Ed Scissor - Max (Official Video) (Prod. Lamplighter) 

We all know a man like Max. It could be a family member, a mate, a loved one or a lost one, might even be yourself. As dark as this tune is its a beautiful example of a life we all know to well. Absolute masterpiece 👏

Lamplighter is possibly the best producer I've been listening to in recent weeks. Every instrumental he does is flawless, mad respect.

UK has some top notch producers.

i love how dark a lot of ed's stuff is, he really is a genius

rawest fucking beat

This is a literal masterpiece , remember listening to this while fresh outta highschool ... all this high focus stuff just blew my mind

When are we going to be hearing from Ed Scissor again????

i so fuckin' relate to this track, the gear,bee,smack call it whathever fucked up my life properly...when you feel really really good then comes to feel really fuckin' bad, no talking' about no fuckin' karma, it's just the duality that happens in this world simple as the day & night, good & bad, moon & sun...my advice, leave you're veins alone..safe

This shit is so relatable cos we all probably knew a 'Spastic Max' in our local community or school. I was a bit of an outcast, so I'd talk to this archetype regularly. He's the kid who faced so much darkness he decided to embrace it.

This will always be one of my favourite songs ever

11 years on and still just as good as day 1

beautiful

All artists mentioned are worth bowing to. But this is Edward Scissortongue. Stand up!!!

Whenever I am feeling really really shit, like so shit things start getting dark I listen to this song and watch the video and it truly does something for me. Ed you have saved me from some real dark times and for that, I thank you.

What amazing story telling, vocabulary prowess, lyrical ability and picture paiting. I hate to say this but I fully relate to being in that mosh pit of non - existence in the fourth dimension for too long.....

Thank you Ed, I still use this to get me out of shit places. Today is one of those days

This track is timeless. The amount of times i watched this video and only noticed that Ed walks past the guy at 5:40 though 🥴

whos still litening to this in 2016........this is hard calm to toke bongs to

ed scissortongue proves again why he's one of the uk's best word smiths

It was 1999 Bonfire Night When the red mist first enveloped his character traits He found himself with no control over his fists wailing on some dickhead’s face from his council estate See many moons had passed since the hope of a 2 point 4 landlubber life style had been smashed into smithereens It was a year ago this very day that the intravenous sludge pumping had taken off at a wild speed He found himself a regular at the phone boxes Cherry Lambrini Bicarb from the corner shop Back to the mould covered wormhole mattress stained practice baccy packs full of flints and butts stinking Nuff guzzling drugs Vein deposit lumps clogging his mug stuck in the mud the AM doth greet him Spastic Max sat in a deluge of acid tabs Flame retardant trackie pants and garage raps sketching Seldom seen was he between A-to-B Missions to spaghetti junctions paints on the underpass Hanging off the highest bridge Rangoose quackathon Throwing breeze blocks through speeding windscreens passing He would climb electricity mains and cut the power from his home town and roam the streets reeling in the panic And cotch in cul-de-sac hedgerows watching single mothers sparking matches in the darkness of their living rooms His grief flourished like anthill communities Couplets from an undercurrent colour source beneath the grey concrete corridors and monoliths in-and-around the pissy stairwells and pissy lifts in which he found his peace Beneath the bread line Bread knives sliced at the smart price car crimes carnage his hair greyed Cracked enamel pegs inside a garbage pail kid cabbage patch tapping veins until the sun decayed He moved inland for better dope Cast away bastard face forgot the names of his school mates He moved inland like seagulls sacking off trawler ship cast offs for landfill luncheon The coastline haunted his thoughts and so he thought ever more about taking a saw to his neck side He had visions of blood dripping over the floor of his four-by-four foot box bedroom next life He’d open paperbacks but only paint the pages black and use a magnifying glass to spark a map of memories Words would get deleted quicker than a 100 metre dash Another night laden with some fear and loathing imagery You might have known him The man behind those ram raids The man behind the letter bombs sent out to several primary schools You might have known him as the dude who scampered down the side of your house and made off with your penny farthing bicycles He used to watch the freight trains He used to fish for carp and beat his catches to a rancid mush with heavy ended claw hammers He used to sneak into the cinema and sit in front rows and laugh his head off to the hammer horror matinees He used to talk to people and people used to talk him too That was way before the crack the whores the drugs the sniffing glue That was way before the days of simply nicking pissy booze and jumping queues of peeps shopping for shitty supermarket food See life wasn’t ship shape life was shit mate Life was hookers tied to his bed frame with grip tape Blindfolded piss games Net curtains shit stained fist gape listening to Rick James’ mixtapes He was his mother’s only baby pains His mother’s only labour day His mother’s one and only angel saint His mother never thought she’d see her grave before the day that Max was raking cash and chasing pavements to the stock exchange His mind felt heavy cracked skull matter case fragile flesh with lead brick sat inside throbbing He felt his face change shape and time ebbing away the vital signs of life ankle deep inside a teak coffin Sitting in the fourth dimension he felt the raw depression of forty horsemen stretching his organs awful essence He was ever omnipresent as a portal peasant looking in the mirror clock a devil dressed in his reflection During thunderstorms he found peace with life He saw the rain as writing letters with Jesus Christ and with his fingers he’d scribe letters across the sky in the hope that constellations would free his mind But deep inside his rancid flat Light flicker movements mapped white face wrinkled grimace lager cans and baccy ash Lost in the soil for the Spastic Max Six foot two six foot box six feet deep in the cancer tank

One of the hardest beats ever made

"see life wasn't ship shape, life was shit mate" that is so fucking good!

Said it before and I'll say it again........ this man is a god

Yeah to right - how could forget split prophets - bil next , res, datkid all highly gifted mc's

Still one of the best songs in the 🌎🌍 🚀

SPASTIC Max

this is one of the realist's song i've ever heard

This is the first High Focus, first Ed Scissor song i heard. Close to seven yeara ago. I still keep coming back

scissor smashin it again

i love his imagery and stories. fucking phenomenal

Okay, I will for sure check it out. I appreciate the heads up, stay up homie.

Lamplighter is producing some of the dopest, most original beats I've heard in a while. If only he had better drum samples or instruments, these instrumentals would be unfuckable.

Holy heck, this is dope! 💥

K-LASH IS MAJESTIC.

cheers man - re- fliptrix your not the first to remind me of him he's there man defo - he's on the extra list below

Always find my way bk here some classic this

word up4 this people!!!! hands up from buenos aires,argentina

Always come back to this 🔥🔥🔥

A lyricist beyond measurement. Bring back #scissortounge

Didnt realize you were from Cambridge Ed!! Big up g!! If You Go Away, my favourite tune...

Still coming back to this tune just a master peice 🙏Edds use of metaphors is simply unreal

I could listen to this go on for hours

true that im still bumpin solitary confinement non stop such an album

This is exactly why i love hip hop, incredible tune

THE BEST INSTRUMENTAL EVER

2:36 Love seeing you at places like these.

New years guys waaaaaayyyy

love the Production Ed really gets images painted in your head!

I still love the hell out of this track

Scissor is BIG, can't wait for his solo release

I don't have a mix, I listen to music... I was merely pointing out you forgot the legend that is chester p...

Not a fan of Scissortongue, but this really impressed me. Nice stuff.

how could u forget lead dog!!! and taskforce!! haha skinnyman, rodney p, roots manuva. split prohpets, concept of thought!! big up em all, killin it each in there own way. safe, UKHH making moves... support!!! big up all ya

this is dope. big up anis too!

every track is top notch quality

yeah they should be on there

one of the few high focus tracks that isn't completely shit

Scissor man absolutely smashing it as usual. This still hits hard

The lyrics are like poetry.

those first 3 beats, mmm daym

High focus got bare lyricists on board good look

yeah - spot on got their two albums a few weeks back

tell me more mate - im always digging around for fresh tunes

much love from Rotterdam Docks

Loud.🔥

Shitting on mainstream since day 1 👌

big ups mayne! He probably bumping to this up in heaven!

Fair enough. Im gona cop that new TF shit to. Them boys deserve it. Peace.

every thing with this song is amazing!!

masterpiece

I love your style of beat man its a rarity to hear complexity in such a simple set up.

Truly captivating art..

All been there!

Everyone forgot Fliptrix hes the reason high focus are blowing up!

this video is a masterpiece

there it is

So eerie but so damn good, Can't get enough of this guy

Real classic hip hop back again!!! 😊👌

Don't normally leave comments but just had to say: this song STILL gives me shivers. Next level. Big up High Focus!

You don't get much more real than that! Top notch flow. Bam!

No worries man, the point being still is that high focus and the UK scene is the fuckin business right now :)

And everyone seems to forget Skuff. As far as I can tell the most underrated bloke in UKHH

Can't wait to hear the whole album, this is a dope track.

amazing lyrics ,the whole track and clip is dope.

absolute tune

Preach!!

these are some deep meaningful bars jheeze

RHYME ASYLUM!

One of the best tracks I've heard in some time lol. That beat though... Damn

seriously good, loving these Lamplighter beats too, dark, mysterious, works great with scissortongue

woah this is my fave song ever!! so tuneful XXXX

im not sure i fully digested this in full..but the poetry is loud and clear. this label is incredible!!., im shipping every release overseas, its that good!

I know so many people this track relates to its uncanny, such a hard tune!

sharp! i love it.

He used to sneak into the cinema and sit in front rows and laugh his head off to the Hammer horror matinees

Third person to write this - he's on there mate

These lyrics, the beat, its all just fucking sick! High focus and their boys just got a new sub.

scissor and lamplighter is a formidable combination. this is just to good. i CANT WAIT to hear more... bless up bruv!!

this is a beautiful song...

buzzing for this on vinyl