![]() Other rappers from south London such as Krept & Konan and Section Boyz picked up a microphone, and turned their own unique narratives into rap songs they would eventually make a living from.Īfter releasing his second album Let Em Ave It on XL, Giggs collaborated with Boy Better Know members Wiley and Skepta. The arrival of Giggs was the beginning of a journey that would later encourage many young men to get off the streets. The track's depictions of violence sometimes made me wince, but its lyrical content oozed a rebellious attitude that made me want to blast it out over and over again. “Talking Da Hardest” was something new: gun and drug references were common, but rarely so cleverly devised, or as darkly humorous, as Giggs’s verses. Whether you were a rap fan, or a rap fan’s parent trying to decipher the track’s explicit content (a sample lyric: Half of the crowds all snorting my Charlie), it was more than likely you'd heard the track. ![]() ![]() Dre’s beat for Stat Quo’s song “Here We Go” - was an anthem, booming in every club, car, and home stereo south of the River Thames. His song “Talkin’ Da Hardest” - a charismatic rap over Dr. In London, 2007, Giggs’s name was inescapable.
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