Sunday, December 31, 2006

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Stumpy D Interview

Ruffhousing has been watching up-and-coming grime/hip-hop MC, Stumpy D, for a while. He made his first appearance on Boonsie's now infamous 'Frowsy Riddim' and has since climbed into the public subconcious with songs such as 'Love Life' and 'Syze Duzzn't Mattah'. Check Stumpy's myspace to hear more:

www.myspace.com/stumpydizzle

To hear a recent interview with Dizzle, courtesy of BBC Worldwide, please check the Ruffhousing Podcasts. Praise to Selassie, as always.

Saturday, December 09, 2006

It's T

Here at Ruffhousing, we are dedicated to shepherding young, up-and-coming talent into the musical limelight. However, we have also been responsible for launching the careers of many successful sportsmen:



Imagine our surprise and delight, therefore, to discover an individual who excels so staggeringly in both fields.

Three weeks ago, I returned home from Ryman's to find the front door wide open and all of the downstairs windows shattered. Cautiously, I entered the house and, making sure to close the door behind me, I began to climb the stairs. Upon walking into my parents' bedroom, I caught the man in the video below in the middle of stuffing my mum's blouse into a black plastic bag.

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The man in question was grime MC "Terminator" (AKA Shabazz Baidoo). After a brief struggle in which, despite finally managing to overpower my assailant, I was stabbed repeatedly in the cheek and shin, I was able to sit down with Terminator (or 'T') and really talk to him.

There can be no dispute, after watching the video above, that Terminator is an frighteningly gifted MC. The structure, flow and content of his lyrics is at once urgently stark, bleakly nihilistic and really shit. However, Baidoo has more than one string to his already heavily-strung bow. Yes, he is a master blacksmith.

However, he is also a professional footballer. Below is a photo of him in action for Queen's Park Rangers.



The skills, the rhymes, the blouse; yes, Terminator has got it all - and more to boot. We here at Ruffhousing are are behind him 100% and we are hoping that, through promoting him on this site, the general public might get behind him too.

More on T very soon.

Friday, December 01, 2006

BBC Grime Documentary

Found this pon BBC; an excellent podcast documentary on the grime scene.

Check out the Ruffhousing Podcast site to hear it.

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

If You Want, You Can Sing Along

This is not a very long post but if you have 7 minutes and 7 seconds to spare, look at this footage of Crazy Titch, Durrty Goodz and some friends on their way home from Ayia Napa. Titch wanders through the aisles abusing his fellow passengers until the guys are thrown off the flight. Titch is a bit like a 21st century Just William, albeit one that harbours a much greater fear of people touching his camera.

Friday, November 24, 2006

Crazy Hedonistic Nights

This is a picture of the guy from UK Pimp My Ride:



Here is his myspace page:

www.myspace.com/jamiepimp

In case you are too busy to check the page out yourself, here are some snippets:

1. "General: ...beautiful women with beautiful personalities"
Jamie is straight.

2. "Music: Oooooh tough one... at heart my roots are drum n bass"
Jamie is 31 years old.

3. "Books: ...i dont think so....let your eyes see what they wanna......and remember what you want....if i read about it i will forget it before i have even finished reading the sentence...."
Jamie is here for Networking, Friends.

4. "Heroes: ...The milkman for gettin to my door every morning...i have no idea how he gets up so early every day....."
Jamie has an Average body type.

5. "General: ...sunday bed parties when everyone has been well hammered the night before and stayed over... u just laugh all day with a wobberly head and dont get up... well maybe for a glass of orange juice"
Jamie was recently falsely accused of date rape by a female fan.