With his various business activities and touring on the go, there’s also the matter of his-own solo material to discuss. I asked him about the what’s in store. “Expect the unexpected!” he says whilst skinning up another ‘little one’. ‘I know every artist says ‘oh my sound is really innovating’, but I really believe I’m doing something fresh. It’s not at all about UK hip hop. I hate that tag! I’d already done eight tracks and I stopped about six months ago, stepped back from the music and listened to what I’d done. I just thought it sounded boring. It was just too obvious, too British hip hop, and I think there are people out there who do that better than me. So from that point on I’ve just concentrated on being me a hundred percent”. That seems to make sense. Was that what you were doing on your recent tongue in cheek track ‘The Great British Moan’ ? Yeh exactly! That track was my way to address certain serious issues in a humorous way. I just listed everything that piss’s me off on a day-to-day basis. I mentioned blue top milk, Kilroy Silk traffic wardens, trendy bars, ring tones, weak tea, parents that swear at their kids – the lot! Some people cussed it off and didn’t feel it, and some people where really, really in it. That’s what I want - a reaction and to cause a stir. It got a lot of love on 1Xtra and I think made certain people realise I can hold my own on a track and not just be regarded as a live MC. I’m working on my mixtape album at the moment and just trying to take a really honest approach to making music. No fake bullshit, I’m a moaner not a gangster!”
Amen to that, and with that he’s reverts back to stories from his recent trip to Moscow and lunches into another tale of how Russian wild dogs make a different sound when they bark! “Do you know they don’t actually go ‘woof woof’? When they bark it actually sounds like ‘guff guff!’ it’s a really strange place!” Well there you go folks, you heard it here first! The self-proclaimed ‘jack of all trades’ has got his business head tightly screwed and if he has it his way - this control freak is gonna make sure you all ‘wrec-ognise’ exactly what’s up!
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