A video, since removed from the channel, featured a gang celebrating the stabbing of Abdullahi Tarabi, Jump directly to the content. Sign in. All Football. Nick Pritchard. Terrifying lyrics. In May, Rhyheim was shot dead in the same street where Incognito was killed on Wednesday. The business that you spoke of — from what I understood — was strictly major marketing business.
I just want to get it a little bit more clear for the guys that are here because most of the people that are here may not look to that as a venue. Because these are people who, I think, probably are more independently writing their things or maybe looking to distribute as well. And I think a lot of things what I took from what you were saying were strictly major situations, like breaking Eminem and 50 Cent and those things.
I totally agree with you, that shit was gonna happen. When I was saying that maybe I should like put it in a different way. Dre and all of that and I was playing that every week, making that real hot.
So when he came, he was really set up. With 50, I was riding with him on all those bootleg freestyles that he was putting out, all the shit with the mixtapes. So we were playing 50 when cats back home was not feeling him. We were supporting that from day one, so we was on that mad early. Without a doubt, those artists would have happened irrespective of my role in that game.
We were just on those mad early. Leaving flyers at the local nail shop, barber shop, food takeaway, whatever. That street marketing and the street team activity is exactly what it is. We support that heavily. We use that only to promote this, which is a TV advertised album, but if we would to use that to support a local artist, we would help them as well to get their an awareness out on the street. I always said no to that money. I just wanted to make the comment that I think, that a lot of the things in that business equates to money and has nothing to do with music.
Which is where I think my problem lies with a lot of the ethics of maybe your street team. You say you have a street team and a lot of those guys go to other labels…. I think there is a responsibility for that. Yeah, and back home there is a lot of DJs, a lot of radio shows, a lot of pirate stations who cater for all of that.
Academy: Cape Town Hosted by Shaheen Ariefdien Transcript: Shaheen Ariefdien What was it like at the time you got involved and what attracted you to this? Tim Westwood I started off as a club DJ. Shaheen Ariefdien For free then? Tim Westwood Yeah, you just do that for free — you were humping the big speakers in there, setting up [the soundsystem]. Shaheen Ariefdien Sorry, what was that?
Tim Westwood A glass collector. Tim Westwood Warming up for Rodigan, I played reggae. Shaheen Ariefdien What year are we talking about? Shaheen Ariefdien And then they changed the law? Tim Westwood Then they changed the law.
Shaheen Ariefdien How instrumental were pirate radio stations in getting music out there? Tim Westwood What used to happen is, the records would come in to the specialist stores, certain stores were known for hip-hop, and on the pirates it would be mostly club DJs.
Shaheen Ariefdien From your experience, warming up for some of the big DJs or playing the odd hours, what was the value in that for you that you got out of that?
Tim Westwood I mean, to be honest, this place is not full of established DJs yet, so I am sure that you all have to play your position over the time. Shaheen Ariefdien And to know your place. Tim Westwood Exactly! Audience Member You were saying that all that music was so important to you when you were getting into it and you see these kids, who are 17 to 19 and Biggie and 2Pac is their old-school.
Shaheen Ariefdien How do you balance moving with the times with something that you mentioned earlier on about responsibility towards the crowd and understanding the history of where this music comes from as well? Audience Member You are saying you move with the times and you move with the music, do you still like the music that you are playing?
Tim Westwood I have a passion for this game, I love the game. Shaheen Ariefdien You moved from pirate to, I guess, mainstream radio. Shaheen Ariefdien Do you have any formal training? Tim Westwood No, you just teach yourself and then when you get together with people like Marley Marl, you know, I was always very keen on listening to New York radio, seeing how they got down.
Shaheen Ariefdien You also got involved with production in some point. Tim Westwood Yeah, you know, when we were first in the game and UK rap was starting to really jump off the first time around with the likes of Cookie Crew and Hi-Jack and groups like that.
Shaheen Ariefdien Why is that? Shaheen Ariefdien Do you do mixtapes? Tim Westwood Yeah, we do street mixtapes, which we give away and then I put these compilations out. Audience Member Just a bit of history Audience Member In most genres, young people who really aspire to somebody who has experience like yourself.
Tim Westwood Sorry, I misunderstood you. But the audience likes… Tim Westwood No, let me be really specific. Audience Member Understood. Perhaps it's the faux gangster heritage that actually comes from being the son of a parish vicar Might it be the lousy tune selection he insists on foisting upon the public each week Or could it just be the poor guy's a twat Denizens of Urban please share your thoughts!
The sooner he is lanced, the better off mankind will be. A poseur of the worst kind and "Peter Pan man" to boot. Doctor Carrot Marxist Henchman.
I voted not crap simply because he's great to laugh at at not with. The way he talks has me in stitches and my mate does a pretty good piss take of him, so for those reasons he's not crap although I wouldn't be terribly devestated if he vapourised. He's not as bad as that Zane Lowe twat though. At least Westwood is actually talking about hip hop when he does his hip hop hands Boogie Boy Rockin' on the s. Initially this seems an easy question to answer, given his posturing and pseudo gangster attitude BUT there is no doubt that Westwood has remained a loyal exponent of Hip Hop since his days on LWR, and even though I might hate what he plays now, and all the associated nonsense that goes with it, I have to respect the fact that he is still involved with the music, unlike for example Mike Allen.
Sunspots what's my mission now? Boogie Boy said:. Click to expand He loves the music and knows it inside out.
Shame he tends to only play what's popular or "hot" as there is a lot of stuff out there. Yes he should be on radio four with his background and yes his "accent" is rather strange He was an early adopter and obsessive fan of a music that would go on to take over the world, and furthermore clearly a very savvy operator indeed: he was a co-owner of Kiss FM , the pirate station he defected to in and which subsequently went legal and started his own production and events company not long after, years before Radio 1 came calling.
He looks genuinely baffled when I ask if it ever gets exhausting trying to keep up. Like, I was shot at close range, my friend had his kneecap blown off, a bullet went through the back of my seat an inch from my spine, a bullet went through my arm and missed the three nerves which would have left me paralysed — am I not blessed? Why would I want it any other way? I keep it relevant. Alexis Petridis. Tim Westwood at his home in Fulham, London.
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