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Retro Grime With Scrufizzer

Is Scrufizzer The Next Dizzee Rascal?

Is grime so old now that it's already approaching retro status? Are we going to see shops opening up selling Boy Better Know hoodies and over-priced vintage mixtapes? Are people actually going to start saying "Brrrap!" again? Well, I don't think West London MC Scrufizzer is heading into Q Magazine territory just yet, but his flow definitely harks back to the old school. It's the same faultering artillery gun bars that made people take notice of a young Dizzee, before he started making songs about going on holiday, and Tynchy before he started dropping bars about kids TV presenters.

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But thank God, it doesn't have the same god awful production that ruined so many otherwise great grime tracks. Yep, girls might even dance to this one. The beats actually take on another old school direction, bringing to mind a kind of twisted, yet melodic mid-nineties hip-hop sound that instantly made me think of The Pharcyde, ATCQ, and to a lesser extent, Skee-Lo. It's the kind of tune that might make you consider a career in small time weed dealing, living the Kids dream.

Stay tuned for a new mixtape and EP from him in the coming months, but in the meantime, stick this on your Samsung playlist, head to the back of the bus and try and match Scrufizzer's bar-for-bar next to a couple of commuters. Perfect summer fun.