52 10 SHOTT
HOT SHOTT WORDS | Dr Khan
As one half of infamous hip hop crew Vicious hierarchy and served as a sharp reminder Soldiers’ track garnering attention for its
Circle, 10 Shott tasted success when the of his talent to any doubters. “From there I anti-Iraq war message, 10 Shott is keeping
duo’s 2001 album ‘Bagged Out’ blew up big started taking things a lot more seriously,” up the pressure: “Even back on the Vicious
time. Since their split, he has been working he explains. “When we started out we were Circle album I tried to put a few concepts on
hard to re-establish his place at the top young and naïve and didn’t know anything there. I like to do concept tracks. It’s good
of the game, both in the UK and overseas. about the game. As time passed with ‘Ghetto doing freestyle tracks where people like to
The last British artist ever to appear on the Brick Road’ getting some attention, I started hear some crazy rhyming and metaphors,
legendary ‘Yo MTV Raps!’ show took time out to venture out and got myself some gigs, one but I like to go a bit deeper sometimes. ‘Tin
of his busy schedule to give us the latest. of which was at a festival in Swindon. I did Soldiers’ came about because a guy I used
a 45-minute set to 7-8000 predominantly to work with is in Iraq right now. He hates it
“It all started off on the estate where we white, mostly non-hip hop fans, which went and says he wishes he knew this and that
grew up in Wolverhampton,” begins 10 Shott. down really well. They asked me to perform before he went in. He’s been watching all the
“We’d all just do what kids do at a young the whole set again later in the evening and conspiracy theories and he wishes he wasn’t
age, hanging out on our estate, rapping and ZY Records were there and saw the set. They there. So I wanted to write a track from the
beatboxing on the stairs. Tricksta who was approached me to sign with them after that.” perspective of a soldier over there. I’m not
running Wolftown Records lived in the same really a political person but that’s how ‘Tin
block of flats and he walked past one day and The partnership with ZY seems to have Soldiers’ came about.”
said that he liked what we were doing. We got given 10 Shott a new lease of life with his
signed from there.” forthcoming ‘Groundbreaker’ LP all set to be 10 Shott speaks positively when questioned
one of the most hotly anticipated UK releases about the current UK hip hop climate: “I think
10 Shott and rhyming partner Size 8 were this year. The lead single ‘Memory Blank’ has the UK scene is waking up. I think there’s
snapped up under their Vicious Circle moniker been doing all kinds of damage on MTV Base, been a lot of ignorance which is holding it
and welcomed into the burgeoning Wolftown Channel U and dancefloors alike and 10 Shott back. There’s a load of artists that are doing
Records camp which was to play a pivotal has been grafting hard on fixing up some very well now and putting the UK on the map.
role in the Midlands hip hop scene around the special collabos: “I hooked up with Redman There’s a lot of talent from Wolverhampton
turn of the millennium breaking artists such and Method Man and we’re all set to do some as well right now. If I had the financial
as Wolftown Committee and Villains. Vicious collaborations when they come off tour. I’m backing, I’d love to sign a good few artists
Circle’s debut album ‘Bagged Out’ was then also touring wherever I can, I just played in out of Wolverhampton, there’s a lot of them
unleashed and instantly gained classic status Egypt and I’m in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania coming through who are delivering messages
(recently voted No 29 in Hip Hop Connection’s over the next month or so. There’s a big vibe in but still bringing the party vibes.”
Top 50 UK albums of all time). Europe, trust me!”
www.10shott.com
Upon going solo in 2003, 10 Shott released With a guest slot on Bashy’s massive ‘Black www.myspace.com/10shott
the ‘Ghetto Brick Road’ mixtape, which Boys’ single: “Big ups to Bashy for leaving my
reaffirmed his place in the UK hip hop chorus on there as well!” and his own ‘Tin
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