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Technically, Rizzle Kicks was founded in about 1996, when both members, in their miniature form, used to play together round Rizzle's auntie's house. It wasn't until eight years later that the pair reunited after both moving to Brighton and facing each other head-on in a Sunday league football match. Four years later, they ended up going to the same college and one day Rizzle got Sylvester to 'Lalala' all over a track. They soon realised how nicely their styles fitted together. Rizzle was just finishing off his own mixtape, rapping over samples of some of their favourite artists (Gorillaz, Lily Allen, Arctic Monkeys etc) when they officially became Rizzle Kicks.
As a newly formed duo, they started to hustle for beats from local producers and started making their own music videos with a friend of theirs.
Having finally been able to get into a proper studio with some talented producers after being signed to Island records, Rizzle Kicks are now working on their album, a mixture of pop and hip hop incorporating the fun elements of the old school hip-hop era circa 1988-92.
Rizzle Kicks
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30 Oct, 2013
Rizzle Kicks: UK Tour February / March 2014
"'Skip To The Good Bit's brassed up sampling of EMF's great 'Unbelievable' deserves to be the anthem of all our summers" - Q 4*
"Great one liners tumble out, tunes swagger ... the whole thing is irresistible" - The Guardian 4*
"A rip roaring set of smart catchy hip hop pop with a swaggeringly confident British flavour" - Daily Telegraph 4* Album of the week
"The aptly titled Roaring 20s presents the year's liveliest and sharpest representation of young British pop-culture. A brilliant, sometimes laugh out loud survey of modern life and modern loves as faced by teens and twenty-somethings, couched in raps of wry intelligence and sly imagination" - The Independent 4*
Platinum selling duo Rizzle Kicks whose new critically acclaimed album 'Roaring 20s' stormed into the chart at no.3 providing a much needed blast of their signature irresistible pop, have announced a massive tour of the UK, making an eagerly anticipated return to the live circuit in February / March 2014. Their brand new single 'Skip To The Good Bit' released on November 4th through Island Records. 'Skip..." samples 'Unbelievable', the massive UK and US number 1 hit from EMF, one of the biggest and most instantly recognisable hits from the last 20 years.
Full dates on artist's page. Tickets on general sale from 1st November.
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11 Oct, 2013
Rizzle Kicks: New Single 'Skip To The Good Bit'
'Skip To The Good Bit' is the new single from Rizzle Kicks taken from their album 'Roaring 20's'.