Cut 2 Kill

From Chelmsford, Essex, Britain, Cut To Kill were among the initial UK rap organizations. Founded in the middle-80s, they comprised DJ 4 Melody and rapper Eyesight. The duo fulfilled in 1986 within their home town. Eyesight had developed with electro rap and older school DJs such as for example Grandmaster Adobe flash, while 4 Melody’s background is at ‘uncommon groove’. The second option influence led to samples such as for example Expenses Coday’s ‘Obtain Your Life Right’ becoming deployed throughout their early materials. They authorized to the self-employed label Tam Tam Information (whose other performers included Metallic Bullet), having been looked into based on a four-track demonstration which circulated throughout London in 1985. Their debut solitary was the dual a-side ‘Speaking Facts’/‘Listen TOWARDS THE Bass Shade’, the b-side made by part-time member DJ Popularity (in fact Liam Howlett, later on from the Prodigy). Nevertheless, in keeping with Metallic Bullet they under no circumstances satisfied their potential, though ‘Speaking Facts’ remains broadly regarded as a significant staging post in the introduction of UK rap and hip-hop.