From Grime Wikipedia
Griminal is an MC from Plaistow in East London, the younger brother of DJs Marcus Nasty and Mak 10 as well as fellow MC Little Nasty, he was born into a very musical family and indeed into the legacy of one of the most famous crews in Grime history - Nasty Crew. Despite never releasing a proper mixtape or album and appearing in very few videos, Griminal is one of the most well known and popular Grime MCs and around 2008 he was widely touted as the most promising younger in the scene and a future star to look out for P90x Workout Schedule.
In 2010 Griminal changed his musical direction considerably and made a number of princess engagement rings commercial-orientated dance songs, featuring less hardhitting and complex lyrics than he had previously been known for. This Prompted a considerable backlash amongst his fans, to which he responded during two bitter pos system posts on GrimeForum, attacking the supporters in the scene who labelled him and others a "sell-out". Griminal has said he will keep making Grime for his hardcore fans, as proven by his two free releases in 2010, but he "needs to make money" and so will continue to pursue a career in the mainstream,symptoms of gallbladder in the footsteps of Tinchy Stryder and Tinie Tempah.
Discography
Its Not Just Barz (2008) Grimsom (2010) Grimsom II (2010) Grimsom III+IV
- Don't act like you don't know who it is \ Griminal N-A-S-T the Y \ when man a come thru we do it big, gyal are like Griminal's sexy, alie? \ And it's not just any gyal I do it with, I be the best teen alive \ and it's not me it's you who is pissed, 'cuz some man think they've left me behind. \ SWITCH!!!, Go into Devilish mode, Devilish mode, levilin'? no, ohh No you loan modification can't better this flow \ try come against and I'm telling them no, no, then I'm sending them home \ if it ain't bout dough I'm not getting involved, Private it, I divert it \ fam it's a par stop belling this phone.
- You can't be fucking with me \ you don't know what i've got under my sleeve \ I don't care what the skeng done to the tree \ if you see what the blade did to the vending machines face \ you definitely wouldn't be mucking with me \ me i'm on a next ting fuck the police \ them boy there are just going on shower, I lightning, rain and thunder the beat.
- Spit facts \ not a twit, not a twat \ they said spit, so I spat \ they could never diss, it's not that \ it's so deep, I roll deep \ but i'm not Trim, i'm not Scratch \ it's Grim and i'm raggz \ i'll swing and i'll stab \ I don't think that i'm bad \ cut the chit, cut the chat \ or get the click, get the clack \ hear the split, hear the splat \ oh yes, we're so fresh \ we're like tic, we're like tac \ i'm like Big, i'm like Pac \ we got hits, we got tracks.
- Who does he think that he is \ some silly fiend and he thinks that he’s big \ thinking he’s hot but i’m thinking he’s not \ somebody tell him that I think he’s a prick \ I don’t know what he thinks that he did \ been where, done what - talking shit \ wasteman must think that it’s Grim that he is \ but the thing is I think that he’s shit \ you know that i’m sick from the things that I spit \ it is what it is, I spit what I live \ I am legend this is not a myth \ with what I spit \ you can see clear this kids got a gift \ this is not a fib \ Nasty be the click that i’m with \ and I thank them for all The shit that I did.
features in the scene
artist links
griminal's twitter [[1]] griminal's facebook [[2]] essay help [[3]]