Piff Gang Interview X Craig Monts (Viceland.com)
London’s Piff Gang have the streets on lockdown. Their recent mixtape: Piff Breaks & 808′s is officially the soundtrack for the London streets. I had a Friday afternoon Skype conversation with Don Silk, Phaze One & J.Rells. Keepin’ it Pizzy.
Craig Monts: Let’s start at the top. How long have you lot been working together?
Don Silk: We have been friends for a long time, like I have known Relly (Rells) since I was about 14 or 15 and Phaze since I was about 18 or 19. But we have been running as the Piff Gang for about a year now. Piff breaks & 808′s is the first release we’ve dropped collectively. But we’ve got another 3 mixtapes stacked up and ready to go. All [the material has been] written and [is] ready to be recorded. So now we’re just trying to get the new shit out.
CM: I really enjoyed the Piff Breaks & 808′s. There’s some fresh sounding production.
Phaze: Yeah we got one track from Aaron La Crate. Big up Aaron for that one. I met him out in New York and we just vibed (connected). He sent over some wavey beats and we just got it popping! Don Silk: Then our producer Creme, he’s our main producer, did the rest of the beats on Piff Breaks & 808′s. There are also a few tracks from Budgie.
CM: What side of London are you lot from?
Phaze One: North and North-West. But pretty much all over. We are scattered all over London. You’ll see us everywhere!
CM: Where you going out in London? You know to party?
Don Silk: Best raves yeah? East London, obviously Dalston. It’s always wavey round there. And then Friday night in Brixton, Plan B is real wavey, real sick. There’s also a new party on Friday nights at 333 called ‘Messy’, which is going off right now.
CM: Thanks for the tips. What about the recent London riots? Did they affect you guys in anyway? Things looked pretty gnarly on the news. Rells: Those London riots happened at the same night as our first Piff Gang show.
CM: Really?!
Don Silk: Yeah, it was like we shut the city down. The whole thing started from our rap show and then it kind of spread out. (Laughs) J. Rells: Yeah, like someone bugged out and smashed a glass and then next thing you know, Croydon’s (South London) burning down! (Laughs)
CM: Seriously though, did anything kick off in your area? were you effected by the London riots?
Phaze One: Yeah, it was definitely serious. I saw like 16 fucking police cars flying down the road!
J.Rells: You ever seen escape from New York?
C.Monts: Yeah.
J.Rells: Well it was like that, but in London.
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MARY PIFFMAS TRACKLIST
1. Mary Piffmas (Produced By Budgie)
2. Pineapple Express (Produced By The Purist)
3. Jaeger Music (produced By Werewolf)
4. Mixtape Sh*t (Produced By Crankz)
5. Fly Shit (Produced By Branden BeatBoy)
6. Booty Call (Produced By Budgie)
7. Blue Slims And A Bag Of Piff (Produced By Werewolf)
8. Shinin’ (Produced By Budgie)
9. Don Silk Baby (Produced By Crankz)
10. PG On My Tee (Produced By Crankz)
11. Northern Lights (Produced By The Purist)
12. DPMO (Produced By Crankz)
13. Bicycle (Produced By The Purist)
14. Casi (Produced By Budgie)
15. See What Happens (Produced By Onra)
16. Bust A Nut (Produced By The Purist)
17. Afterparty (Produced By Budgie)
Piff Breaks & 808’s Downlaod Link
Piff Gang – Bow Down
