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Rave Forever 10s: Aniefiok Ekpoudom

Aniefiok Ekpoudom joins Huw to discuss how UK rap, grime, and other sounds emerged and were celebrated on UK dancefloors in the 2010s.

Using his brilliant book, 'Where We Come From', Aniefiok Ekpoudom joins Huw to discuss how UK rap, grime and other sounds emerged and were celebrated on UK dance floors in the 2010s, exploding from the underground to dominate mainstream culture during that decade. They explore the massive influence of the West African diaspora and how migration history fundamentally shaped the music and the communities making it.

This show has been produced as part of the BBC's celebration of The Music is Black, a collaboration with V&A East Museum.

To find out more information, head to bbc.co.uk/themusicisblack.

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Music Played

  • Little Simz

    Offence

    • Age 101.

  • Kwes.

    36

    • Warp Records.

  • Big Boi

    Shutterbugg (feat. Cutty)

    • CD SINGLE.
    • MERCURY.
    • 1.

  • Katy B

    Lights On (feat. Ms. Dynamite)

    • Urban Floorfillers.
    • UMOD (Universal Music On Demand).
    • 9.

  • Kokoroko

    Adwa

    • KOKOROKO.
    • Brownswood Recordings.
    • 1.

  • Stormzy

    Big For Your Boots

    • Gang Signs & Prayer.
    • 0207 Def Jam.
    • 5.

  • Solange

    Binz

    • When I Get Home.
    • Saint Records/Columbia.
    • 14.

  • FLOHIO

    Watchout

    • Alpha.

  • Dave & AJ Tracey

    Thiago Silva

    • Dimaio Limited.

  • FKA twigs

    papi bones (feat. Shygirl)

    • Atlantic Records.

  • Chance the Rapper

    All Night (feat. Knox Fortune)

    • Chance The Rapper.

  • Terri Walker

    Breakout

    • Breakout.
    • So Real International.
    • 1.

  • Mura Masa

    Lovesick

    • Exclusive.
    • UMOD (Universal Music On Demand).
    • 19.

  • Mahalia

    Sober

    • Sober.
    • Atlantic Records UK.
    • 1.

  • Kendrick Lamar

    Alright

    • POLYDOR.

  • Childish Gambino

    This Is America

    • RCA Records.

  • Run The Jewels & Zack de la Rocha

    Close Your Eyes

    • Run The Jewels 2.
    • Mass Appeal.
    • 001.

  • Rapsody, Reyna Biddy & Voli

    Nina

    • Eve.
    • Jamla Records.
    • 1.

  • Denzel Curry

    Black Balloons

    • PH Recordings/Loma Vista.

  • Cardi B

    Bodak Yellow

    • Bodak Yellow.
    • KSR/Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Travis Scott

    SICKO MODE

    • ASTROWORLD.
    • Cactus Jack / Epic.
    • 3.

  • Lizzo

    Tempo (feat. Missy Elliott)

    • Atlantic Records.

  • Roses Gabor

    Turkish Delight

    • Seven Circles.

  • KAYTRANADA

    10% (feat. Kali Uchis)

    • 10%.
    • KAYTRANADA/RCA Records.
    • 6.

  • Loyle Carner

    The Isle Of Arran

    • AMF/Virgin EMI.

  • Michael Kiwanuka

    Final Days (Bonobo Remix)

    • Polydor.

  • Scratcha DVA

    Nasty Nasty Nasty

    Remix Artist: Roska.
    • Jelly Roll.
    • DVA Music.
    • 3.

  • Sinkane

    How We Be

    • Mean Love.
    • City Slang.
    • 001.

  • Sir Spyro

    Topper Top (feat. Teddy Bruckshot, Lady Chann & Killa P)

    • Topper Top.
    • DEEP MEDi MUSIK.

  • Sneakbo

    Touch ah Button

    • Lace records ltd.

  • Skepta

    It Ain't Safe (feat. Young Lord)

    • Konnichiwa.
    • Boy Better Know.
    • 5.

  • Stormzy

    Shut Up

    • Gang Signs & Prayer.
    • 0207 Def Jam.
    • 15.

  • Ceebo

    buzzball summer

    • blair babies.
    • Liberation Records.
    • 3.

  • Kojo Funds

    Dun Talkin (feat. Abra Cadabra)

    • Dun Talkin' (feat. Abra Cadabra).
    • Atlantic Records UK.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Friday 16:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music