: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : Artist......: JME : Album.......: Grime MC : : Label.......: Boy Better Know .. .:.. . Genre.......: Bass : Catnr.......: JMECD54 . ' Source......: CD , ; Rip.date....: 2020-02-05 Str.date....: 2019-11-29 Quality.....: 259kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: http://www.boybetterknow.com ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 1. 96 of My Life 3:03 2. Pricks (Prod. by Merky Ace) 3:34 3. Issmad (Prod. by Lewi B) 1:42 4. Dem Man are Dead (ft. Big Zuu) 2:23 5. This One (Prod. by Deeco) 2:19 6. Nang (ft. Skepta) 3:31 7. You Watch Me (Prod. by S-X) 3:00 8. Badman Walking Through (ft. P Money & Shaka) 3:22 9. You Know (Prod. by Blay Vision) 3:45 10. Knock Your Block Off (ft. Giggs, Prod. by Lewi 3:33 B) 11. Ding Ding Ding (ft. President T, Prod. by 3:05 Preditah) 12. Yes Men (ft. Wiley) 3:14 13. Move On (Prod. by Blay Vision) 2:46 14. How Much 2:46 15. Change (Prod. by Tre Mission) 3:27 16. Here (Prod. by Blay Vision) 3:07 17. Live (ft. Merky Ace, Prod. by Tre Mission) 3:03 18. Brothers & Sisters 2:49 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 54:29 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 106.61______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: JME likes to boast that he can make a beat with anything: Logic, :, : Fruity Loops, Sony Playstation, a Nokia phone, even Mario Paint. : :' But after a decade of grinding - selling records, T-shirts, and ': ,: mobile phone service - the 34-year-old producer and MC can :, : afford better gear. And though his fourth LP proves he's : :' upgraded his equipment since his school days, Grime MC stays ': ,: faithful to the history of London's grime scene. :, : : :' Grime MCs might rap, but heads will be quick to tell you that ': ,: grime is separate from hip-hop. The genre traces its roots to :, : the UK garage scene, where parties are focused on the floor, not : :' the stage. JME has been there almost since the beginning - the ': ,: first Boy Better Know mixtape dropped just a few years after :, : Wiley's genre-founding "Eskimo" riddim. And the sounds of Grime : :' MC, particularly the beats JME made himself ("96 of My Life," ': ,: "Badman Walking Through," "Brothers & Sisters"), are in the same :, : vein as those early tracks: Booming bass, vintage drum machines, : :' and sinister synths. While Stormzy and Boy Better Know ': ,: co-founder Skepta (who's also JME's older brother) flirt with :, : more commercial sounds that have raised the scene's profile, JME : :' has remained steadfast. With rowdy beats and BPMs that hover ': ,: above 140, Grime MC is steeped in the slang and Caribbean patois :, : that permeates London's underground and made for the dancefloor. : :' ': ,: Yet for a classicist, JME appears to defy stereotype. He's an OG :, : who roots for the kids making UK drill, a vegan teetotaling : :' street rapper, and video game obsessive who produces beats live ': ,: on Twitch. He's internet-savvy, but if you want to hear his new :, : record, it's only available for purchase only on CD or vinyl - : :' no downloads, no streaming platforms. This oppositional stance ': ,: to current industry norms doesn't reflect an unwillingness to :, : adapt to modern technology. Rather, JME understands the : :' flattening effect of DSPs, where Adele lives next to Stormzy ': ,: who shares playlists with BeyoncΘ. Grime has always been a :, : subculture, rooted in meatspace. By forcing fans to buy the : :' record direct or from local shops, he puts the onus on the ': ,: listener to seek him out. And it seems to have worked: Grime MC :, : debuted at No. 26 on the UK Top 40 Albums chart. Weeks after its : :' release, it's sold out pretty much everywhere. ': ,: :, : Opting out of the largest and fastest-growing part of the music : :' industry certainly limits Grime MC's potential ceiling, which ': ,: is as good an indication of JME's goals as anything else. Having :, : watched fellow MCs fall victim to aspirational greed, he rejects : :' the emptiness of excess with the understanding that you can't ': ,: take it with you. "When I pass, I'm leaving a lot/Even my own :, : skin has to stay and rot," he raps on "How Much." These aren't : :' the words of a man upset that a lesser talent has climbed ': ,: higher, but of a man who's counted his blessings. :, : : :' And why shouldn't he? At 34, JME has made the strongest record ': ,: of his career, chock full of nimble, intricate raps that :, : seamlessly integrate the nerdiest of signifiers. At times, Grime : :' MC feels like a retrospective, a singular statement ': ,: representative of cumulative efforts. He features some of the :, : biggest names in grime - Skepta, Giggs, and Wiley, to name a few : :' - but outshines them all. His clear diction makes him ': ,: accessible without watering down his idiosyncrasies, flexing his :, : nerd cred via video game-raps and Star Wars references ("Man are : :' out here gunning for my spot but with the accuracy of a ': ,: Stormtrooper"). And he's extremely funny, whether popping off :, : one-liners ("Can't see me like Japanese porn") or setting up : :' punchlines about the penises in Michaelangelo's artwork. ': ,: :, : In a genre often mired in cliche and gangster tropes, JME shines : :' as a rapper's rapper. He's long experimented with different ': ,: lyrical styles, but has never quite achieved the level of :, : execution he reaches on Grime MC. He crafts compelling stories, : :' like the no-hook diary entry "96 of My Life"; he toys with ': ,: clever forms of repetition on "Iss Mad" and "Knock Your Block :, : Off"; and on "You Know," he fires off a jaw-dropping quatrain : :' imagining himself as a PC's video card. As UK drill surges in ': ,: popularity, some may see grime as an old man's game. But if :, : Grime MC is any indication, the genre - and JME himself - has : :' yet to reach its creative peak. ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / Shout out to all our homies from: \ / \ / \ / \ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ / \ / RAGEMP3 MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ / \ / \ / \/ ____ ____ \/ \ / F A N G \ / \/ 2 0 2 0 \/