Stiggy & Robbie
UKHH fans are going mad about it. I have to say I'm really intrigued.
Current big man in the UK HipHop Scene Stig Of The Dump has been approached by Robbie Williams to work on some music. Don't know who Stig is? His EP 'The Homeless Microphonist' was the best selling record on Suspect Packages in 2006 (leading UK mail order store) and is a Jump Off battle champion emcee; in fact, check this - poor Asher D! (by the way, it's got swearing in so don't watch if naughty words offend you)
I reckon Robbie read my blog post about 'Rudebox', checked out who was making moves in UKHH and took heed...
Courtesy of here's what happened in Stig's own words:
鈥淭he dude got at me on MySpace. It was really funny actually - all it had was 鈥楻ob, Beverley Hills鈥. I got some message from some guy saying, 鈥業t鈥檚 Rob, I really need to speak to you. You won鈥檛 believe who this is!鈥 I鈥檓 thinking, 鈥榃ho do I know from the past called Rob?鈥 Then he sent me a message saying, 鈥業t鈥檚 Robbie Williams.鈥 And I said, 鈥業s it f*ck!鈥 It was stupid O鈥檆lock in the morning and he told me he was out in Australia at the time and was off to play football and we鈥檇 speak later. So I rang the number from my mate Ben鈥檚 phone - didn鈥檛 have any credit on mine - and some dude answers. 鈥楬ello? It鈥檚 David.鈥 Or Michael someone. So I鈥檓 just about to think it鈥檚 a wind up and this voice goes [does Robbie Williams impression], 鈥業s that Stiggy?鈥 My opening words to him were, 鈥楢re you taking the f*cking p*ss?鈥 I鈥檓 like this polar opposite to the guy. It was surreal. And it turns out he鈥檇 saw the Asher D battle, he looked for some more sh*t, read a few interviews, liked the humour, the subjects and the character.
He said, 鈥業 don鈥檛 know what we鈥檙e gonna do but I wanna work with you.鈥 Now having spoken to him, he seems like a genuine guy, and if it comes off it鈥檒l be a blessing, but I went through an element of, 鈥楬ow will this affect my career? Will it be a complete b*lls up?鈥 Going from one extreme to the other - me to him - is almost a bit of a contradiction to work with a pop star. But when I spoke to him I said, 鈥榊ou do understand I鈥檓 not a pop star?鈥 He said, 鈥榃ell I鈥檝e seen what you do and I like it. And I鈥檓 not a rapper.鈥
But he knows his hip-hop, you know - I was taken aback when he was talking about Stetsasonic and Souls Of Mischief鈥︹
Good look or Good luck?
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who cares about robbie wiliams, the dude doesn't even engineer his own work. more valid uk people out there, who are due their props.
Complete joke. He'll be beefin' next thing you know.
told you we should have put robbies tune in our uk mix! heheh...
seriously tho if you look at his stage shows you can tell he's influenced by MC's... yes, I watched one of his live shows (on tv), I'm just that cool.
Yo, Stig bare props to you.
But i'm not sure if it's a good luck bruv.
It instantly gives you a direct link to pop-music
no matter how big Robbie is in the game.
Keep it underground bruv
Peace
I have produced tracks for Stig in the past.
He promised me when he is famous he will buy me a golden Armani jump-suit.... so yeah, I'm all for it.
Do not work with robbie williams. I would not give any Mc that works with robbie williams any respect. no matter how good tey are.
well im abit puzzled, robbie willam's wanting 2 work wit Stig !!! wots goin on ?
everyones seen Robbie Willlam's"Rudebox" dats a total diss 2 hip hop if u ask me, i find it offensive, he's mocking r culture.
I can c this could b a good opputunitiy 4 Stig getting national exposer but come on pop music !!!!, dis is tha kind of ting dat could kill his reputation !!!!.
either way its up 2 Stig in tha end of tha day of who he want's 2 work wit. i think Stig should just ghostwrite sum gd songs 4 him.
stay blessed fam
Stevie C
do this, who gives a f what people think? back in '95 you got notorious b.i.g working with michael jackson, now you got 36 working with justin timberlake, em workin wit elton john, sway working with madness... ya get me? its music, if u put a goldfish in a small bowl it wont grow, ya get me.. if you put it in a bathtub...
notts property
I'm with thawhut...
We need to open this thing out for it to prosper. Stig - go for it mate. Just tell Robbie to let me deejay for him when he's next at Knebworth :-)