INTRODUCING [SERIES 1: BLOG 3]: IZZIE GIBBS

Izzie Gibbs is a young MC from Northampton who has recently been creating a stir within the Midlands grime scene. Izzie is part of a grime collective known as East On The Map (EOTM) which includes other names such as Statz, Lox and other local MC's in the Northampton area. Izzie comes across as a fearless MC looking to get his name out there through deep content and sending.

Izzie has featured on Words Are Weapons on various occasions. WAW is a platform for artists to jump on to competitive grime clashes and to show lyrical ability. The Northampton MC has also recently featured on Silk City Radio's Prize Fighter 2 hosted by DJ Big Mikee. Izzie has performed freestyles for P110 Media, JDZ, GrimeBlog and other Midlands based Media channels showing he is fairly established this early on in his career. Izzie also jumped on the War Dub hype and released a track entitled Leng which didn't really get much of a response in truth however that is possibly because the names he was mentioning are thought of as levels above him. However in my opinion Izzie could hold it up against the majority of grime MC's nowadays and it was an opportunity which you have to admire Izzie for taking.

The video at the top of the page features Izzie's Shutdown Sessions for ImpactTV and this video is proof of how far he is come, for me at least this is one of the strongest performances he has come with and is certainly shines a glimmer of hope for Izzie's future. There is no doubt that Izzie has an eloquent flow but he has not always known how to control this flow tending to spray off beat in some instances as Sykx highlighted when he clashed Izzie on WAW. He went hard in the video the only criticism I would have of Izzie is that in some instances his bars do tend to be immature and he could come with some harder content as we've seen in other videos.

Izzie's upcoming project A.D.H.D is out soon. He is also due to feature on WAW against Highlife's Eze which is one to look out for.
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REVIEW: Flames - StoryTeller

Flames from Birmingham gives JDZMedia his StoryTeller. Flames has recently began to gain exposure in the Birmingham rap scene accompanied by fellow artist Young Smokes. The duo seem to have made a stir with there content and have earnt themselves a name within the scene.

Flames always comes with consistently deep content and it seems this video is no difference. As part of the StoryTeller series quite a few artists attempt to paint a picture as the series title suggest but few actually succeed with Flames being one of them. When he describes situations it does really make you think about what he's saying and his lyrics are quite hard hitting. Although his lyrics may not be relatable from my perspective I do believe what he is saying and as he mentions in his track The Truth he never tries to glamorize the lifestyle he leads. Flames is capable of switching his flow up to suit the beat and does this to his advantage in this freestyle.
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REVIEW: Deadly - TrendSetter

Deadly from Birmingham gives P110 his TrendSetter which is created for the elite of the grime scene to display there talent. Deadly who is part of both the NODB and StayFresh grime collectives is a leading figure within the Midlands grime scene so it is no wonder P110 have given him a TrendSetter.

The video itself is full of gritty content and an aggressive flow which we commonly see from Deadly. Deadly has the ability to hype you up within an instant and is certainly someone I frequently have on my playlist. He also switches up his flow a lot in the video and that is something which takes a lot of practice as well as lyrical ability to manage to do. 

Deadly currently has an album out on iTunes entitled My Side Of The Fence which you can purchase here. As mentioned in the video he also has a new project coming out called Out Ere which is due to come out shortly.
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