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Guvnor

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Guvnor is a Grime Artist from North London. He grew up in the streets of Tottenham North London, and started MC'ing at the age of 13. He used to take visits with fellow North London MC's Solo 45 and Cell 22 to pirate radio stations such as Heat FM. He further showcased his talents on a number of talent shows, around the same time. In September 2008 he released the first of his four mixtapes entitled 'the 1st Impression'.

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Marvell

Marvell are a Grime collective founded by members; Double S, DJ Limit, Vertex and Shocka. They are heavily involved and are close affiliates with independent label Alwayz Recording. Currently all active members of Marvell are working on their solo projects aswell as building the collectives name. Double S has a mixtape entitled Money's the Motive, which was released late March 2008. Shocka & Vertex released a joint mixtape entitled Late Arrival in October 2008.

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Ears

There are currently 3 bands/artists on LastFM with the title 'Ears'. Read on to find the one you are interested in. Ears from Slovakia:
Ears are Slovak musicians with passion for bright cyborgs. The music is at the edge of electro-alternative and electro-pop. The band was founded in 1993 by Filip Orator and Silverman. It has distinguished lyrics, electronic sounds and distinctive Orator's vocal. They wrote 3 albums so far. Debut called pEARSing was released in 2001 by Sony Music.

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Shorty

There are 6 artists with the name Shorty. (1) Shorty was officially born in 1991 under the guise of vocalist Al Johnson and guitarist Mark Shippy. Along with drummer Todd Lamparelli and bassist Luke Frantom, they released three singles and two albums.
The group became Shorty and decided to officially keep the moniker in September. Atlanta, GA, label Worry Bird released the band's first 7", Last One in My Mouth Is a Jerk, late that year.

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Sense

Sense is a name of at least name three acts: 1) A pseudonym of Adam Raisbeck (b. 25 Jun 1974, Melbourne, Australia). Since establishing himself as Soulenoid (early in 1995), he performed numerous times, in Melbourne (Club Filter, Global Warming and the Punters Club), as well as larger one-off parties, such as: the Omniglobe raves, Technofest, Big Day Out, Be Strange and Earthcore. He has also supported international stars, including: Derrick May, Stacey Pullen, Aphex Twin, Biochip C., Cylob and the On-U Sound posse.

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Ice Kid

Ice Kid is an emerging grime MC from West London, having been emceeing from the age of 11. He also produces tracks, but it is his emceeing that he is best known for. Ice Kid was initially taken under the wing of Wiley, and was on his label Eskibeat Recordings, along with other youngers in the grime scene Chipmunk, Little D, and Maveric. However, the situation regarding Eskibeat is currently uncertain, though Wiley has expressed his wish for Ice Kid to be involved with the label. He is a member of the grime crew Hoodstars.

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Grizzly

There are several artists named Grizzly: 1. Grizzly is a Hungarian stoner/sludge band. 2. Grizzly aka Grizzle Kid aka Grizz Is an up and coming grime artist who lives in Luton. Worked with Droke, Wrench, Grabbz, Sprayz, Merkules, Knuckz and Slewer. 3. Grizzly is a Swedish rapper from Malmö. He recently released a mixtape called Ursäkta min franska.

Read more about Grizzly on Last.fm.

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Chronik

This page represents two artists: 1)Giorgos Papadopoulos (Minimalist artist from Athens and Berlin)
2)British grime artist and member of Slew Dem
1) Chronik (Giorgos Papadopoulos) was born in Athens in 1974. His relationship with music started working as a radio producer for jazzfm in the early 90s’ and as a columnist for various music magazines. He began creating music about 5 years ago and today his focus is on minimal ambient based mainly on piano, characterized by cinematography, melancholy, scattered notes and long melodies that form expressive engagements.

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Durrty Goodz

Durrty Goodz, formerly known as Doogz (real name Dwayne Mahorn), is a grime MC from Stratford, East London. He is known for his great versatility, which can be seen in his ability to jump on Grime, Hip-Hop, Bashment, and RnB tracks, although grime is the genre many of his fans favour him spitting over. His witty lines and great flow have won him many new fans over the years, and he is one of the best emcees to grace the scene.

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