MySpace Trawl – Excentral Tempest There’s never much hip-hop featured on this feature. It’s not because we don’t like it and single the genre out like the kid at school who had head lice. Unfortunately, it’s down to the fact that any sort of UK rap/hip hop that doesn’t get produced outside of London gets laughed at. Just look at Grandfather DJ Tim Westwood. He’s as ghetto as the local paperboy. But despite his achievements in championing many American artists, he still gets the piss ripped out of him. All for being the son of a vicar and sounding like something he’s not. Dizzee Rascal, Lethal Bizzle and to a lesser extent, So Solid Crew all came from various pirate radio backgrounds before gaining our attention. Unlike other music genres which can be really made from a bedroom, these artists have to battle against fellow producers/MCs before getting a whiff of attention from record type folk. Early career mixtapes are always in high demand when an artist makes it big. Excentral Tempest is a young female London MC who will hopefully show the blokes on the circuit that the ladies can cut it.