MIXTAPE
BIIG
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Image by Margot Parker
The Hook mixtape is compiled through a series of music related questions. Each artist who fills it out can answer as many or as few of the questions as they wish, and elaborate on their choices, or let them speak for themselves.
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Artist
Biig Piig
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Location
London
FYI
Jess Smyth AKA Biig Piig is a founding member of Nine8 Collective, an ever evolving group of artists and musicians with a DIY ethos, also featuring Lava La Rue and Bone Slim
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Press Clippings
'razor-sharp lyrical observations about the angst and emotions of youth, half-mumbled and half-sung over smoked-out, jazzy hip hop/neo-soul beats.' - Dazed
The last piece of music you paid for (streaming doesn’t count)
The Very Best Of The Stone Roses album
Your favourite place to listen to music
On the bus
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A song which reminds you of your childhood
Sunshine - Gabrielle
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Your go-to karaoke song
Killing me softly - Roberta Flack
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A song which could change the world if everyone heard it
Private Dancer - Tina Turner
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A song you'd rather never hear again
That Crazy Frog song
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A song which reminds you of someone you don’t see anymore
A song which gets you in the mood (for dancing)
Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Staton / Give me the night - George Benson
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A song which gets you in the mood (for romancing)
The soundtrack to your last holiday
The Never Story - J.I.D (EP)
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A song which has changed your mind
Boys in the better land - Fontaine’s DC
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A song which makes you cry
Another lonely day - Ben Harper
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A song which gives you goosebumps
White Noise - Kojaque
A song which makes you feel empowered
Spotlight - Jennifer Hudson
An artist you regret never having seen live
Otis Redding
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An artist you hope to see live soon
D’Angelo
A gig you’ll never forget
Leonard Cohen / Rodriguez / Van Morrison / Erykah Badu
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An album you know by heart
Lord Apex - S.O.I.L
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A cover which is better than the original
D’Angelo - Feel like making love (originally by Roberta flack)
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A song you first heard on a film soundtrack
Anyone else but you - The Mouldy Peaches (on the movie Juno)
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A song you love in a foreign language
Un Veneno - C. Tangana
An instrumental song you love
Cloverland - DJ Screw
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A song which gets stuck in your head
One more chance - The Notorious B.I.G
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A recent musical discovery
Love The Things You Do - Pip Millet
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