I expected it from Papoose, not Ian Brown. As a rapper, I was so impressed he did something like this. A beautiful song I couldn’t leave off the list for every reason.”
I love this song ‘cause he takes the piss out of posers.”Ĩ. He has complex rhyme patterns and talks about stuff that really happens in the street or the boozer. “Alex Turner always reminded me of a rapper. Arctic Monkeys – ‘Fake Tales Of San Francisco’ “He rhymes almost every word in each sentence the anger, the theatrics in his delivery. ‘Stan’ by Eminem is storytelling at its best and at a level I will always aspire to.” “Throughout my career I’ve told stories in my music. “Pac is one of my favourite rappers of all time and this song is so intense his cadence, lyrics, the features on it are spot on. What kind of list would this be without it?” “Ian’s melodies and lyrics in his obvious, proud Mancunian accent let me know people that sound like me can sound mint.” “”I need to be myself, I can’t be no one else” – this song makes you feel 10 foot tall.
#SHOTTY HORROH MUSIC FULL#
It’s kinda, full circle to be able to write a list like this with an establishment like yourself, a very fun exercise indeed.” I used to study these songs day in day out in awe of my idols and their talent. – ‘a sharp-tongued drama starring Connor Swindells as a troubled teenager trying to make rhyme pay.’ – which premieres at the BFI London Film Festival on 13 October.Īs for his Top 10: “This playlist is made up of songs that made me want to make the type of music I make. Horroh makes his acting debut this autumn, in the film Vs. And that’s how it’ll be from now till the end of time.” For years I became Shotty Horroh for safety. “This is the first time in my career I’m showing people Adam.
As a Mancunian, that sound just resonates more than anything else,” he says. “Back home, rock and roll’s always been working class music. On songs such as ‘Shudehill,’ ‘Alien’ and ‘Dirty Old Town,’ he digs deep into the reality and rubbish of modern life: at times passionate, aggressive and intense, others heartbreaking and tender. Upcoming album, Salt Of The Earth, is the sound of Shotty Horroh’s musical roots.
#SHOTTY HORROH MUSIC MOVIE#
Ahead of both his album and movie debut this October, Manchester’s Shotty Horroh (aka Adam Rooney) has announced his latest single ‘Frank & Stein’, out now and available on all DSPs.