Due to my own stupidity and being exceptionally busy I missed my deadline for handing in stuff twice so will be at a future date that I will be the Blogger of the Week.
Here's the next installment of some musical discussion for you all.
Having sat and watched 'kidulthood' and also 'adulthood' within the last 24 hours i'm going to have a wee discussion about Grime, Bassline and generally anything featured in the films which I enjoyed, to start with 'kidulthood'.
Running through the OST in order, the first track that I come to which stands out is the song 'Stay Positive' by 'The Streets', what a song can't say enough to praise it and you've probably all heard it before at some point, if not check it out.
The next song which grabbed me was an outstanding track by 'The Angel' listening back to it now makes me think of 'Burial' again its such a good song which slipped under my radar till I went back and watched the film again and said woah what is that song.
The final song which seems to be haunting me right now is the song entitled 'All Things To All Men' by 'The Cinematic Orchestra' featuring 'Roots Manuva' this seriously is a beautiful piece of music, it encapsulates the moments of feeling down and out perfectly.
The rest of the soundtrack is pretty amazing also if you like your UK Hip-Hop and Grime with songs by 'Wiley', 'SWAY', 'Plan-B' and 'Klashnekoff'.
Now for 'adulthood', along the same lines lets run through the OST logically, the first song which for some reason grabbed me instatly was 'End In The Streets' by 'Plan B', what a song, literally from the off you are faced with a heavy heavy bass beat then a screeching synth line and a wobbly bassline. Plan-B is on great form as per usual with a great Rap through the whole song.
I don't really know why the next one stands out much to me, 'Bars Of Truth' by 'NoLay' reminds of some really old school Hip-Hop and Rap from America and has some of the best raps from a woman who has a unique style and voice which will definitely not be everyone's cup of tea but personally I really like it.
I only picked three songs from 'kidulthood' but i'm gonna go with more for 'adulthood', the next song by a relatively unknown artist called 'Kerry-Anne Leatham' is a beautiful acoustic track, she really has one of the most beautifully honest and painful voices I have heard in a song, similairties to 'Kate Nash' when she writes her slower songs but a nicer voice. This song should have got alot more exposure than it did.
Finally the last individual song I want to talk about is a song called 'Reach' by an artist called 'Skrein' I had never heard of this artist but will definitely be keeping tabs on future developments in this young mans career. Combination of great electronic piano, electric guitar melody which catches you straight away and a looped almost Breakbeat drum beatmake this a very listenable song and the lyrics cast a good personal experience about whats being talked about.
In terms of films I personally prefer 'kidulthood' but this is a music discussion and I really don't know which one I prefer, each has great songs, and represent the trend in music that was going on when the films came out, the 'adulthood' soundtrack is probably slightly easier to listen through, but I really cannot decide between the two the best thing I could recommend would be to listen yourself and then let me know.
Much Love
KiD-A
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