The Bite Magazine - issue 16

I t’s not every day that a grime artist would grab my attention but somehow K Malcolm did. Perhaps it was his comical style of telling a story that made my ears perked up whereas with others, it’s just ‘pure noise’ to me.The title of his track is also interesting as he’s not trying to claim to be someone he’s not. Having grown up on Gloucester Grove Estate in south-east London, K Malcolm looked to people like Giggs, Asher D and Rio Ferdinand for inspiration who had gone on to achieve big things. He has always had a passion for music as well as playing football semi-professionally. Performing underground and/or dishing out mix- tapes seems to be the norm these days in getting noticed and K Malcom is no exception. This has worked out for him as he achieved success with the white label track ‘Next Up’ and having the likes of Tinie Tempah featured on the remix means you’re getting somewhere. The artist has also worked with members of N Dubz which resulted in Tulisa using the track ‘Miss My London’ for her YouTube based photo shoot. ‘Never Been A Badman’ has a nice musical opening that grabbed my atten- tion immediately. It could have had a heavy rapping tone throughout but Malcolm comes in with a nice even tone. He gives a little narrative about what it was like living on a council estate when he was a young kid and aspired to be like the older guys who seemed to have everything – getting the girls and the latest trainers until one of his neighbours tells him ‘you can’t be like them.’ After asking the neighbour why he can’t be like them, he then launches into the title of his track whilst keeping the music nicely toned and pumping throughout, enough to get you on your feet and jamming along to the tune. I reckon it would do well in the clubs; no doubt the floor would fill up real quick when this track hits the deck, with clubbers bouncing into each other for lack of room. Unfortunately, at present K Malcolm only has an audio video for this track but you can listen to the track on SoundCloud HERE . In the meantime, check out his ‘One Take Freestyle’ video to get a flavour of this fast-rapping and emerging artist. K MALCOLM bite new music Image courtesy of Matchbox Recordings Never Been A Badman