- 400 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Hold Tight
About This Book
Hold Tight is the book that kick started the 'Grime Library'. Bursting into bookshops in July 2017 to rave reviews and a sold out event at Rough Trade East, Hold Tight paved the way for Grime-related books such as Wiley's Eskiboy, Dan Hancox's Inner City Pressure and DJ Target's Grime Kids.This new edition of Hold Tight features new chapters, a brand new introduction from Boakye and a brand new cover.Celebrating over sixty key songs that make up Grime's DNA, Jeffrey Boakye explores the meaning of the music and why it has such resonance in the UK. Boakye also examines the representation of masculinity in the music and the media that covers it.Both a love letter to Grime and an investigation into life as a black man in Britain today, Hold Tight is insightful, very funny and stacked with sentences you'll want to pull up and read again and again.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Bars
- Tracklist
- Preface
- âAmen, Brotherâ The Winstons (1969)
- âUnder Mi Sleng Tengâ Wayne Smith (1985)
- âRetreatâ Cutty Ranks (1991)
- âHowâs Life in Londonâ London Posse (1993)
- âIncredibleâ M-Beat feat. General Levy (1994)
- âGangsta Kidâ Shy FX & Gunsmoke (1994)
- âTri-Fusionâ Dylan Beale (1994)
- âOriginal Nuttahâ Shy FX feat. UK Apache (1995)
- âNever Gonna Let You Goâ (Kelly G Bump-n-Go Mix) Tina Moore (1997)
- âMoschinoâ Glamma Kid (1997)
- âKnow Weâ Pay As U Go Cartel (2000)
- â21 Secondsâ So Solid Crew (2001)
- âBoom Selectionâ Genius Cru (2001)
- âHas It Come To This?â The Streets (2001)
- âBooo!â Sticky feat. Ms Dynamite (2001)
- âPulse Xâ Musical Mob (2002)
- âCreeperâ Danny Weed (2002)
- âOi!â More Fire Crew (2002)
- âThe Heartless Themeâ (aka The Superglue Riddim) Heartless Crew (2002)
- âSeems 2 Beâ Dizzee Rascal (2003)
- âI Can C Uâ Crazy Titch (2003)
- âI Luv Uâ Shystie (2003)
- âFunctions on the Lowâ XTC (2004)
- âWot Do U Call It?â Wiley (2004)
- âDestruction VIPâ Jammer feat. Wiley, Kano, D Double E, Durrty Goodz (2004)
- âPow! (Forward)â Lethal B feat. D Double E, Demon, Flow Dan, Forcer, Fumin, Jamaka B, Nappa, Neeko, Ozzie B (2004)
- âDo They Know Itâs Christmasâ Band Aid 20 (2004)
- âOrchestra Boroughsâ Mr Wong feat. Crazy Titch, Jme, Flirta D (2004)
- âPs and Qsâ Kano (2005)
- âExtra Extraâ Devlin (2006)
- âSeriousâ Jme (2006)
- âTalking da Hardestâ Giggs (2007)
- âBlack Boysâ Bashy (2007)
- âRhythm ânâ Gashâ Rebound X (2007)
- âWearing My Rolexâ Wiley (2008)
- âDance Wiv Meâ Dizzee Rascal feat. Calvin Harris and Chrome (2008)
- Friscoâs verse in âToo Many Manâ Boy Better Know (2009)
- The rest of âToo Many Manâ Boy Better Know (2009)
- âNext Hypeâ Tempa T (2009)
- âDisguiseâ Boy Better Know (2009)
- âPass Outâ Tinie Tempah (2010)
- âStreetfighter Riddimâ D Double E (2010)
- âHello Good Morning Grime Remixâ Diddy Dirty Money feat. Skepta (2010)
- âAll Over The Houseâ Skepta (2011)
- âCastlesâ Skepta (2012)
- âill Manorsâ Plan B (2012)
- âAll Hallowsâ CASisDEAD (2013)
- âThe Cypherâ Ghetts feat. Ghetto and J. Clarke (2013)
- âDonât Waste My Timeâ Krept and Konan (2013)
- âGerman Whipâ Meridian Dan (2014)
- âShutdownâ Skepta (2015)
- âNetflix and Pillsâ Nolay (2015)
- âDem Boy Paigonâ J Hus (2015)
- âEndzâ Novelist (2015)
- âWickedskengman 4â Stormzy (2015)
- âCowardâ Chip (2015)
- âAnd Datâ Bonkaz feat. Stormzy (2016)
- â10 Missed Callsâ Dread D & Jammz (2016)
- âQueenâs Speech 4â Lady Leshurr (2016)
- âThiago Silvaâ AJ Tracey & Santan Dave (2016)
- âGunfingersâ P Money feat. Jme & Wiley (2016)
- âItâs a London Thingâ Jammz feat. Scott Garcia (2016)
- âMy 9ineâ Kojo Funds (2016)
- âCanât Go Wrongâ Wiley (2017)
- â34 Shotsâ Chip (2017)
- âManâs Not Hotâ Big Shaq (2017)
- âEnergyâ Avelino feat. Stormzy & Skepta (2017)
- âNoâ Jaykae (2017)
- âGoing Onâ Snowy (2017)
- âBlackâ DonaeâO feat. Jme & Dizzee Rascal (2017)
- âHow I Like Itâ D Double E feat. JME, Chip, Lethal Bizzle & Baseman (2017)
- âBruce Wayneâ Bugzy Malone (2017)
- âGang Signs and Prayerâ Stormzy (2017)
- âGodfatherâ Wiley (2017)
- âDarth Vaderâ Chip (2018)
- âDBT Remixâ Lioness feat. Queenie, Stush, Shystie, Lady Leshurr & Little Simz (2018)
- Appendix Grime: Summarised
- The Grime Timeline
- Appendix: Essays in Grime
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author