She loves the boys, they love her.

For as long as I can remember rap has been my 'thing', by just mentioning '50 Cent' or 'bullet proof vest', I would act like a peado in a primary school (sorry...had to be done). Yet, over time rap started to get boring, I just lost a lil love...That was until I was introduced to music by the likes of Namalee and Niyi (suck up), from one track I learnt not only that shanking wasn't the way forward, but that music, can too enduce epileptic fits... Talented musician and Supersuper magazine extrodinnaire Namalee, has been spreading her spongebob enduced love for quite a while now, and based on tracks such as 'Namazonia' and 'I wanna be a kartoon', shes clearly about 'da business'.This down-to-earth Namazonia queen, took the time out of her colourful schedule to talk music, life and her thoughts on the neu-rave movement...Dun no.

So, Miss Namalee what have you been doing with yourself recently? (Basically is there anything exclusive you want to tell us, so we look better than everyone else)

I've been working on my album with Niyi and Rat Scabies (legendary drummer with The Damned). I had to bring the king of nu rave beats together with the king of punk drums - it had to be done!!! Its amazing because it shows the connection between what we are doing and the whole punk DIY spirit. Bands like The Damned and X-Ray Spex made some epic proto-pop songs that still feel ultra modern today. It just shows how forward-thinking it all was..The album will be out next year..I've also been getting some exclusive Namazonia remixes done (watch this space !!), and planning a 'welcome to namazonia' tour for next year too..

In such a fast and furious profession, how do you manage to stay so grounded (a.k.a not do a Britney)?

I am a very grounded person - I hate people who think they are better than anyone else. Elitist behaviour actually disgusts me. My mum brought me up to believe that everyone is equal no matter who they are or where they come from.

You are known for your loud music and even louder garms, what is your inspiration?

I am inspired by life I guess - my friends, our ideas, and general randomness. I'm really into 'progression' and I dont like 'cliches' - i.e being rock n roll means that you have to get hammered and dress in a black leather jacket etc. Stereotypes are a load of fucking bollocks. I am more rebellious than anyone i have met in London, and I dont drink or smoke or take drugs. It's all about balls, and attitude. People who aren't afraid to take risks inspire me - so i guess that means my friends, my sister, my cat....

Is music something you have always wanted to do?

No - I wanted to be an artist. I was big into illustration for a long. I was a really quiet geeky child who just sat around drawing eagles and observing everything. Then later I was convinced I was gonna be the female Andy Warhol. Singing was a necessity in the end because I had so many things I wanted to say about the world, and I was doing fashion and my opinions didnt matter for shit cos people dont really care about things like that in fashion. It got to the stage where I was like, 'well I am either gonna start writing music or kill myself.'

If you had the chance to collaborate with ABSOLUTELY ANY ARTIST who would it be, and why?

Sizzla - the dancehall singer, because he says such beautiful things about existentialism and how to live peacefully and stuff. Or maybe Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age cos he is AMAZING. Or maybe Pretty Ricky in a smooth r'n'b lurve melody. Now people are starting to get to know you and your music, has your life changed?Not at all. I've always walked around knowing I was gonna do something like this, so my life is the same pretty much. I still have no money. But I dont really care about money. Money sucks!!

You are also involved in the amazing (yes I'm a suck up...and what!) magazine Supersuper, how did that come about?

Haha!! Well me and Supersteve started it together. we used to work for this mag - Sleazenation - and he was editor and I was fashion editor. He got sacked for re-designing the mag in a 'proto super super'- esque style back in, like, 2003. He made it all really bright and loud and offensive during a time when minimalism was the holy grail. It was a really fucking brave thing to do so when he left I thought 'fuck this! Im leaving too'. And we started Super Super. Its our baby. We just wanted to create something truthful and positive that would prove all the miserable cynics wrong. So thats what we did. There is so much amazing stuff going on at the moment and I wanted young creative people to have their own voice and have a chance to pat themselves on the back for a change, rather than have a mag that put them down. I hate this culture of putting everything down and saying everything is shit.

You seem to be a busy lady, what like to do to relax?

Go out and dance!!! I have too much energy for one person to have. Its like a weird disease.

Finally, have you got any advice for those that would like to get into a similar line of work as you?

Dont listen to anyone who tells you that you cant do what you know you can. Always follow your heart and your instinct. People who dont believe in themselves will always laugh at you when they see you trying to achieve something. But just tell them to 'fuck off' and get on with doing your thing - whatever that may be.I wrote a song about this called 'I knew I was Rite' - its basically telling everyone who doubted me to take a running jump. haha!!

Oh and what do you have to say to those likkle faaarkers that say nu-rave is just a phase?

Haha!! Nu rave or what ever you wanna call it has been a little confused in the media's easy-to-swallow version of events. But heeey, we dont mind!!! I think the people who were there all know who, why and when it all started, and it's ethos certainly isnt about doing covers of old rave classics. Thats the last thing we would so - we were always about the 'NU'. Its a far more complex story than magazines like the NME have reported, - its a whole philosophy about truth, much like punk was, and thats why its talking longer to develop - its still developing now. Me and Niyi are examples of that development. We started making music with the mindset that we would use what we had infront of us - fruity loops and a broken one string guitar and a synth to make something truthful about our lives. We were very anti - cool/ anti-style references and therefore you get a weird clunky kind of abc sound like 'Namazonia.' I dont care if its called 'nu rave' or nu whatever. The most important part is the 'NU'.

All together now: She's your queen to beeeee...
www.myspace.com/namalee

This is actually not a joke.

I'm gonna pour a 40 for my boys in the 'Keep a child alive' advertising department. Because if God is good, they will have lost their jobs for this.

Final Countdown.

This has been on the mind of many people (well, at least the ones I know)...september 11th (US release). I really want to know if 50 will stick to his word and give up rapping if West wins...Doubt it. Not calling him a lier, but after being shot 9 times your mind may not be 100% there if ya get what I'm saying.
But on a serious note,I kinda felt sick as I rememberd that people were more concerned about these two black males album sales instead of remembering those that lost their lives. THEN I realised that by writing this post I'm contributing to the issue...so I thought FARRK IT. So who's album are you going to buy?

50 cent- I Get Money


Name: 50 Cent, Fiddy, Curtis Jackson
Hardships: Being shot 9 times
Sounds like: Mike Tyson with talent
Where you'll find him: Shubbzing it up in new york OR wearing a bullet proof vest in the heat.

Kanye West: Can't Tell Me Nothing



Name: Kanye West, Louis Vuitton Don, Kanye Omari West
Hardship: Serious carcrash
Sounds like: Carlton (Fresh Prince of Belaire, Wills gangsta cousin)
Where you'll find him: Wearing those stupid glasses in Chicago, looking dapper in a preppy-ish suit.

Frig it, I'mma buy my mum both.

Summer 2007...what we loved and hated.

Now, I'm sure you will all agree that this summer has been one fat bummba clart. For many of you it was 'pretty alright', others may want to completely forget the holiday. So if you are one of the latter, I thought 'hey why don't I take the piss and compile a list of things to constantly remind you of your rubbish summer'? Wise thinking, eh!

THINGS WE LOVED

1)Seeing fat men topless: Nothing, and I repeating nothing compares to a pair of man boobs during the summer, unless that boobed male is riding a mechanical bull whilst eating whipped cream. So whether you are a male rocking a B cup or straight double D's, titty man better know...we have bare love for you.

2)Going to / being molested at festivals: Summer and festivals are like old school lovers, you appreciate the fact that they look good together, yet secretly wish something would happen so they break up...(I am not evil, swear down). So, if you missed out on Glastonbury, Reading, The Underage Festival or any other location that will leave leave you on crutches and smelling like a McDonalds toilet YOU ARE OFFICIALLY RUBBISH.

3)Jeremy Kyle: Now I love seeing people shouting at others, and I love TV...so seeing someone shouting at others ON tv is my ultimate dream. The fact that Jeremy can scream 'you are a pathetic i-de-ot' at a dude that looks like he just ate donkey kong as a side dish in Nando's, deserves ratings. Oh, and isn't it funny that he seems to have been through everything his guests have? I mean yesterday I swear he claimed, my cousin-in-law died in the war fighting for his country,what do you do?, but this damn morning I'm sure he was saying, my cousin-in-law was a peace activist, he would never harm a living soul to this very day! I mean I'm not a gulluble person, but that cousin-in-law of yours is on some Heros flex. I mean. Coming back to life all unscratched and shyte.

4)Behind bars sheek: Frig vegetables, sipping liquids that smell like dog doo-doo and drinking diet coke. I mean they never work, the most they do is leave you feeling like you just caught your favourite aunty getting freaky with Jim Branin. But, this summer has opened so many diet doors, and this method doesn't cost you anything...but a criminal record. Although it may sound confusing but what do Paris Hilton, Nichole Richie and Lindsay Lohan have in common? They all went to prison, but not only that...THEY ARE ALL FRIGGIN THIN. Now, that whole malnourished boy/life sentence look isn't really my thing, so why not drop one dress size...just remember...DONT DROP THE SOAP DARLINGS!

5)Going to weddings: The food man, the food...oh and the part where the man and woman say stuff to each other and then kiss.

THINGS WE HATED

1)The weather: Ultimate p-take, I'm sure the sun is laughing at us right this second thinking, 'you'll regret not bringing a jacket, you eeediot'. Need I say more?

2)Amy Winehouse: The fact that things are going pretty shyte for her and her lover right now. However, it did teach us that if you faaark wid her, she will scrath your face off...no joke.

3)Magazines telling you how to live: I understand seeing the lastest trends and buying nice clothes, but half of these magazines will cause you to become slightly deranged. One issue will tell you presentation is key, 'do not leave the house without make up/cufflinks or cologne on', then the next one is saying 'natural beauty is key/and men that wear cologne or cufflinks should be shanked'...WHAT DO WE DO?? That's why I believe you should only listen to our fashion tips, they are 90%* less likely to leave you deranged.

*this is an unproven lie I made up on the spot.

4) Realising how much I dislike Akon: He basically makes sweet love to an underaged child on stage, and then decides to make things 100 times worse by chucking a fan into the crowd! I don't usually hold grudges against artists as I dont know them personally, but shyte man...you're either really silly or smoking some really good stuff. He is a smart cookie though, because he realises no matter how bad he is, by simply
producing a song that sounds like a chip munk on speed...people will forget it all!
Oh, and he has like three wives...wait, as I read over these points I am beginning to slowly think he is in the wrong list. Akon, I salute you.

5)Wiley being dropped: The eskikid has been dropped from Big Dadda and my heart has been dropped from...wherever I was dropped from. It's a shame when talented artists don't get the attention they deserve...for example, Vanilla Ice and The Cheeky Girls, I mean, 'Touch my bum this is life" were some serious bars.

6) Being unemployed: I don't wish to discuss.

Summer 2007, what an experience.