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The Story of UK Sound

MistaJam tells the story of UK Sound. From N-Dubz to Tinchy, Dizzee to Chipmunk, Taio to Wiley, the British urban sound came of age in 2009 and took over the charts.

Why have artists like Dizzee Rascal, Chipmunk, Tinchy Stryder, N Dubz, Taio Cruz, Jay Sean, Chase & Status and JLS hit the big time now?

MistaJam finds out in the Story of the UK Sound, as he takes an in depth look into the success of UK black music, past and present.

With contributions from all the UK's major players as well as the Americans taking inspiration from our sound - Jay-Z, Pharrell Williams and Neyo - we celebrate the explosion of the UK Sound into the mainstream charts.

1 hour

Last on

Mon 22 Feb 2010 01:00

Music Played

  • Dizzee Rascal

    Stand Up Tall

  • Chase & Status

    Against All Odds (feat. Kano)

  • Dizzee Rascal

    Dance Wiv Me (feat. Calvin Harris and Chrome) (feat. Calvin Harris & Chrome)

  • Dizzee Rascal & Armand van Helden

    Bonkers

  • Dizzee Rascal

    Holiday (feat. Chrome & Calvin Harris)

  • Tinchy Stryder feat. N Dubz

    Number 1

  • Tinchy Stryder feat. Amelle

    Never Leave U

  • Taio Cruz

    Heartbreaker

  • Jay Sean - Down

  • JLS

    Beat Again

  • JLS

    Everybody in Love

  • Chase & Status

    End Credits (feat. Plan B)

  • Chip

    Oopsie Daisy

  • Chip

    Chip Diddy Chip

  • Soul II Soul

    Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) (feat. Caron Wheeler)

  • M-Beat feat. General Levy - Incredible

  • Goldie

    Inner City Life

  • Roni Size / Reprazent

    Brown Paper Bag

  • Shy FX & T Power

    Shake Your Body

  • Rebel MC feat. Peter Bouncer

    Jungalist (Serial Killaz VIP mix)

  • Rebel MC & Double Trouble

    Street Tuff

  • Derek B

    Bad Young Brother

  • Task Force & Braintax - Rockstarz

  • Mark B & Blade

    The Unknown

  • Roots Manuva

    Witness

  • Sway Dasafo

    Little Derek

  • DJ Luck & MC Neat

    Ain't No Stopping Us

  • Scrufizzer

    Wot Do you Call it?

  • So Solid Crew

    21 Seconds

  • More Fire Crew

    Oi

  • Pay as U Go Cartel

    Champagne Dance

  • Scrufizzer

    Gangsters

  • Craig David

    Fill Me In

  • Ms. Dynamite

    Dy-na-mi-tee

  • Dizzee Rascal

    I Luv U

  • Arctic Monkeys

    You Look Good on the Dance Floor

  • Snow Patrol

    Chasing Cars

  • Klaxons

    Golden Skans

  • Kaiser Chiefs

    Ruby

  • Bloc Party

    Flux

  • Kasabian

    Lsf

  • Scrufizzer

    Wearing My Rolex

  • Dizzee Rascal

    Dirty Cash

  • Tinchy Stryder

    Stryderman

  • Tinchy Stryder

    Underground

  • Tinchy Stryder

    Mainstream Money

  • Tinchy Stryder

    You're Not Alone

  • 顿辞苍补别鈥檕

    Party Hard

  • Take That

    How Deep is Your Love

  • Jay Sean - Dance With Me

  • Dynamite MC

    Industry

  • Amy Winehouse

    Back to Black

  • Leona Lewis

    Bleeding Heart

  • Estelle

    American Boy

  • Estelle

    Wait A Minute

  • Sway Dasafo

    Mercedes Benz

  • Jamelia

    Superstar

  • Kano

    Rock N Roller

  • Jay-Z - DOA (Chase & Status Remix)

  • Mr Hudson

    Everything is Broken

  • Chase

    Eastern Jam

  • Dizzee Rascal

    Fix up Look Sharp

  • Kano

    Ps & Qs

  • Giggs

    Blow

  • Devlin

    Community Outcast

  • Devlin

    Giant

  • Rapid

    Go

Broadcasts

  • Mon 15 Feb 2010 21:00
  • Mon 22 Feb 2010 01:00