Noods radio – UK Rap 3 week Residency
Bristols Noods radio has asked Trevor to host 3 shows for to celebrate their 10th anniversary, each will showcase a different time period of seminal & embryonic UK Rap, starting in 1979 finishing in 1985.
“Contrary to the misinformed UK rap didn’t start with Dizzy Rascal, The Streets & Stormzy
Neither was it always an inferior emulation of its US counterparts. The UK took musical influences from diverse sources inspired by the countries uniquely diverse spectrum of international cultures, embryonic influential moments that transformed into multiple worldwide musical phenomenons, hugely successful genres that could only of been forged in the UK.
The evolution of rap in the UK is a complex and fascinating story, many of its first commercial releases might of been novelties or pop hit records but a parallel strong & passionate underground scene developed via events, clubs, magazines and nationwide specialist Rap radio shows, Hip Hop in the UK was a transformative colour blind unifying force.
Although much of it was ignored outside of the UK, Early British rap from across all regions of the country created many landmark timeless anthems that still sound as fresh and urgent today as they did when first released, equally as relevant as seminal revered releases from the same era across the pond, they deserve more respect and attention”.
