Sharkie Major - Ain't a Game

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Song of the year or song of the century? Get it at http://gabba.net/amp/

― Keith McD (Keith McD), Friday, 4 July 2003 13:09 (twenty-two years ago)

oh thank god!

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 4 July 2003 17:39 (twenty-two years ago)

yesss!

― fields of salmon (fieldsofsalmon), Friday, 4 July 2003 18:30 (twenty-two years ago)

wait ... is sharkie the same as sharkey? doing the mp3 tags for all this UKG stuff is a nightmare!

― fields of salmon (fieldsofsalmon), Friday, 4 July 2003 18:31 (twenty-two years ago)

this is fantastic

― Michael B, Friday, 4 July 2003 20:45 (twenty-two years ago)

wow...

the sad hiphop mantle gently lifted from the sylvianesque shoulders of dizzee ha

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Friday, 4 July 2003 21:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Will people stop mentioning Sylvian?! (Sorry Mitch.)

― Cozen (Cozen), Friday, 4 July 2003 21:10 (twenty-two years ago)

that's why i mentioned him cozen! (i don't think i've even heard sylvian)

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Friday, 4 July 2003 21:13 (twenty-two years ago)

it won't download for me :(

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 4 July 2003 21:23 (twenty-two years ago)

looks like we have our 4hero!

beat's heavy but sharkie's just preachy swagness to me...

― Chip Morningstar (bob), Saturday, 5 July 2003 01:18 (twenty-two years ago)

in fact just call me 0800-

― Anne Hedonia (bob), Saturday, 5 July 2003 01:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I listened to it once and I think it might have sounded the build-up parts in 'One Mic,' but from England. I can't remember exactly.

― d k (d k), Saturday, 5 July 2003 02:04 (twenty-two years ago)

more people should be mentioning how this sounds really similar to the recent-ish UK hip-hop I've heard -

("Melancholy, thoughtful tracks seem to be something that UK Hip-Hop does particularly well. Harry Love's production here is typical - a nodding beat and a lonely, folky guitar figure give the track a sad, derelict feel. Jehst pulls his collar up against the sharp Autumn wind and flows to keep himself warm.")

- also mutter mutter conceptions-of-empire mutter.
+ "There's always room for improvement"!!! (you really need the high school guidance councilor delivery)

― Ess Kay (esskay), Saturday, 5 July 2003 04:11 (twenty-two years ago)

(blah blah gypsy, "imported" folk traditions, etc)

― Ess Kay (esskay), Saturday, 5 July 2003 04:48 (twenty-two years ago)

i dunno sharkey doesn't really shine on this one as much as he does with nasty crew. i prefer 'brand new day' for ukg consciousness. jammer is awesome as ever though

― ssean, Saturday, 5 July 2003 14:21 (twenty-two years ago)

this is pretty amazing, yeah

― jess (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 5 July 2003 15:34 (twenty-two years ago)

i don't know if it trumps the dizzee remix tho

― jess (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 5 July 2003 15:35 (twenty-two years ago)

really is fucking exquisite!

― Paul (scifisoul), Sunday, 6 July 2003 01:46 (twenty-two years ago)

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― jk_ (jk@gabba), Sunday, 6 July 2003 19:30 (twenty-two years ago)

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― Cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 6 July 2003 19:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I slightly prefer "Vice Versa (Remix)" for unifying the sweet with the sharp. Why slow down if you don't have to?

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Saturday, 12 July 2003 04:40 (twenty-two years ago)

i'll take "old skool" by kano over both this and "girls love boys" but i'm not sure it's produced by jammer..

― sean g, Saturday, 12 July 2003 13:47 (twenty-two years ago)

And I'll take Birds in the Sky!

― Ben Williams, Saturday, 12 July 2003 14:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Why slow down if you don't have to?

beats slowing down 2003 = basslines slowing down 1993

MCing = the new breakbeat science!

― Keith McD (Keith McD), Sunday, 13 July 2003 05:37 (twenty-two years ago)

I do know what you mean Keith but I don't get the sense from "Ain't A Game" or "Birds In The Sky" that this music is simultaneously fast & slow a la jungle - although I do from, say, Wiley's "Happens For A Reason", where the beat is open to being followed at single or double time.

Actually that dual-sence is exactly what I like about "Vice Versa (Remix)" and Danny Weed & Target's "Fresh Air" - they're still moving along at Musical Mob tempo but they sound exquisite, fragile, carefully considered. "Fresh Air" in particular turns the 8-bar format into something quite beautiful - and since that's something that was barely imaginable when "Pulse X" came out, it almost seems more startling than hearing garage actually slow down to hip hop speeds.

I must clarify that I think "Ain't A Game" is really great though.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 02:07 (twenty-two years ago)

two years pass...

remember?

― [jailhouse tattoo] (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 20:10 (nineteen years ago)

THIS song!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 20:14 (nineteen years ago)

what did broken twig think of it?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 20:14 (nineteen years ago)

Still my favourite grime track ever.

― snowballing (snowballing), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 20:35 (nineteen years ago)

what did broken twig think of it?

I must remember to ask him.

― [jailhouse tattoo] (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 20:51 (nineteen years ago)

you know him?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

memoriiiiiies.

― u saved me (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 20:53 (nineteen years ago)

Has Sharkie released anything since ?

― snowballing (snowballing), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 20:56 (nineteen years ago)

not as good as j2k - this is me

― ambrose (ambrose), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 22:30 (nineteen years ago)

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