A lot of the recent vocal Grime CDs have been full of a Grime/Pop hybrid that doesn’t really do anything for me, they are too diluted for Grime and not commercial enough for Pop. Thankfully there are a new batch of MCs who are keeping things 100% Grime. Merky Ace, Kozzie, Rival, Marger and Scrufizzer are the MCs that stand out from the rest of the newcomers and Rival – Return of the Rivz is the first CD out to buy from any of them.
The download is available to purchase from his Bandcamp page and the ‘Murder Edition’ CD will be in the shops on November 15 with an additional 10 tracks.
Check out the free downloads he gave away in the build up to the release date for a flavour of what to expect:
Dirty Date Freestyle
Jus Rival 1 (over Wiley – Morgue)
Jus Rival 2 (over Alias – Warriors)
Funky House
Range
And see what you think of the other MCs I mentioned on this sick freestyle video featuring Rival, Marger & Kozzie. Recorded before a recent No Hats No Hoods night in London, all tunes are by Darq E Freaker.
