"I'm The Best Street Fighter Since Ken"

Big Rem passed through Logan's show last night, but I was nearly distracted by the rambunctious 'Street Fighter 4' talk. Hadoukens and all sorts. I feel shamefully out of the loop, so I've just consoled myself with the fact that if the game isn't a cartridge, which you sometimes have to blow air into to make it work, then it isn't real Street Fighter.

You're lucky that there was no 'SNES Live' or what not back in the day because I would have whacked you up with Blanka still.

Big Rem could well have been out of the loop as well, given the pronounced silence on, for instance, Zangief actually having some damaging moves now, and Rem blustered in demanding Rude Kid and Nocturnal beats. Silencer's too, which wasn't so much Street Fighter as more Killer Instinct.

Download the set here. I missed some beats, but I couldn't be arsed to listen back so any help would be appreciated.

TRACKLIST

RUDE KID // ??????
DAVINCHE // WHAT IS MINE
NOCTURNAL // DON'T PHONE ME
SILENCER // WIZARD??
DOT ROTTEN // TORPEDO
MANIAC // HEADSHOT
RUDE KID // ??????
PLASTICIAN // CHA
SILENCER // KILLER INSTINCT
RAPID // LICENSE
WILEY // CLUB 5
DOK // PHONE BOOTH
DAVINCHE // BRASSTOOTH
SILENCER // WORLD WAR 4
NOCTURNAL // ??????
WILEY // WREATH
NOCTURNAL // VET
DARQ E FREAKER // NEXT HYPE


There was new music from Skepta, and Sticks and Stones should feature on 'Microphone Champion', as well as on a double a-side release with Sunglasses At Night.

Skepta - Sticks and Stones (Radio Rip)


There was also new music from Trim, and his anticipated Soulfood Volume 4 is released on 2 March. In terms of content, 'Trousers' seems to be a scraping of the barrel but I still expect big things from the CD.

Trim - Da Phone Call (Radio Rip)


Trim - Trousers? (Radio Rip)


And some Scorcher to finish.

Scorcher - Pay Per View (Radio Rip)

"Listen To Logan Just To Keep On Track Of Ya"

The Logan Sama Show round-up. Four radio rips to have a listen to today.

Durrty Goodz - Throwaway Thoughts


The second track in was the latest Durrty Goodz freestyle. It's one of the best things I've heard this year, and Nocturnal on production plays a hefty part in that. DG shimmers behind the curtain while the kids argue about who's the King of Grime, or who has the best cross-over hit, only to drop a bomb that reminds everyone he's still lurking. Underground material is coming soon, and the sooner the better. As much as I respect the achievement of an Axiom, this freestyle shows that, on grime beats, Goodz can surpass it.

Big Rem - For This Town


Big Rem follows his Messy collaboration, We Make Money, with For This Town. The nasal delivery has been banished by the 'Nigerian Ryder', so it's at least some re-invention, and we'll see where it takes him.

Sharkey Major New Tune


Sets is one thing; now tracks. I still can't believe it. Sharkey Major is back with a tune I don't know the name of so use some artistic licence and make one up. Silly beat.

Wolf - Sound Like That


Wolf's latest is a good idea, with a funny chorus but, ironically, the autotune he's mocking comes back to haunt him, and by the end it really pisses me off. But isn't that the intention?




The set featured Jammer and guests, and it was absolutely ridiculous. Download it if you haven't already. The quality of radio has been very high in the last quarter of 2008, and Logan has been leading from the front.

Shame his site isn't updated though. If Logan has an assistant he must have made the stupidest paper aeroplane by now, during all the time not spent on putting up tracklists.

Here's a partial one. Any help filling in the gaps would be greatly appreciated.


SILENCER // KILLER INSTINCT
BLESS BEATS // VITTEL
WILEY // 5.27 AM (THE ONE REMIX)
WILEY // CLUB 5
TERROR DANJAH // MORPH
MANIAC // THUG
DARQ E FREAKER // NEXT HYPE
JAMMER // UNTITLED
FOOTSIE // DJ DAVE
NOCTURNAL // DON'T PHONE ME
RUDE KID // UFO (LOGAN SAMA ID4 VIP)
FRISCO // IGNORANT
HARDHOUSE BANTON // SIRENS
WILEY // CLUB 7
DAVINCHE // WHAT IS MINE
SILENCER // REGULATE
MANIAC // HEADSHOT
DIRTY DANGER & RAPID // RUFF SQWAD MANDEM REMIX
DIRTY DANGER // 20 MINUTE MASSIVE
DIZZEE RASCAL // STRINGS HOE
RAPID // KNIGHTRIDER
MANIAC // SALT FISH
TUBBY & FOOTSIE // 3 PLATES
FOOTSIE // DO YOU HEAR ME (ARNIE)
SKEPTA // KILLA
MANIAC // SKENGED OUT
SKEAMZ // GREENGATE GUYS VIP
NASTY JACK // SHABBA SKANK RIDDIM

Happy listening.

"Can I Call Myself A Darky?"

Nasty Jack must have blustered into the Kiss studios last night. Comments flew left, right and centre during his interview with Logan, including "are you saying my mum listens to hardcore grime?" It was a twist from Jack's Westwood appearance, after demanding an apology for the host's sleight to his mum. He didn't even get one still. I remember Bless Beats copping the same treatment a while back so at least Jack can take that for consolation.

I concluded he might be a bit on edge, and maybe even unconfident after dropping bombshells such as the ladies not feeling his afro a while back, but I just divorced myself from the context and laughed at the whole thing.

I was waiting to hear about the Logan dubs, his masterful change of musical direction after the ill-fated Pimp On Flows, and hopefully the general story of NJ rising from the recent rubble of grime scene non-acknowledgement, arm extended in the air with clenched fist, while screaming "suck ya nan-a-nan" to the doubters in the wake of the resurrection.

But it was all a mistake. The Logan dubplate that kicked it all off was apparently a "joke", after Jack put his "heart and soul" into something that didn't quite pay off. He may have felt he didn't get what he deserved before, but I think you do get what you deserve in time. Perhaps Shotta Music is the unintentional break.

Jack ended with the obligatory "2009 is mine" talk, and said that more mixtapes and an album are coming. Shotta Music wasn't his normal style, and would probably be a one-off.

You can talk about deserving something but, after the anticipation of Shotta Music, willing to leave it all behind makes no sense at all. There may not be huge longevity in the bashment-influenced style, but at the least he's distinguishing himself from others and doing something different.

Maybe he doesn't want to pigeon-hole himself, but I can't help thinking that Logan did him a massive favour when he spontaneously decided on a second edition of Shotta Music. I would rather listen to material an MC enjoys making rather then the latest, contrived effort to break the charts.


Couple new rips for you here from last night's show. Might as well.

Ghetto - Don't Phone Me (Feat. Griminal)

A bit late, but fuck it.

Tempa T - Next Hype

Frisco - Ignorant Remix (Feat. Roadside Gs)

Big Rem & Messy - We Make Money