What you know about Lock Off - dis an Island ting bredren.

it's interesting how the hip-hop/grime experience and sound in the UK has that much more of an Island 'ting' connection. I grew up visiting my grandmother in Brooklyn, NYC and was very much exposed to the early hip hop music of the day. I was tuned into the radio any time that I could, and often very late into the night making cassette tapes for my walkman. Today I listen to streaming sites and BBC podcasts and I am witnessing the explosion of UK Grime Artists in North America. I will confess that there is such a comfort in identifying with a raw and 'proppa' island slang that is not just reggae or calypso. It's life in the city, it's life in the ghetto, it's life in the subway, it's life in a cubicle expressed in these rough beats. Don't get me wrong, I make no claim to be a 'ghetto youth'. Though we all have our own struggles and perceptions on life in the city and one struggle is no different than the other, though context and consequence may be very different. It's music that brings us together

Lock Arff