Music week: " Riz MC's debut commercial single sees the MC spitting a biting vocal atop an edgy, cinematic production. His most accomplished work yet."
DJ Mag: "stupendous…just as street smart as book smart…the money shot by a country mile…essential. (5 stars) "
Geekpie: "This is one of the best releases to come out this year because it is so spot on in every way and meticulously put together. Riz MC is the sound of the future. Go out, find this, own this, download this, press play, bob your head and recognise."
iDJ
Well, if you haven’t heard about this artist you will want to know more once you’ve heard this release….Radar’s lyrical content really does gets you thinking about the world, and Locodice help by taking you to the dancefloor.
4/5
Top Tune
noizemakesenemies
Riz MC proves that he has a lot to offer with this infectious anthem, ‘Radar.’
Sounding like a darker, more intense mixture of Hadouken! And Dizzee Rascal, ‘Radar’ boasts a pounding bass line and a chorus so catchy you can’t shake it off. The B-side, ‘People Like People’, is another exhilarating fusion of computerised beats and witty rhymes and the innovation displayed renders Riz MC an exciting artist for the future.
"potential voice of a generation material" - The Guardian Guide
Get Cape Wear Cape Fly:
“Musically he expertly mixes political satire, social commentary and smart analysis to a mixture of electronica and orchestration”
Scroobius Pip:
"Riz has the ability to effortlessly get a point across whilst maintaining a vibrant, uptempo sound"
Nitin Sawhney:
“He has something to say and is very versatile. A real talent.”
Akala:
“fucking amazing”
Sway:
“Love the EP. Lyrically he’s really saying something, and these days that very rare”
….Aside from rocking various stages to rave reviews in three cities [in the US this Spring], he also left behind a bombastic five-song EP, Confirm/Ignore, that's as refreshing and jarring as anything to be released this year….His wordplay challenges authority, pisses at conformity, and confronts issues of race and class unlike any rapper in the States, period.
- The New Times, Florida
Channel4.com
“His songs are explosive, lyrically driven descriptions of modern life. Riz pokes at social and political ills, as he puts it, "things that piss me off". He'd like us to listen to the words, but if we aren't bopping along and having a laugh, he'll be disappointed.”
mos def, the prodigy, talib kweli, bjork, Gill Scott Heron, Massive Attack, Wu-Tang Clan ’enter the 36 chambers’, Leftfield, Roni Size & Dynamite MC, The Roots, LTJ Bookem & MC Conrad, Erykah Badu, Cinematic Orchestra, Goldie, Nitin Sawhney, Mighty Moe, 4Hero, Shabba D + Skibba Dee, Gilles Peterson Worldwide, Switch, Diplo, Radiohead, Timbalaand, High Contrast, Zero dB, J Dilla, Fourtet, Doves, Curtis Mayfield, Big Punisher, Nas, D.O.C., Dr. Dre + Snoop Doggy Dogg, US hiphop 1992-1996 (and all o that good stuff that used to be on ’the Box’), ROOTS MANUVA
Fabric ’true playaz’ nights, zenith daytimers, movement @ bar rhumba
apocalypse now, the thin red line, the godfather trilogy, BBC News 24 vs. CNN vs. Al Jazeera vs. Fox News vs. NDTV, the inheritance of loss, the autobiography of malcolm x...
-- RADAR / PEOPLE LIKE PEOPLE release announced for OCTOBER 2008 on Crosstown Rebels
-- Dead Set on Channel4, Wired on ITV (autumn 2008)
-- FABRIC LIVE main room slot...thanks to everyone that came down!
-- Peter Kosminsky's 'Britz' wins BAFTA and RTS awards, showing in USA autumn 2008, nominated for an Emmy
-- Picked by Massive Attack to support their opening show at Meltdown Festival. Big up mr.3D!
-- Glastonbury Leftfield stage main support for Revd. and the Makers (BBC Intro stage last year)
-- US showcase tour (with Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip, Laura Marling, These New Puritans + more) gets rave reviews
-- Radio1 Maida Vale session with the Ting Tings + Late of The Pier
-- Mos Def support at Warehouse Project
-- BBC Electric Proms with Zero dB
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"spine tingling" - joe whiley, BBC Radio1
"made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck" - huw stephens, BBC Radio1
"I'll remember it for as long as I live" - bobby friction, BBC Radio1
Founded the infamous hipdop/dnb clubnight HIT&RUN - currently in its 7th year in Oxford and Manchester.
MC battling - finalist at
JumpOff spin-the-mic beat some heavyweight names to become champion of 'Bombay Bronx' (the club night of RADIO1 DJ Nihal) and then
Riz @ JumpOff - Spin the Mic - MC Battle
Then acted in Road to Guantanamo which won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival (with a fare share of drama on the return journey when I was illegally detained by British Intelligence , as you can read about in the blog on this page)
Since then... some great projects like 'Gadaffi: the Opera' with Asian Dub Foundation, Aftershock with Nitin Sawhney, and appointed EMERGING ARTIST IN RESIDENCE at the Southbank Centre, London....check out blogs and RECENT NEWS!
Come see the live show. Thanks for supporting. Let's move things forwards.
Ez bro Nice one for the download link, glad you're feeling Rule Britannia! If you're about next (and possibly last??) Jammin Live on Nov 28th. Blessed tings Peace Dan
Thanks for the add. Loved Dead Set, felt sorry for the woman whose head you had to cut off, she just wanted to stay at the farm house lol :D Britz was wicked really opened my eyes, keep up da good work!
Brixton Zoo Fri 14 November 2008 9pm-6am @ Jamm Bar, 261 Brixton Road, London SW9 6LH Door £10 / Adv £8
HIP HOP / DUBSTEP / BREAKS / ELECTRO
Featuring highly skilled rap stars from west coast USA Vs UK underground hip hop acts, mcs and turntablists - watch as they spit, scratch and battle it out to the death!!
Joined by break dancing crews, live graffiti artists, scratch djs, beatboxers and more!
Live dubstep / breaks acts & DJs join us - featuring some of the finest, grimiest & greatest underground masters of ear drum popping bass beats and breaks
Plus exclusive performance art in the form of ever dangerous body angle grinding, freestyle tribal belly dancing, body painting and other little surprises ;o)
Hey. Thanks For Accepting. Yeah I Think Your Music's Great, Nice Style. You Work With Darius At The Roundhouse Right? Yeah He's My Cousin. Dead Set Was A Legend Too. Great Acting Skills You Got There And The Story Line Was Just Incredible. Take Care
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