Marvin Sparks

The ever delightful Donatella presents new online show, 'Your Time', giving 3 underground MCs the time to shine in an organised grime clash Not to bias your opinion but Rival won that for me. Sometimes I hear grime MCs and think of the Jay-Z lyrics: "You know the type, loud as a motorbike, but wouldn't burst a grape in a food fight" (99 Problems) and "We don't believe you, you need more people" (Takeover). For all I know they could be the baddest man on road, they may all slap me up or send some goons to but I'm not convinced sometimes . Like Donatella said, cast your vote over at Grimeforum , but before you do that (check the pics) over at Donatella's site If the consistency is up there, this could be a new F64 hype. I'll be surprised if it's as high. F64 had established names within the scene with big fanbases, but I think it can do well.

Following the success of the summer clubland anthem Too Many Man, Goin In is the new single from grime collective Boy Better Know. Marvin Sparks caught up with Skepta to discuss the lack of crews in grime, whether he was happy with the final outcome of Too Many Man, regrets from his crossover attempt, Chipmunk`s tweets and the importance of credibility. read that here on PyroRadio.com For the full interview which includes his opinion on the relevance of clashing, more regrets, whether he'll be on Lord of the Mics 3, what he'd change about the grime scene, #BBKcorrection, his own future plans, IndustryHater, Grime Daily vs. Grimeforum and more carry on reading below

Shamelessly jacked this idea from UGK (UnderGround King) journo JP . We all remember this Channel U (channel 467?) classic I'm even from them ends but I recognise this to be a classic. Was better than the south equivalent and I'm from south (Just for the sake of it) This is the UK Funky remix of North Weezee What the hell is that all about? No vibes whatsoever. Don't get me wrong the beat isn't bad but it's the sorta song I'd rather smoke weed to and "I don't smoke the reefa!" The intro was nice, went on a bit too long but nice. Just clocked the girl singing is the girl spitting on the original! Sign of the times. My main gripe is this: a vital element to any anthem is a call-and-response hook. Was powerful on the original song - ok, I'll admit I'd sing it in my head when at a club. "Where do we come from?" - check, but what's the singing response about? They don't think people will sing it back do they? They were scraping...

To mark the release of his debut single Diamond Rings released by Columbia/Sony Music Entertainment (out now), PyroRadio.com caught up with Chipmunk to talk about deciding to complete college, haters and why he feel he’s the best lyricist to being a fan of The Saturdays – well Rochelle! Pyroradio.com: Congratulations on finishing college. Why did you decide to finish college whilst having quite a successful music career? Chipmunk: I’m just not a quitter. I put my all into everything I do. If I would have quit it would have only been because I signed a deal and I didn’t really want to feel like that was the reason why or if my music career was getting too much for me. I just stuck at it. Pyroradio.com: How did the other students react to you being a famous artist? Chipmunk: It was my hometown, so everyone knew me from before the whole music thing. Pyroradio.com: So you didn’t receive much hate or unnecessary attention? Chipmunk: Not even so much hate from people in my hometown but now ...

Grace Jones, Aswad (Brinsley Forde, Drummie Zeb and Tony Gad), the i-Threes (featuring Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths and Erica Newell), VV Brown and Tinchy Stryder will be the featured singers with Sly & Robbie and The Compass Point All Stars on Tuesday 26th May at Shepherds Bush Empire as part of the previously announced Island 50th birthday celebrations. Each of these will perform a song or two (or even three) from Island’s illustrious back catalogue with one of the most famous Jamaican rhythm sections of all time. The Island label has been responsible for the careers of some of the biggest stars in music including U2, Bob Marley, Cat Stevens, Traffic, Free, Fairport Convention, Nick Drake, Sandy Denny, Toots & The Maytals, John Martyn, Marianne Faithfull, Aswad, Tom Waits, King Sunny Ade, Third World, Roxy Music, Robert Palmer, the B52s, Sly & Robbie, Melissa Etheridge, The Slits, Steel Pulse, Grace Jones, Tom Tom Club, Pulp, Tricky, Talvin Singh, and latterly Amy Wineho...