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Giggs - Let Em Ave It - Instores August 3rd
3 August 2010
Following in the footsteps of UK Grime luminaries Dizzee Rascal and Wiley, comes Giggs and his XL Recordings debut full length release, Let Em Ave It.
- The recent elevation of some of London’s premier grime MCs to the top of the charts has created a new challenge for the city’s underground. There’s a need for new voices, new stories, new sounds, a fresh take on the themes of doing what you need to do to get by and survive in some of London’s less glamorous
boroughs.
Step forward the much talked about Giggs. Hailing from Peckham, Giggs (aka Hollowman, an alias he adopted following a stint in prison and a desire to move away from street activity) signed to XL Recordings on the back of an amazing couple of years that has seen him become the most exciting name in British rap.
A truly unique voice, Giggs’ combination of slow flow, dark lyrics, a well-documented past and explosive street sales has got everyone excited. He first burst onto the scene in 2008 with his debut ‘Talkin The Hardest’ freestyle which has become one of British rap’s biggest anthems, racking up over 2 million views
on Youtube.
Mixtapes followed on Giggs’ own SN1 (Still Number 1) label, selling tens of thousands of copies between them as Giggs opened his own shop in Peckham to deal with the huge street demand for his merchandise.
Giggs won a prestigious BET Award for Best British Hip Hop Act in Atlanta last year before being named one of the 15 shortlisted acts in the BBC’s Sound Of 2010 poll this year.
Album track Don’t Go There’, featuring guest vocals from Atlanta’s B.o.B, has already been playlisted by BBC Radio 1Xtra and received big support from the likes of Tim Westwood, Mistajam and Zane Lowe (who recently made Don’t Go There his ‘Hottest Record In The World’).
Giggs raises the tempo with ‘Looked What The Cat Dragged In’. It’s already been smashing up the clubs and the airwaves with Tim Westwood, Mistajam and Zane Lowe all playing it within 24 hours of copies being made available.
‘Ave a listen at www.myspace.com/trapstargiggs
For more information, please visit www.sn1giggs.com and www.beggarsgroup.ca
“At long last the UK has a homegrown rap talent to be proud of…it’s befuddling how long it’s taken the UK to unleash a hungry street-smart poet comparable to the genre’s US-born greats. – NME 8 out of 10
“He’s gonna blow the f*ck up.” – RWD
“The UK’s hottest rapper.” – Observer Music Monthly
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