Online Review: Boy Better Know @ Fabric
Artist:
Skepta
Words By Rajveer Kathwadia
As always Fabric Fridays played host to an eclectic array of music across their three legendary rooms, including dubstep, hip hop and bhangra, but we only had eyes for one act; Boy Better Know.
Exhausted from my previous night’s reveling at RWD In Stereo followed by an early morning uni lecture (dun know the sit-right-at-the-back-where-the lecturer-can’t-see-you-sleeping-maneuvers!) I had planned my visit to Farringdon’s Fabric to perfection. Arriving in room one at 00:59 to see disc jockey (and part time Pro Evo enthusiast) Maximum queuing up the decks for the 01:00-02:00 set, I knew it was about to go off.
Slowly but surely the BBK members filtered across the stage. Wiley was followed out by JME who took it back to the nineties with his denim jacket, Skepta took it even further back with a Miami Vice style pastel blue suit, whilst Frisco kept it fully grown with a….erm….Fully Grown tee. Immediately launching into the BBK anthem, appropriately titled Boy Better Know the younger of the Adenuga siblings set the high levels that were to be kept for the following 60 minutes. Junior followed with a crowd assisted I’m There before Will took his turn to say hello as he reeled off the opening bars (and his phone number) to Bow E3. Frisco completed the quartet by taking the lead from his top and performing Fully Grown. That was just the induction for the night, as if it was required, referencing a certain rivalry going on at the moment Skep proclaimed, “It’s not even necessary, there’s no introduction needed.”
From there it was a hit-half-hour as No Qualms, I Spy, A W O H, Gangsters, Blood Sweat And Tears and Deadout all come one after each other prompting Skepta to boast, “We’ve got hit after hit!” and Wiley took it further adding, “Hit after bumbaclart hit!” We couldn’t agree more as BBK continued to prove why they are arguably the best live performers in the scene. There was time to sneak in a few new tings as JME counted of his MySpace riddim 123, Skepta gave us a taste of forthcoming album Microphone Champion with Nokia Charger Wire and Wiley stole the show with his soon-to-released-but-already-an-anthem Wearing My Rolex and new Maniac produced Grime Kid.
Aside from Shorty who appeared earlier on in the set, Jammer stepped in to lend his vocals to Doin’ It Again (Duppy) with Jamie doing his best MC Creed impression. Maximum then took into a freestyle session as the crew were joined by God’s Gift, Slickman, Jammin and Dan to go into a back-to-back bars session. All that was left to do was round up the evening as JME and Skepta combined for Don’t Get Rude before closing the set with In A Corner jungle style, as Maxi Priest dropped in the Shy FX classic Wolf. And with that, Boy Better Know were out, and so was I. From those who ventured into the other rooms and got their money’s worth from the night I hear only good things, but with only three hours sleep the previous night, my bed was calling.
myspace.com/skepta
Words By Rajveer Kathwadia
As always Fabric Fridays played host to an eclectic array of music across their three legendary rooms, including dubstep, hip hop and bhangra, but we only had eyes for one act; Boy Better Know.
Exhausted from my previous night’s reveling at RWD In Stereo followed by an early morning uni lecture (dun know the sit-right-at-the-back-where-the lecturer-can’t-see-you-sleeping-maneuvers!) I had planned my visit to Farringdon’s Fabric to perfection. Arriving in room one at 00:59 to see disc jockey (and part time Pro Evo enthusiast) Maximum queuing up the decks for the 01:00-02:00 set, I knew it was about to go off.
Slowly but surely the BBK members filtered across the stage. Wiley was followed out by JME who took it back to the nineties with his denim jacket, Skepta took it even further back with a Miami Vice style pastel blue suit, whilst Frisco kept it fully grown with a….erm….Fully Grown tee. Immediately launching into the BBK anthem, appropriately titled Boy Better Know the younger of the Adenuga siblings set the high levels that were to be kept for the following 60 minutes. Junior followed with a crowd assisted I’m There before Will took his turn to say hello as he reeled off the opening bars (and his phone number) to Bow E3. Frisco completed the quartet by taking the lead from his top and performing Fully Grown. That was just the induction for the night, as if it was required, referencing a certain rivalry going on at the moment Skep proclaimed, “It’s not even necessary, there’s no introduction needed.”
From there it was a hit-half-hour as No Qualms, I Spy, A W O H, Gangsters, Blood Sweat And Tears and Deadout all come one after each other prompting Skepta to boast, “We’ve got hit after hit!” and Wiley took it further adding, “Hit after bumbaclart hit!” We couldn’t agree more as BBK continued to prove why they are arguably the best live performers in the scene. There was time to sneak in a few new tings as JME counted of his MySpace riddim 123, Skepta gave us a taste of forthcoming album Microphone Champion with Nokia Charger Wire and Wiley stole the show with his soon-to-released-but-already-an-anthem Wearing My Rolex and new Maniac produced Grime Kid.
Aside from Shorty who appeared earlier on in the set, Jammer stepped in to lend his vocals to Doin’ It Again (Duppy) with Jamie doing his best MC Creed impression. Maximum then took into a freestyle session as the crew were joined by God’s Gift, Slickman, Jammin and Dan to go into a back-to-back bars session. All that was left to do was round up the evening as JME and Skepta combined for Don’t Get Rude before closing the set with In A Corner jungle style, as Maxi Priest dropped in the Shy FX classic Wolf. And with that, Boy Better Know were out, and so was I. From those who ventured into the other rooms and got their money’s worth from the night I hear only good things, but with only three hours sleep the previous night, my bed was calling.
myspace.com/skepta
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