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Eddie Venom
Hmmm, the necessary evil that is the profile.
That constant search for definition.
Admittedly it’s a concept that’s ultimately redundant because it tells you everything and nothing about the writer: regardless of that, here’s my journey into self-indulgence anyway.
At the age of ten my Boba Fett obsession was replaced by an intrigue for an artform that, although little known or understood by the mainstream, had a type of potency through manipulation of words and dialect unrivalled by any other version of low or high culture. It’s held my attention every day since.
Along with the beats and rhymes, this culture is an expression of freedom. No matter how many shape-shifting crustaceans come along to try and fuck this up, stroke their own egos, or abuse it for the money, the culture will always evolve, re-invent itself and come back stronger.
It’s like Supa T said, “There’s mad people out there that are gonna fuck up UK Hip-Hop and it could be the people you least expect...ultimately it’s a beautiful thing. It’s fucking wicked, do you know what I mean?”
I do.
When the Ruskies cash the 40 million cheque for my trip round the moon, I’ll be installing the following tunes in the CD changer…in no order whatsoever.
12 Stone – Stone Age 2000
Main Source – Breaking Atoms
Brand Nubian – In God We Trust
Ice Cube – Death Certificate
Kurious – Constipated Monkey
BDP – By All Means
Tribe – Low End Theory
Black Moon – Enta Da Stage
GZA – Liquid Swords
De la Soul – 3 Feet High
Cypress Hill – Cypress Hill
Wu – 36 Chambers
King Tee – At Your Own Risk
Hijack – Horns of Jericho
BDP – Sex and Violence
Braintax – Biro Funk
NWA – Straight Outta Compton
Gangstarr – Daily Operation
Redman – Whut?
EPMD – Business Never Personal
BDK – Long Live the Kane
Souls of Mischief – 93 ‘til Infinity
Demon Boyz – Recognition
Diamond D – Stunts, Blunts
Show and AG – Soul Clap
King T – Act a Fool
Solesides – Greatest Bumps
Jungle Brothers – Straight out the Jungle
Ultras – Critical Beatdown
Rodney P – Tings in Time EP
Add to that a compilation of the whole Titan back catalogue.
You what?
But I’ve just forked out forty fucking million mate, ya get me?
You can email me.
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