Nasty Crew, Crazy Titch, Dizzee, Wiley, Escobar + More | Jammer's Birthday Bash 2003 | Deja Vu FM

Artwork by Take Me Back Pirate Radio Archives. Recorded on 30th June 2003. The landscape of the Garage scene was changing rapidly. Garage was branching off into new sub-genres, one path was Grime, the other path was Dubstep. The others who stayed true to Garage got left behind in the scene's sinking ship and swam to the shores of Funky House music scene or their career came to an end. Some say that they were exciting times because the Grime scene saw the launch of Channel U, which promoted new acts/artists from the pirate radio to the mainstream. Whilst others looked at this as the death of pirate radio. It's an interesting topic and we'd like to hear your views. They N.A.S.T.Y. Crew capitalised on this industry, collectively and individually, making big classic Grime hits. It was new horizons. Music heads from all the underground music scenes were standing up and taking note. Grime had now become about the youth in London's slums. It wasn't about tight productions with thousands of pounds backing and corporate studios. These youngsters were making their beats at home, even on their Playstation 2. Music software was changing, so were computers and technology. Before if you didn't have the money you couldn't buy the studio time. Simple as that. I am not saying that music studios were completely affordable, but they were cheaper and there were more effective means now in place. You didn't need the components like in 80s and 90s. Reason Software was launched and beats were practically being made much easier. Credit to Jammer and Wiley, they were visionaries of that era. They along with a handful of others built a scene. It was impressive. Some music heads didn't take them or their music seriously, but they soon kicked off the doors to the music industry. In turn the music industry had come back with their tails between their legs and wanted to sign them, but these savvy youths weren't suckers for corporate money. Of course some victims jumped and fell at their own peril. Only making money, but not earning respect of the scene and building a movement. This infamous show saw tension simmering between Crazy Titch and Dizzee Rascal. Crazy Titch was getting more ratings after he featured on the Risky Roadz DVD the very same year. Note that he was part of an East London collective known as Boyz in da Hood, with his brother Durrty Doogz (Durrty Goodz). The Grime scene was taking off. The Garage sound was now left in a Woolworths bargain bin only to disappear like Woolworths in the late 2000s. Crazy Titch is now serving 30 years in prison for a murder he committed, in 2005, having featured on a few tracks whilst still behind bars. Sadly, six years after the recording MC Escobar/ Esco Bars (Slew Dem Crew) was murdered in 2009, at the age 26 years old. He was the brother of England international footballer, Jermain Defoe. It's fair to say that violence and death were and are a common place on the streets of London. It is not a symptom of Grime music but the result of poverty, deprivation, racial inequality and an oppressive system. Those aspects make Grime artists untouchable because they know the pressures of inner city life. The mental strength and survival mentality is alive and kicking. The energy it created and still creates is electric. Lastly, the channel would like pay respect to MC Stormin aka Teddy Bruckshot, who sadly passed away 19th Feb 2018 after a long battle with cancer. He was successful across a wide range of musical genres, from Jungle to Garage, then from Grime to Drum & Bass to Hip Hop. He took his talent and energy worldwide as part of the SaSaSaS. Rest in Peace Shaun Lewis!! Out to all the London FM pirates of the past. Here's a list of some of our most loved pirate radio stations in frequency order from 1989-2005: Flava FM 87.6 / Shine FM 87.9 / Rude FM 88.2 / Impact FM 88.2 / Centreforce FM 88.3 / Unity FM 88.4 / Conflict FM 88.4 / Ice FM 88.4 / London Underground FM 89.4 / Defection FM 89.4 / Raw FM 90.0 / Raw Mission 90.0 / Raw Blaze FM 90.0 / Pure Magic FM 90.2 / Pulse FM 90.6 / Chicago FM 90.6 / Mission FM 90.6 / Y2K FM 90.6 / Rinse FM 91.8 / Passion FM 91.8 / Weekend Rush FM 92.3 / Kik FM 92.3 / Deja Vu FM 92.3 / Weekend Rush FM 92.5 / Taste FM 92.5 / Mac FM 92.7 / Freeze FM 92.7 / Format FM 93.2 / Touchdown FM 94.1 / Stompin’ FM 94.2 / Kool FM 94.5 / Origin FM 95.2 / Entice FM 95.5 / Heat FM 96.6 / Rinse FM 97.6 / Flashback FM 97.6 / Cyndicut FM 97.8 / Shake FM 98.0 / Fantasy FM 98.1 / Fantasy FM 98.6 / Future FM 99.1 / Upfront FM 99.3 / Rinse FM 100.3 / Pressure FM 100.4 / Don FM 100.5 / Eruption FM 101.3 / Erotic FM 101.3 / Industry FM 101.3 / Freek FM 101.8 / Temptation FM 102.4 / Chillin’ FM 102.9 / Delight FM 103.0 / Flex FM 103.6 / Smoove FM 104.0 / Rude FM 104.3 / Ruud Awakening FM 104.3 / Don FM 105.7 / Shadow FM 106.5 / Force FM 106.5 / 107.1 Risk FM. #takemebackpirateradio #grime #nastycrew #rolldeep #jammer