I have never quite got past his singing and dancing, but damn Aston is growing into a handsome man …..(mind you I wonder what is under that hat?? lol).
Huey Morgan, a member of The Fun Lovin’ Criminals has accused U.K. hip-hop artists of writing “fake” music just to make money! Speaking on The Jo Whiley Music Show he says:
“I’m from New York, and that’s where hip-hop was born, and that’s where it’s from. It was originally a communication tool, from borough to borough, from Queens to Brooklyn, from Manhattan to Staten Island… Hip-hop music is a lifestyle. It’s not professional wrestling. (Current rap music) is not real, the music’s made by somebody else and these guys are rapping about… a car or a girl. I didn’t hear any self-deprecating English humour in there. I think irony is dead as far as that goes. These guys are just trying to make money.
“U.K. hip-hop artists would sell their mama for a Rolex. It’s all c**p. I’m talking about Tinie Tempah, Lethal Bizzle. Dizzee (Rascal), when I first heard (his) song, I thought there was something wrong with him. I didn’t get it and I grew up on hip-hop.”
“UK hip-hop artists would sell their mama for a Rolex. I’m talking about Tinie Tempah, Lethal Bizzle. Dizzee Rascal, when I first heard his song, I thought there was something wrong with him. I didn’t get it and I grew up on hip-hop. Paul Simon is from Queens, he probably came from a rougher neighbourhood than Lethal Bizzle did. Go to South Bronx in 1978, that’s tough. People are shooting at other people, like random drive-bys in Los Angeles.
“NWA comes out, those guys came from the street. I see kids, Chipmunk and stuff like that, walking around like they think they own the world. I don’t hate the game, I understand what it is. To me, I might be an old man now, but it’s kind of fake. Rap was never supposed to be commercial. Now it’s not hip-hop, it’s ‘hip-pop’.”
I didn’t know that Tinie Tempah, Lethal Bizzle and Dizzee Rascal were fundamentally hip-hop artists!! Hmmmm so I guess that would be why he ‘didn’t get it’.
I really hope Huey wasn’t referring to UK hip-hop as a whole! I wonder if he has listened to music from the likes of Mystro, S.A.S, AKS, Akala, Roots Manuva, Sway, Black The Ripper, Ty and Stylah…..probalably not!
Plus like American mainstream/commercial hip-hop artists, anyone with sense will know that artists such as Dizzee Rascal and Tinie Tempah want and are making money! Who the hell wants to be a broke musician?? Who wants to be broke full stop?
Paul Simon coming from a rougher neighbourhood than Lethal Bizzle maybe true, but nevertheless, just because London may not experience nearly as much drive by shootings as Los Angeles should not mean that someone can not rap about their own experiences! These are british artists writing about their British experience which is less violent and aggressive than the Americans! It’s all relative! Damn ass!
Guests at the party included Denise Van Outen, Lauren Pope, Dionne Bromfield, One Direction and Chipmunk. Denise made a surprise appearance, popping out on stage to sing Happy Birthday to Alex in front of the whole club…..ohhhh dear
Apparently Chipmunk was flirting his ass off with TOWIE chick Lauren Pope and he gave her his digits!! Will we soon see Chipmunk in the new series of TOWIE???