On last week's Logan Sama Kiss FM show we saw the whole Family Tree collective pass through, consisting of Merky Ace,MIK,Ego,Shifman and TKO, to which each mc blessed the mic for nearly 30 minutes of grime at it's finest. As a crew and as solo mc's, each member is certainly making a name for themselves as we see here as they all showcase the best of their abilities.
The 'Caught A Moesh' series is back again, this time with a freestyle from the most exciting crew in grime right now, Family Tree. The crew consists of mc's Merky Ace,MIK, TKO,Ego and Shifman and this week DJ Scope caught up with three of the members Ego, TKO and Merky Ace as each of them go in over three different instrumentals, from producers Splurt and Faze Miyake.
Last Saturday Butterz & Hardrive tore apart Cable nightclub at London Bridge, with performances from DJ's Elijah & Skilliam, Royal-T, Champion, Terror Danjah, Swindle, D.O.K, Scratcha DVA and Kode 9 in room one and funky house in room two.
Grime legend D Double E also performed on the night with Terror Danjah, who was celebrating his birthday, which included live P.A's of 'Back To The Bone', 'Bluku Bluku' and 'Streetfighter Riddim' and also a live set with old skool grime mc Bruza. Other mc's in attendance were Family Tree members Merky Ace and Ego, who both blessed the mic at various times throughout the night, and a quick appearance from Blacks on Elijah's and Skilliam's set.
Highlights of the night for me was funky house DJ/Producer Champion's set who showed us the darker side to the genre and then lit up the place near the end with some old skool grime classics and D Double E's performance with Terror Danjah, although I have to say every DJ and mc had the crowd hype and not one set was a disappointment.
Here's some of the video's from the night to give you an insight to how it went down.
Lets hope this is the start of something new and we'll be seeing many more Butterz hosted nights soon.
Big up the Butterz label and everyone else involved.
You can download/stream the sets from the night in room one below.
Family Tree Presents... Ego- Actually Active EP Out Now.
The Ep contains seven raw grime tracks with features from all family tree members Merky Ace, MIK and Shif Man.
This release includes productions from heavyweight producers including Spooky, Faze Miyake, Mr Slash and Splurt Diablo.
Two standout tracks for me are " Match Fit" and " Milkshake" although its a solid "play from start to finish" EP.
Family Tree are definitely one to watch out for in 2011.
