Video: Tinchy Stryder f. Ruff Sqwad, “Tryna Be Me”
We might regret saying this later, but Tinchy Strider is one of a few people who can namedrop Ed Hardy in a rap and we will not immediately dis-invite him from our iPods. Instead he and the Sqwad are rocking his signature “STAR IN THE HOOD” t-shirts, while proving his fanbase extends well beyond the hood with this live-footage video shot from his Catch-22 tour. With the usual trampoliney beats and stabby flow (related:skanks not shanks), it’s like duh, yeah, the crew is BIG. (via RWD)
Tinchy Stryder Star In The Hood Mixtape
- story Matthew Schnipper
Tinchy Stryder, perhaps best known for his “Oh shit Gang Gang” adlib on Gang Gang Dance’s “Princes”, has an album of his own coming out next month in the UK and Star in the Hood is a brief preview. Stryder has a thing for crunchy pop keys and video game vibrancy, the same penchant for easy roll 50 Cent had on Get Rich or Die Trying. His current single, “Never Leave You” (with an unembeddable video) is a little perplexing with its R&B chorus addendum, but still, its candy.
Download: Tinchy Strider Star In The Hood mixtape
Video: Gang Gang Dance and Tinchy Stryder on The Tim and Barry Show
- story THE FADER
This clip from Tim & Barry is probably as close to a legit video as we’re going to get for “Princes,” the totally weird grime track from Gang Gang Dance’s Saint Dymphna featuring Tinchy Stryder. We’ve heard some grumbling that Stryder’s verse “breaks the mood,” and is “out of place,” to which we say “WHATEVER DUDES, GRIME IS ALIVE!” Saint Dymphna is out right now and if you see Andrew Kuo wandering around New York, tell him (nicely) to make many many more OH SHIT GANG GANG shirts because we should all be wearing them.
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posted on Jan 27, 2009 in MUSIC VIDEO tags electronic/dance, experimental, Gang Gang Dance, grime, Tim & Barry, Tinchy Stryder
