The first song I fell in love with.
Incredible by M-Beat with Gen Levy. I grew up on a farm in Clapton. East London is famous for its forest landscape. The older children would go crazy and come back one Saturday morning making faces.
The first single I bought.
I hate telling this story. Timmy Mallett Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini [as Bombalurina]From Woolworths in Hackney. I grew up with my grandmother, who made me listen to Jason Donovan, Kylie Minogue and Engelbert Humperdinck. So I blame my grandmother because it was her money.
The song I do in karaoke
There is nothing better than leaving karaoke without a voice. Then I do Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana. I've always loved guitars as much as hip-hop, but I couldn't tell anyone because I was a tough kid. I used a skate. The skaters called us fruit bowlers and we called them wood pushers.
Each lyric is a song that I don't understand.
I was driving around in my yellow Audi shouting “hello” and decided to listen to Something You Love by Louis Capaldi. I love big choruses. Now I know every word. God knows what people must have thought as they drove through the traffic lights, singing at the top of their lungs.
A song that is no longer heard.
I was waiting for a burger at Brixton Village Market when someone started playing Professor Green's I Need You Tonight outside his shop. It was a Friday night and totally uncomfortable. I don't want people to think I'm listening to my own music everywhere I go. I'm not Kanye West!
He The best song for sex.
Shuffle can leave you in trouble sometimes. I remember I Need You Tonight came on once. No vibration. I have a lot of rhythm when I'm rapping. Not so much when I have sex.
The song I secretly love but tell everyone I hate.
I love cold play. I really respect that they've gone through the same struggles as a lot of bands, but unlike Noel and Liam, they've stuck together behind the scenes. I never get bored of The Scientist.
The song that changed my life.
Just be nice to Green Nan and Lily Allen. We met at a party, and we ended up talking on Facebook, and I was like, “I just licensed the dub rights to Be Good to Me with Beats International.” She said: “It's one of my favorite songs. Why don't you let me get on it and we can play it live at the festival? It ranked third behind the Girl Scouts.
The song that wakes me up in the morning.
My son and I access Boys Don't Cry By The Cure every morning. I'm an indie guy at heart, man, I'm telling you. I'm an indie grunge guy. I don't agree that babies don't cry. But choose the time and place if you can.
My favorite song played at my funeral.
The lyrics to Good Laughs (Time of Your Life) by Green Day make me cry. “It's unpredictable / But it's right in the end / I hope you have the time of your life.” It says: You only have one life. Only those left behind will regret it, it's sad to think about it. But the lyrics and feelings are incredible.
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