Marcus Nasty’s views on UK Funky MC Tracks


The God-father of the UK Funky Movement has become tireless of the material that has been recently flushing the scene. This is what he had to say:

marcusnasty2“I AM NOT SUPPORTING FUNKY MC TRACKS THAT ARE REALLY GRIME TUNES OR OTHER PEOPLES TUNES THAT YOU HAVE MC’ED OVER AND ARE NOW PASSING OFF AS YOUR OWN

IF YOU CANT MAKE IT AS AN MC YOU WILL DEFINATELY NOT MAKE IT AS AN ARTIST
IF YOU ARE AN ARTIST YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER AND IF YOU ARE AN MC WHO IS JUMPING ON THIS TING YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING OR “LEAVE IT ALONE”.

IM NOT SAYING THAT THEY ARE ALL SHIT IM JUST SAYING THAT WE NEED TO KEEP IT FUNKY TO REALLY ESTABLISH OUR SCENE AS AT THE MOMENT THERE IS NO CONSITENCY OR ANY SORT OF LEVELS WITH REGARDS TO THE MC TRACKS FOR INSTANCE DONAEO & VERSATILLE IN COMPARISON TO THE CRAP THAT HAS BEEN SENT TO MY INBOX

THE HEAD, SHOULDERS, KNEES & TOES TRACK WAS ORIGINAL SO IT WORKED BUT EVEN THEY STRUGGLE TO PERFORM TO THE LEVEL OF AN ESTABLISHED MC ON A LIVE SET

MY ONE OFF MC SHOWS ARE LIVE “RADIO SHOWS” TO SHOWCASE THE TALENT FROM WITHIN OUR SCENE AND ARE NOT TO BE TAKEN AS A GO AHEAD TO ENCOURAGE OTHER DJ’S/MC’S WHO LACK IDEAS OR TURN THIS SCENE INTO A TALENTLESS HYPEFEST.

DONT GET IT TWISTED!!

P.S. I WILL NOT AND WILL NEVER PLAY THEM TRACKS ON MY SHOW”

Say No More!!

2 Responses

  1. wOW!!!….spoken like a true king

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