Name: Race Against Time
Brand: Wiley

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ebrcd004

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Limited edition

Release date

2009-06-08

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Wiley

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Bass / Breaks

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Wiley is a British music producer and Grime MC from Bow, East London. He is one of the original founders of Roll Deep and has been active in the fields of Jungle, Drum & Bass, and UK Garage music. However, he is best known for being one of the originators of Grime.

Throughout his career, Wiley has been signed to various record labels and has also formed his own labels including Eskibeat Recordings in 2004, Boy Better Know in 2005 (which he helped form with JME and Skepta), Avalanche Music, A-List Records founded in 2010, and CTA Records founded in 2015.

Some similar artists to Wiley include Roll Deep, Kano, Lethal Bizzle, Jme, Ghetts, D Double E,Tinchy Stryder , Devlin,Wretch 32 , Chip,Jammer,Giggs ,Tempa T,Frisco,"Donae'o",P Money ,President T,Tinie Tempah ,So Solid Crew,and Professor Green.

fresh from the last studio album 'see clear now' which had the number two chart banger 'wearing my rolex' and number 18 'cash in my pocket' wiley is embarking on another solo album project following last years success of 'grime wave' in 'race against time'. wiley is going head to head with fellow grime rival skep in a 50 cent vs kayne west type battle of who can sell the most units in the same week. currently the godfather of grime has a lot of hype around him following the club banger and one single from the album 'too many man' and his recent battle with durrty goodz following a dispute of crazy titchs 30 year jail sentence. wiley is known as one of the hardest workers in the scene after releasing 7 mixtapes in under 2 years in the form of tunnel vision 1-6 and umbrella vol 1 and this hard work is emulated in what is set to be wiley?'s best work yet. wiley is one of the original founders of what is now known as grime music. traversing from the massive pay as u go cartel to start up his own crew with the roll deep entourage. his debut album 'treadin on thin ice', released through xl, brought his unique eski beat sound to the world and has cememnted him as one of the most innovative producers ever in british electronic music. co-producer on the certified silver selling in at the deep end from roll deep showed a versatility to not only his lyrical content but also his musical sound. arguably the most influencial musician from gmes spiritual home of bow e3, wiley has been either directly responsible for or indirectly influenced the careers of nearly every artist to come through the scene. either producing beats for or nurturing younger talent like tinchy stryder, jme, skepta, doctor, jammer and most notably dizzee rascal, or being involved in memorable clashes with sparring partners such as lethal b, kano, durrty goodz, sharky major, bashy and nasty jack, wiley has influenced a large number of talented individuals who have gone on to make their mark in the grime scene. legendary as both an mc and a producer, and starting off as a dj, wiley is one of a few individuals who can be honestly described as excelling in many different areas of music.

Race Against Time

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