Bugzy Malone
Bugzy Malone | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 December 1990 |
| Origin | Manchester, England |
| Genres | Grime |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, songwriter |
| Labels | Grimey Limey[1] |
| Website | www |
Bugzy Malone (born 20 December 1990) is an English grime MC from Manchester, England.[2] Malone has been described as one of the key players instigating a "grime revival" moving the UK scene away from more commercially orientated music.[3]
Music
Malone released his debut mixtape, titled SwaggaMan in 2010. He began doing freestyles for popular urban YouTube channels in 2011 including his Daily Duppy for Grime Daily. In 2014, Malone released a spitfire freestyle on JDZmedia which went on to get over 2 million views and was his first million views on YouTube. This gave him more popularity outside Manchester and later earned him a Fire in The Booth with Charlie Sloth on BBC Radio 1Xtra. Malone released his latest Fire in The Booth on 14 of March 2015.[4] During this, Malone lyrically attacked fellow grime MC Chip, this eventually led to the release of "Relegation Riddim". Chip replied to his critics including Bugzy on his war dub "Pepper Riddim".[5] This started the "Grime Beef" and drew attention to the grime scene. To capitalise on this hype, Malone released a war dub for Chip entitled "Relegation Riddim" travelling to Chip's hometown of Tottenham to film the video for the song.[6][7][8] In 2015, Malone featured on a street track with Tinie Tempah along with Stormzy called "It's peak". The song was another indirect send at Chip.
On 13th June 2015 on BBC Radio 1, DJ MistaJam premiered Malone's first official single "Watch Your Mouth" and the video was released on Malone's YouTube channel the same night. The track went on to be played across UK radio and popular TV networks. Including Capital Xtra, Bang Radio, Kiss 100, Reprezent, Unity Radio, BBC Xtra, Radio 1, Asian Network, Westside FM, MTV Base, Flava TV, Kiss TV and Channel AKA. On 24 July 2015, Malone released his first EP "Walk with Me", which entered at number 8 on the UK Albums Chart.[9]
Discography
EPs and Mixtapes
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | UK R&B | ||
| Walk with Me |
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8 | 2 |
| Stereotyped |
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- | -- |
| The Journal Of An Evil Genius |
|
- | -- |
| Lost In MeanWhile City |
|
- | -- |
| Why So Serious |
|
- | -- |
| SwaggaMan |
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- | -- |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||
References
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6649409/little-mix-chemical-brothers-uk-charts
- ^ "New EP: Bugzy Malone 'Walk With Me' - MOBO Awards". mobo.com. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ John Robinson. "Bugzy Malone, Colleen Green, Archie Shepp: this week's new live music". the Guardian. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ Fire In The Booth – Bugzy Malone. YouTube. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ CHIP - PEPPER RIDDIM (NET VIDEO). YouTube. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ Bugzy Malone - Relegation Riddim [@TheBugzyMalone] - Link Up TV. YouTube. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ Tobi Oke. "2. Bugzy Malone – "Relegation Riddim" - The Best British Rap Verses Of The Month (War Edition) - Complex UK". Complex UK. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ Sidney Korboe. "Bugzy Malone fires back at Chip with 'Relegation Riddim'". BESPOKE MAGAZINE. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ "The Chemical Brothers heading for sixth Number 1 album". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 17 August 2015.