Bugzy Malone

Not to be confused with Bugsy Malone.
Bugzy Malone
Born (1990-12-20) 20 December 1990
Origin Manchester, England
Genres Grime
Occupation(s) Rapper, songwriter
Labels Ill Gotten Records[1]
Associated acts Chip, Stormzy, Tinie Tempah, Charlie Sloth
Website www.thebugzymaloneshow.co.uk

Bugzy Malone (born 20 December 1990) is a British grime MC from Manchester, England.[2] Malone has been described as one of the key MCs instigating a "grime revival" moving the UK urban scene away from more commercially orientated music.[3]

Music

Malone released his debut mixtape, titled SwaggaMan in 2010. He began doing freestyles for northern grime youtube channel "KODH TV[4]" on their series Spray out Freestyle.[5] He then did freestyles on popular urban YouTube channels including "Grime Daily". In 2014, Malone released a 'Spitfire' freestyle on JDZmedia which went on to get his first million views on YouTube. This gave him more popularity outside Manchester and later earned him a performance on Fire in The Booth with Charlie Sloth on BBC Radio 1Xtra. Malone released his latest Fire in The Booth on 14 March 2015.[6][7] During the first, Malone dissed fellow grime MC Chip, this eventually led to the release of "Relegation Riddim". Chip replied to his critics including Bugzy on his war dub "Pepper Riddim".[8] This started the "Grime Beef" and drew attention to the grime scene.[9][10][11] In 2015, Malone featured on a track with Tinie Tempah and Stormzy called "It's Peak". The song was another send at Chip.

On 13 June 2015 on BBC Radio 1, DJ MistaJam premiered Malone's first official single "Watch Your Mouth" and the video was released on Malone's YouTube channel the same night. The track went on to be played across UK radio and popular TV networks. Including Capital Xtra, Bang Radio, Kiss 100, Reprezent, Unity Radio, BBC Xtra, Radio 1, Asian Network, Westside FM, MTV Base, Flava TV, Kiss TV and Channel AKA. On 24 July 2015, Malone released his first EP "Walk with Me", which entered at number 8 on the UK Albums Chart.[12]

In 2016, Malone released 'Facing Time'. His second EP went to 6 in the charts. In August, he released a trailer for Section 8(1). Section 8(1) is a trilogy of music videos that tell a story. On the 27th, released the first "chapter" with the same name as his hit song, 'Beauty and the Beast'. On the 28th of August 2016,[13] chapter 2 was released and this time based on the song 'Facing Time'. On the 29th, the third and final chapter was released, this time on the song 'I Suggest'. Section 8(1) is produced by G. Kuba and Malone himself.

Discography

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK UK
R&B
Walk with Me
  • Released: 24 July 2015
  • Format: Digital download
 8 2
Facing Time
  • Released: 3 June 2016
  • Format: Digital download
 1 —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Mixtapes

List of non-commercial mixtapes
Title Album details
SwaggaMan
  • Released: 2010
  • Format: Digital download
Why So Serious
  • Released: 2011
  • Format: Digital download
Lost In MeanWhile City
  • Released: 2012
  • Format: Digital download
The Journal of an Evil Genius
  • Released: 2014
  • Format: Digital download
Stereotyped
  • Released: January 2015
  • Format: Digital download

References

  1. ↑ "Little Mix Score Their Longest-Running No. 1 on U.K. Charts With 'Black Magic'". Billboard.
  2. ↑ "New EP: Bugzy Malone 'Walk With Me' - MOBO Awards". mobo.com. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  3. ↑ John Robinson. "Bugzy Malone, Colleen Green, Archie Shepp: this week's new live music". the Guardian. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "KODH TV". YouTube. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  5. ↑ KODH TV (2010-11-22), Bugzy Malone - KODH TV, retrieved 2016-11-30
  6. ↑ Gibbins, Paul (1 March 2016). "Which MC Recorded the Greatest 'Fire in the Booth'?". Noisey. Vice. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  7. ↑ Fire In The Booth – Bugzy Malone. YouTube. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  8. ↑ CHIP - PEPPER RIDDIM (NET VIDEO). YouTube. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  9. ↑ Bugzy Malone - Relegation Riddim [@TheBugzyMalone] - Link Up TV. YouTube. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  10. ↑ Tobi Oke. "2. Bugzy Malone – "Relegation Riddim" - The Best British Rap Verses Of The Month (War Edition) - Complex UK". Complex UK. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  11. ↑ Sidney Korboe. "Bugzy Malone fires back at Chip with 'Relegation Riddim'". BESPOKE MAGAZINE. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "The Chemical Brothers heading for sixth Number 1 album". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  13. ↑ "Bugzy Malone on Twitter".
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