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I love hip-hop. Real, gritty hip-hop with the baddest beats and the deepest lyrics.What I also love about the genre though,is that sometimes, its just really frickin funny.Queens English are a hip-hop collective that can do humour, while getting your head nodding to the beat.For anyone who missed them at the last ‘Turn Off your Radio’ they were sick,so I caught up them to chat shit and basically nothing about hip-hop…

So why are you called Queens English?

It was the name of a dictionary in Leon’s room at University. It just worked. It says everything you need to know about the music and its a talking point, it makes people think.
 
How was performing at TOTR?

A good laugh. We’ve always liked the idea of going back to basics, just a guitar and some voices…We call it Sit-Hop…One day we’re gonna play Ronnie Scott’s with Jamie Cullum on the tamborine.
 
Whats on your iPod right now?

My Ipod cable and some keys, music wise – Dave Matthews Band – Two Step

 
Ok, now to see how Boxfresh you are.Brace yourself…
 

How many times a week do you have a shower?

 Bad question, at times it could be every day, however, I have gone 3 weeks without one (I was in a desert in Kazakhstan, so I’ll forgive myself for this).
 
How many pairs of creps do you have?

 Well, personally I’ve always enjoyed savoury crepes, with my favourite probably being, Comte cheese, Serrano Ham and button mushrooms.
 
Your picture is in a launderette,is that where fresh hip-hoppers hang out?

Fresh Hi- Hoppers hang out at the following places; Battersea Car boot, St Johns (Farringdon), my Mum’s house (Dorking) and our studio (Camberwell)
 
Is there anything forbidden from your wardrobe?

 Only my friend Guy as he tends to mistake wardrobes for toilets most nights.
 
What’s the freshest hip-hop you’ve heard this week?

Chinese Man – Architaut
 
What are you guys doing right now?(music wise!)

Re-recording new tunes, bickering about compression types and enjoying the new flex tool in Logic 9.
 
What does the future hold for you guys?

 Three children, a house in the country, wood burning stove, a substantial amount of Eames inspired furniture, a large vegetable patch and a pipe, but not together.

Check out Queens English on www.myspace.com/queensenglish 

Kieran Yates

@kieran_yates