Where is lord of the mics filmed

But Lord Of The Mics was packaging — it was putting what we were doing in a formula so people could digest it properly. This has meant that, instead of clashing over pirate radio or on Lord Of The Mics in person, young artists can create hype, attention and controversy — they can build an entire career and marketing campaign with worldwide reach — from behind their bedroom doors. What does he make of this shift?

One thing that was good about grime is that once people got into these places, and they started clashing each other, they were suddenly familiar with people from other areas, and it started to slow down the chance of bad things happening — it became a safe zone. That created a social group who started to have a lot more respect for each other.

I believe that community always wins. Music is there to bring people together. Maybe some argument came in here or there — over money, a girl, whatever. But this whole thing started from love and respect and we need to remember that.

At the end of our conversation, Jammer leads me down into the basement. Jammer tells me that the first people to sign the walls were his father and his uncles. The room stretches back into a cramped tunnel. If you follow a group because it is currently powerful and influential, you are not really following anything but your own ambition and your own need for approval. But if you follow a group or leader because of the quality of its beliefs and goals and not merely to advance your own Selfish Interests, you will be without blame.

On another part of the wall, scribbled nearly out of view behind a pair of turntables, in black felt tip pen, reads:. Do you do that consciously?

People gravitate towards authenticity. There was no thought behind the marketing. I did not market LOTM. I just made something and thought it was sick. And just the reaction from everybody was amazing! What made you record the battle raps in the first place? At that time, a lot of battles were taking place on pirate radio stations and I used to have a lot of sessions at my house. You know back in school, that cussing you used to do with your friend, like "you're mum's so big she's One of my friends was leaving my house and we were having a cussing match and I told him to grab the camera and film it.

As I watched the film, I thought it would be a genius idea to get people to battle on these steps. So then I asked Kano how he'd feel about clashing Wiley. Wiley jumped off the plane and phoned asking what I was doing, and I told him I was at the studio and that he should come over.

Kano was in my front room and Wiley came through the front door and I pulled out my camera. I said to him, "How would you feel about clashing Kano? He went out to his car, got some CDs and stuff, because he'd met Damon Dash while he was in America and was just overwhelmed with showing us. Might not have been that much of a thing, but basically Wiley came back and he felt somebody from Roc-A-Fella had actually spoken to him with respect and he wanted to bring that energy back to us.

He brought the energy back, and he done the battle. Did you know you had a church full of geniuses? Where you aware of this? I knew that there was no one around that would let so many people be in their surroundings and facilitate them and pay for the equipment, so we had a kind of hub. What are some of your favourite clashes to date? Wiley and Kano, obviously Skepta and Devilman.

Like F. S, West has reached these heights without a crew or any affiliations. The clash with F. S, it was a quick body bag! RIP F. S, and big up the LOTM family for an opportunity and platform to demonstrate levels. For the past five years, this MC has worked tirelessly in his corner of Yorkshire to earn his share of a spotlight that usually focuses on our capital.