Also known as BBK Years active 2005–present | Genres Grime Website boybetterknow.com | |
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Associated acts Roll Deep Crew
Meridian Crew Origin London, United Kingdom (2005) Albums Boy Better Know: Tropical 2 Record labels Adapted Records, Boy Better Know Entertainment, Ravesta Records, Total Damage Records, Mega Prod Members Skepta, Jme, Wiley, Drake, Jammer Profiles | ||
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Boy Better Know is an English grime collective and record label. The collective was founded in North London in 2005 as an independent record label by brothers Jamie and Joseph Adenuga, and close friend David Shlogger, better known as JME and Skepta, and Dave Shlogger all of which are members of the collective and use the record label as a means to publish their music.
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History
In the early 2000s, Meridian Crew, consisting of MCs President T, Skepta, Jme and Big H regularly appeared on pirate radio stations including Heat FM and later on Déjà Vu FM. In 2005 Meridian Crew dissolved after affiliates of the crew were convicted on attempted murder charges. After this event Jme founded BBK alongside his brother Skepta while other Meridian members reformed as Bloodline Family.
In its early period "Boy Better Know" was well known for its line of eponymous T-shirts. The crew also had a regular show on Rinse FM with DJ Maximum. Jme's debut album Famous? was released on the label in 2008. "Too Many Man", the first single from the album, was released on 25 May 2009. The song is also featured on the Wiley and Skepta albums, Race Against Time and Microphone Champion, respectively. The song was written because of Skepta's annoyance over 'the lack of women in clubs'. It entered the UK Singles Chart on 6 June 2009 at #97, reaching #79 the next week. The second single from the album V.I.P, titled "Goin' In", was released for download on iTunes on 13 December 2009.
Jme's second studio album, Blam!, was released 4 October 2010. Three singles from this album were released; "Over Me", "Sidetracked", which features Wiley, and "CD Is Dead" featuring UK grime artist Tempa T.
In 2008, Boy Better Know pioneered a short-lived dance fad called the "Rolex Sweep" which accompanied the song of the same name by Skepta.
In November 2011 Boy Better Know Mobile was established, a 3G network which leases network bandwidth from Hutchinson 3G. This venture was ended in mid-2013.
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In-house producers and DJs
Discography
Songs
Too Many ManPure Grime - Mixed by The HeavyTrackerz · 2016
Goin' In2009
Duppy2008