The Great Hip Hop Hoax Page #3

There was a couple of people

we could see, kind of, laughing.

We could see people smiling,

but it wasn't a smile as in,

"Wow, this is fantastic,"

it was a smile as in,

"What the hell is this?"

We were like,

"What's with the f***ing laughter?!"

One of them referred to us

as the Rapping Proclaimers.

It sounds like

you're the Rapping Proclaimers.

It was just horrifying

to hear someone

just destroy it in a second,

all because of where we were from.

This was completely alien to them.

They're like, "Right, so, Scottish

rap?" And we were like, "Yeah. "

And it was, they were just like,

"No, no, that's not going to work. "

Didn't enjoy that 13-hour

bus journey back.

They were really cocky

and I was just heartbroken.

I couldn't even talk.

It was just like an absolute

journey from hell.

We were really, really hurt.

Confidence was smashed.

It was all doom and gloom.

What are we going to do?

We need to change our lives.

We need to change

everything we're doing.

All we wanted to do

was be the next big thing.

As a group it was just,

it felt like it was the end.

For me and Gav, I think

it made us stronger.

It made us determined

to prove the people wrong.

A big part of me wanted revenge.

I wanted to show these people,

"How dare they tell me, after the

hours I put in, how dare they say

"that this isn't good?"

He was so absolute hell bent

on making it.

And that's what we set out to do,

so we wrote new tunes

and we stepped up a gear.

Everything was better.

The lyrics were better, the music was

better, our performance was better.

We wanted to get some shows in London

to prove these guys wrong.

So we started phoning

and we ended up saying,

"Hi, we're rappers from Scotland, can

you... " And it was like... hang up.

So we tried again, "Hiya, we're

a hip-hop group from Dundee... "

Dooo! No-one was interested.

"Oh, sorry, guys,

it's not what we're looking for. "

We felt like we were back

in the audition in London again.

It was my turn to phone,

and for a complete joke

and to, sort of, pick our spirits up

I spoke in an American accent.

I just said,

"Hey, we're from California,

"we're coming to London to try and

get a show," and people were like,

"Oh, wow, can you send us any

of your music?" And we were like...

"What? Like, really?"

So, we did it again, we tried and we

were like, "Hi, we're from California

"and we'd love to send you guys our

demo. " And, "Oh, yeah, send us it.

"This is great,

we're really interested. "

It, kind of,

felt like... but...

It's the same music, it's the same

thing so why would you be interested?

That was shocking. That was just

like, OK, this has got nothing

to do with how good we are, this has

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