Jammer sits down for one of the most in-depth grime interviews ever recorded.
From being bullied, misunderstood, and isolated at school, to discovering computers, music, and eventually creating the sound and culture that became GRIME, Jammer tells his story uncensored and in full.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:25 Streetlife out now Shizzio X Uk Apache X Devlin
2:46 Welcome Jammer
4:23 born & bred
6:00 5 schools / misunderstood / bullying
9:37 no friends / I helped everyone / Im that guy
14:04 computers was my thing / ADHD / best game
16:33 parents / teachers are chiefs
20:35 no kid has a plan
21:55 musical influence / dad was in a band
24:27 playing out from 9yrs old / large crowds
25:48 I prefer to be alone
27:34 I am music! / record shop working
29:35 me & Super D bought decks / mixing
32:28 getting in Mcing
34:17 Hip Hop / Celine Dion
36:05 I went school in Jamaica / I was put back a year
37:25 getting into Garage music
40:47 best garage songs / I had songs early!
42:33 radio / 187 crew / D Double E
44:05 Nasty Crew / I didn’t want to join
45:37 beat making / POW copied DESTRUCTION!
48:45 ‘Oi’ is not Grime! / I was not GARAGE like them!
50:13 what beats are you making? / Grime by accident
51:48 Garage got ‘darker’ / dubstep / beat makers
55:02 Prez T said its not garage / East LDN is the Mecca
56:08 Bushkin did not start Grime! / Wiley / History lesson
1:01:12 did SO SOLID start Grime?
1:04:22 did Jon E Cash start Grime? / Nasty Crew & Roll Deep
1:07:50 who started GRIME?
1:09:13 I started GRIME!
1:10:12 the name ‘GRIME’ origin / stop the nonsense
1:12:31 not I but WE
1:13:30 Nasty Crew joined me I didn’t join them
1:16:08 Nasty Crew TATTOO but I didn’t join them
1:20:00 pressing / distro / managing Nasty Crew
1:22:35 Kano leaves Nasty Crew / Dizzee was Nasty Crew
1:25:15 Kano P&Q’s copied my production style
1:29:13 I stopped producing / got a taste for Mcing
1:30:25 why I left Nasty Crew / they wanted to kill me!
1:33:40 joining Slew Dem Crew / They joined me!
1:36:40 Tempah T / it’s time for the truth!
1:38:54 winning comes with hate / surviving the war
1:40:05 Murkle Man
1:42:18 Lethal B clash / he invented a fake beef
1:48:47 Bizzle beef actually helped me
1:51:32 Murkle Man on MTV / breaking boundaries
1:52:51 Murkle Man is more iconic than POW!
1:54:17 Murkle Man remix w Dizzee Rascal & D Double E
1:57:40 solo album deal away from Dizzee / BBK
2:00:17 Skepta called me to join Boy Better Know
2:01:27 did you join BBK or did they join you?
2:02:46 Jumanji album breakdown
2:10:39 label deals / indy Vs Major labels
2:13:02 why no song bigger than Murkle Man?
2:15:49 fav Jammer songs / insane catalogue
2:18:03 BBK / playing your position
2:20:08 ‘I don’t like’ song issue with JLS
2:21:55 helping Shizzio and others
2:25:20 Sox on Skepta’s ‘That’s Not Me’
2:26:00 blue Plaque award on the house
2:29:18 both my parents have cancer / Mas Tiempo
2:34:21 Lord Of The Mics / Wiley Vs Kano
2:38:01 LOTM no winner / always debatable
2:38:52 Skepta Vs Devil Man
2:39:29 fav LOTM clashes
2:40:04 P Money Vs Big H clash
2:41:55 LOTM gets violent
2:43:27 can you go too far in a clash?
2:44:12 Jammer Vs Ghetts clash
2:46:06 Chip Vs Bugzy Malone
2:54:01 Wiley & Dizzee reuniting
2:59:45 I am GRIME! / leaving England
3:04:06 Skepta’s rise & achievements
3:05:35 AI Q’s / LOTM return
3:07:00 united Grime / BBK / history
3:08:34 Grime hunger / best interview
3:09:55 quick fire Q’s
3:13:44 thank you Jammer / flowers
