Tuesday 12 May 2020

Alright, Dave?

"I'm insightful, recognising life is a cycle
Like I recognise when girls fight titties pop out, ya catch an eyeful"

Rodney P - Big Tings We Inna
(From Big Tings We Inna 12" single; 2001)


Rodney P was best when he made music which was more Reggae-Rap than Rap-Reggae. If Smiley Culture travelled forward in time to go bish bash bosh in the Bashment then Big Tings We Inna woulda been the result. Near-perfect Windrush Generation song except for the "old dog readin' the Playboy in the bible" line - this is Paul Raymond's manor not Hugh Hefner's turf, you plonker!
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15 comments:

  1. L.A12 May 2020 at 20:19

    Best Rodney song.

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  2. Kelvin Mack10zie12 May 2020 at 20:33

    I like it more than anything by London Posse tbh. I can't believe he didn't even put it on his album.

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  3. Anonymous12 May 2020 at 22:23

    So you like UK hip hop now?

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  4. Kelvin Mack10zie12 May 2020 at 22:36

    Wouldn't go that far.

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  5. Step One13 May 2020 at 09:19

    The album didn't drop officially until 2004 so was re-done. There's a different version of this on there with MCD.

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  6. Kelvin Mack10zie13 May 2020 at 10:21

    That version is nowhere near as good. He put Riddim Killa on the album so he should have put this and Murderer Style on there too.

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  7. Spartan13 May 2020 at 14:14

    His solo album was a major disappointment to me, especially after just how much I loved Murderer Style and Big Tings We Inna. The former was perhaps the biggest highlight for me during that mini-wave of quality UK releases.

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  8. Kelvin Mack10zie13 May 2020 at 15:10

    The Nice Up was one of the new only tracks I liked from the album.

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  9. Anonymous14 May 2020 at 19:34

    https://youtu.be/eFpRTuQUJKs New AZ

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  10. Kelvin Mack10zie14 May 2020 at 20:05

    Not bad but not really what I want from AZ tbh.

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  11. Anonymous14 May 2020 at 21:11

    Interesting, what do you look for in AZ’s music?

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  12. Kelvin Mack10zie14 May 2020 at 21:18

    Some smooth soul samples or crispy boom-crack.

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  13. Anonymous18 May 2020 at 20:06

    This is more like it? https://youtu.be/ThEk6NBjuvo

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  14. Kelvin Mack10zie18 May 2020 at 20:29

    Indeed it is. That was a loosie from around the same time as We Movin'.

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  15. Anonymous18 May 2020 at 22:39

    It was on a compilation that AZ put out last year https://open.spotify.com/album/3LDwk5EqynKvd8mLLnqgtg I’m tryna see if there are any others that weren’t on your AZ deep cut playlist that are worth keeping.

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