In a battle between awful, terrible novelty hip-hop and geniously lyrical hip-hop satire let's not take bets on which of these two currently insider tipped tracks I'm going to prefer.
BiggYbigg - It's Bigger Than You Think
On no, please gods no. It's an inuendo ridden summer novelty song being given radio play by Howard Stern. These things should really be banned by Act Of Parliament (Tone Loc being given special exemption status). Hopefully uncounted downloads will keep this forever out of the charts and off UK radio because if it gets any exposure the sun-addled UK record buying public will snap it up with cries of "it's not shite, it's funny & catchy and I like it". Pity the fools and remember kids, too much sun is bad for you, under no circumstances purchase music while under the influence of it.
Riz MC - The Post 9-11 Blues
Is this another novelty track or is it topical hip-hop commentary? It can be both. As a song on it's own it is fine enough, vaguely heading towards MC Lars territory, the track itself is almost a childlike parody of itself but this actually works well with the, at times, incredibly funny and, at others, cuttingly satirical lyrics. The
video (supposedly turned down by MTV for being too political!?) is a must see for anyone with three minutes to spare. Only time will tell if this one can viral it's way to bigger things or if indeed it is only amusing for five minutes online. I hope it's the former, if only so the lyrics get the audience they deserve.
It's Bigger Than You Think is (hopefully
only) available as a download on MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/biggerthanyouthink The Post 9-11 Blues will be released as a download on 31st July
http://www.myspace.com/rizmc
