeless Microphonist EP" very soon. Its
basically just a spur of the moment thing to try and raise some funds, its
just gonna be a low budget affair, good quality, but low budget. It came
about after a few days of drowning my sorrows and a couple of shows to help
keep me fed. My boys and I conjured up a genius plan to write, record, and
release a fully complete EP...IN 7 DAYS...'nuff people have told me it can't
be done, but i'm only on the 2nd day and i'm in the Dented Bunker, 2 new
tracks deep, so its more than possible. That said, although the idea is to
make the full EP in 7 days, I will be adding 2 old tracks..."Ill Billys" &
"The Introduction" - both on my myspace page. Just to bulk it out and to
drop them on something before they get old.
Man, im so far behind...I was working on having a mixtape or kinda intro LP
called 'Sasquatch Prophecies' droppin recently...but its still uncomplete.
I'm planning to drop a 7" on a record label from Brighton called "Beer & Rap
Records". They got a place in my heart...so look out for that. It's gonna be
'Intoxicated' which you can find on my myspace
(www.myspace.com/stigdastardly) and a new track with my crew Live Poets
Society and Dr Syntax, over a siiiiick beat by 184. Apart from that, just
sorting out my life...i'm homeless as we speak, and pennyless, so i need to
focus and get my shit done...but trust me I got big plans and some collabs
waaaaay overdue. Expect me to be running tracks with my Beggar Fam, Syntax,
Baron Samedi, Taskforce, Skrein, Rhyme Assylum...shot loads more. I'm maaad
privileged to be linkin with such talented heads when i'm still on the first
rung of the ladder. I ain't unrealistic, but believe if you aim for stars
and fall short at the sky you still gonna achieve more than setting your
sights low. "Carpe Diem" , that said, if you ask me in a few weeks i'l'l be
sittin on my homeless ass still, half cut and preaching about how I got shit
set up. It's ironic...I got "Carpe Diem" tatoo'd on my arm...but i'm too
busy seizing my pint or my nuts to be getting stuff done. Fuck it...lifes a
bag of randomness and I aint bored of dippin in 'n seeing what I pull
out...sorry man i'm rambling...this skully bug is gettin me mashed.
Ain't any live shows lined up...few hosting gigs...which involve me getting
drunk and chatting shit, tryna steal the main acts lime light...hahaha...an'
I love it. Last gig I did was back up in Newcastle. Dented Records showcase
type ish, with Foreign Beggars, Skreintax 'n me 'n my boys LPS. It was dope,
goin home always is and linking with my crew is inspirational. S.U.B and Mr
Burnz are two of the most talented dudes i've ever met...and people will
find out believe me. Other than that, i've been running along with the
Beggars on some of their UK dates...like some regular tag along just
freestyling with 'em and jumpin' up for some quick appearances, but I gotta
say for anyone tryna get heard, keep pushing, 'cos touring is the most fun I
ever had. It's hard work, but I haven't laughed so constantly or drank so
heavily and regularly than runnin in the Beggars Bang Bus, and my boys have
the liveliest show in the country, no doubt, so you know i've been gettin
wild. Oh shit yeah, I hosted/supported RA the Rugged Man in Brighton the
other day at Beer & Rap...that was fuckin' next level wrongness. Basically,
i'm doin whatever comes along. Fuck a home and a 9 to 5, I havent got
either, but get to do what I always wanted to...get fucked an' act the
clown.
No, i'm not stupid. I know hip hop will never buy me the house I want or
fool some pretty mrs into believing i'm a keeper, but to be honest, this is
all I want to do. I've done the 9 to 5 and it's the most soul destroying
shit ever. It sounds played out to quote a friend, but Orifice from Beggars
summed it up twice once in a verse where he says "All I really want to do in
life is recite rhymes" and the other day when we were on a road somewhere
between nowhere 'n somewhere an' he said "I love rap, it's like a licence to
act like a yoot for the rest of your life", and both are exactly what i'm
tryna say. My life isn't for everyone, and God knows at the moment it isn't
for me either, but I keep having memories pop in my head of what i've been
doin' the last few months, and i'd much rather be where I am an' struggling
on the day to day, than living comfortably and dedicating my life to makin'
money for someone else. Life is too short, 'specially when you burn the
candle at both ends. So i'd rather enjoy what little time I have, than drag
it out, bored out my tiny mind. I'm human. I'm not always on some positive
tip...some of my music reflects that...maybe thats how I exorcise the demons
or some ish. Everybody has their stresses, but today and right now i'm
stickin' to the positive. Maybe it's the ganja i'm blazing. Maybe it's the
fact I got some good fam around me...but today everything is fucking bisto
mate.
It's a bit of both. I 'spose I got a blueprint...but life doesn't work in
straight lines. So my plan is just to get some money, keep working on my
solo shit and tryna get more done with my crew, 'cos as i say, they make me
raise the bar every time i hear 'em. I still have to complete the collabs
i've had planned for time now aswell, but i'm just tryna live. By any means
necesary i'm tryna live. If I need to battle to get money i'll do that. I
defo plan to get more tracks for people to hear, as the feedback i'm getting
is huge and kinda humbling, 'specially as, like i said, i'm still on the
first rung of the ladder. If in a years time, as long as i have a few things
out, i'm still cyphering with the same heads, and acting like the same
arsehole, I do know I wont complain. I defo plan to progress, but not at the
expense of my sanity.
Its working out slowly, but its working out. Basically, like i say, they
will feature on my 7" and definatly are part of what i'm about. I plan to
make sure Live Poets Society are a name people know. Not 'cos of me, but
'cos of the group as a unit. Subliminal is next level as a rhymer, presence,
lyrics 'n flow in abundance. Mr Burnz is on his own shit, hes got his own
style as well, sick sick lines and flow and his beats...oh my days...i'm
just gonna keep my mouth shut and let people hear our tracks when they
eventually drop.
Peace.
Text Offenders Myspace - S.U.B. & MR Burnz
Dented Records - home of Foreign Beggars
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Stig of the Dump Interview
Battles wise, I dunno, I mean its a standard part of hip hop and I just
enjoyed watchin 'em, so when they sparked up randomly at jams i'd try 'n
jump in.. basically I took the piss out of me 'n mine on the regs, so
putting in to rhyme was just natural progression. It may surprise heads, but
I fuckin hate organised battles. I jus need to eat, and more importantly
drink, so the money pulls me in. Infact, let me re-word that...I don't hate
organised battles... I hate organised single battles...if its a round for
round thing, so you don't know who you'll actually draw, then its dope. Its
got that live vibe and generally means theres more of an onus on
freestyles...but if heads know they got one battles on one date, alot of 'em
put pen to paper.
Oh shit...hahaha...urm I did enjoy the tag battle me 'n BA had with Ark and
Kulez, and I was mad happy with my performance at BattleScarrs. I was on it
and i'm rarely happy with myself...but the multi's, the flow and punches
were just comin to me in a stream of subconscious, all 'Matrix' like...but
the beef that happened overshadowed my performance, and i don't think many
people were there. Other than that, I regular get provoked by the Beggars
when i'm drunk up. Kinda like when rudeboys have a big fuck off dog on a
leash and they poke it with a stick just to see it go wild...they'll sit and
just provoke me to let off with disses and like a fool I always start
barkin, but they're always fun.
You are like...quotable city. Hahaha. Have you done any live shows or
anything recently? or do you have any lined up?
Yeah, I got a whoooole bunch hahaha...Thank you's: At the mo' obviously my
Folks and Big Bro Leeroy 'n his Mrs Ali for just bein my peoples. Also I
HAVE to thank Foreign Beggars and my boy Dug from Craggs n Parallel Forces
(if you like DnB they're on Valve by the way so buy it! hahaha) for letting
me crash on their floor 'n sofa. Also Synners 'n Nuborn for the Brighton
Hook ups with gigs 'n pads to crash at. Shoutouts: LPS, Sub n Burnz, Dj
Disscuss aka the Dirty Turk, Ken Masters, Origin, Earl, Image, NCK, Skruffz,
PPP, all my fam back home , Beggars 'n Doc Syntax again, DoubleEdge,
Skrizzle, Doobs, Moodie 'n my Undali people, Blunted Needles, Possessed,
Whashisface, BA, Heinzy, Koaste 'n all the Imagineers, Tiny, RareKind lads
and the rest of my Brighton kin folk. Baron, Apoc, Tom from myspace...fuck
man, my memory is dink!...I forgot nuff people...but either they will know
they deserve props or they didn't in the first place so fuck em! I just
wanna basically thank any hip hop head that ever contributed...even the
proper wack ones 'cos its allll insprirational. Oh fuck, and me.. i'm
amazing and i'd like to thank me for getting me drunk and generally being
funny and making me laugh.
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