Put It In A Bag - Music

Fem Fel Real Name Femi Falola Was A Late-Comer To Music. He Discovered His Talent For Rapping Whilst Serving A Prison Term In 2005. What Began As Penning Some Diary-Style Lyrics With His Cellmate Along To A Cormega CD Soon Became An Obsession Leading To Him Take Part In Rap Battles Out In The Exercise Yard. Fem Says It Was His Obsessive Personality That Made Him Want To Be The Best At This New Talent He’d Discovered. Fem Began To Take His Life Seriously Away From The Trouble And Strife Of A Life Of Crime. He Began Volunteering As A Support Assistant With Children And Studied For A Sociology Degree. On Leaving Prison In 2005 Fem Embarked On A Journey Of Musical Self Discovery. His First Stop Was To Join With Friends And Crew-Mates South London Hip Hop Crew ‘SN1’ Made Famous Over The Past Couple Of Years By The XL Recordings Rapper Giggs Who Fem Grew Up With. Fem‘s Foray Into Music Produced A Handful Of Releases Including ‘The Beginning’ ‘Hollowgrind’ ‘A Brand New Problem’ And ‘345’ Volumes 1 And 2. It Was ‘It’s You’ That Propelled Fem Onto Radio And Out Of The Confines Of South London In 2008. It Was Around This Time That Fem Left SN1 To Concentrate On Himself As A Solo Artist. Fem Produced ‘Graffiti On The Wall’ With Music Website GrimeDaily In Early 2010 A Collection Of Tracks From Some Of The UK’s Best Rap Talent Including Sway And Bigz And Joined Forces With Grime MC Skepta On B.O.S.S.
In Summer 2010 Fem Was Signed Officially To TenTen Records. It Was At This Time The Rapper Began Recording His Debut Album ‘Eyes Closed’. Inspired By The Sounds Of DMX Blackstreet And So Solid Crew As He Was Growing Up Fem Describes The Recording Of His Album As A Cathartic Experience ‘closing His Eyes And Letting It All Out’ Telling Story After Story Of His Life Over 15 Tracks Produced By Rymez Dan Dare Sibling And Many Others. A Freestyle Track Picking Through His Murky Experience Of Prison Was Picked Up By BBC3’s Jail Tales On Which Fem Appeared In 2010. Fem's Debut Single Runnin’ Produced By Rymez Featuring Lily McKenzie Was Released On TenTen Records In December 2010 With Follow Up Video Single Put It In A Bag Featuring Blade Brown Produced By Dan Dare In January. The Rap / Club Track Features Video Appearances By Various Artists And Friends From The Rap / Grime Scene Including Skepta Tinie Tempah Giggs G FrSH Sincere And Lots More. 'Put It In A Bag' Was Made Ace & Vis 'Top 4 Tracks Of The Week' And Has Also Received Plays By BBC Radio 1Xtra DJs Target And Semtex And Choice FM's DJ Quincey. The Album 'Eyes Closed' Is Released In May 2011. Known For His Laid-Back Flow And Thought-Provoking Lyrics This Artists' Name Has Now Been Placed High Up In My Ones To Watch List For 2011.
The Independent 'one Of The Most Respected Yet Humble UK Rappers Making Waves At The Moment.'
MTV The Rapper Hailing From South London Has Most Definitely Been On His Musical Grind This Year'
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