5. Wiley
Ok so basically Wiley made this on the back of DJ Wonder’s ‘What’, which anyone who knows the music of the time will know. Wiley loved that tune so much that he done his own version. Now this one was mad because it was this unusual half-time that was just so gritty. Oh man, this was like ‘Saved Soul’ for me in terms of sound and significance. MCs went over it so good. Roll Deep did the vocal, Riko, Wiley, Scratchy, Trim and all them boys was on it. Now that was just madness. When that came out in the shops, Wiley was selling it for a tenner. I mean, a tenner for one tune! That was a lot of money back then. They only cost him 50p to make and he was selling them out the back of his car boot. The record shops that sold grime over here [in East London], well they were buying boxes of that tune. All the kids were just buying them as it was Wiley and the tune was good. But Geeneus told the shops – and I know he said this to Rhythm Division – that because ‘Morgue’ sounded like it was a ‘What’ bootleg, if they start taking these tunes, we’re not going to give them our tunes on Dump Valve, which was mine and G’s label. So the record shops were getting a bit wary of selling tunes from Wiley and there was a bit of tension between the two of those guys at the time. It was hard as if they were buying ‘Morgue’ then they couldn’t get mine and G’s tunes for that shop. So it was a bit on top for a minute. People were buying them on the quiet and selling them under the counter and that, one of them sneaky ones you know? But it was a good tune, there’s no doubt about that.
