Ruff Sqwad: The Process Behind Their White Label Classics [Full Interview] 

Big love to everyone who reshared a radio set, reposted our mixtapes, ripped the dubplates and kept the Ruff Sqwad fire going. And of course shout of DaMetalMessiah for this incredible interview🙏🏽🐐 'Flee FM' the mixtape out this Thursday!

The impact this crew had was insane! Foundation 🙌🏽

The best crew in grime from the original days. They never sold out like others. The productions were so advanced

Real pioneers in UK music. So many serious producers and mc’s and all with original style. For me as an OG grime nerd the most influential crew and the most authentic. No gimmicks real sound boi business. Respect all the RSMD 🎖🎖🎖🎖🏆

This is massive Messiah. Great achievement 🙏🏾

I love that being in my 30s I can learn history of ruff squad after years of listening to radio sets 👏🏾

I always use to love ruff sqwad instrumentals. Big up for their contribution to grime music 👊🏾

Hope these interviews continue with, every grime crew that was involved in the scene. There’s no other platform doing this 🔥

RIP Bro - DJ scholar to the world. You made me the man I am

This a bigg interview. Ruff Sqwad was one of the best crew's come outta East London behind Roll Deep and Nasty Crew

Fire interview. The Ruff Sqwad sound is my faveorite sound to come out of grime

Legends of the game, don't think it will ever be possible to fully understand their impact on the UK music scene

Used to switch between any ruff sqwad instrumentals as my ringtones back in the day

that together tune genuinely one of the best things i’ve ever heard, big up to the mandem

Ruff squad helped me get into doing my own music without even knowing them personally

Them big boomy beats dere. Timeless

An album that you can listen to from start to finish rare you get an album like that especially just instrumentals! Still bangs today as well knightrider my fav 🥶

Doin interviews now nice one, nice to see this channel get the recognition it deserves from the MCs it's supported and for showing everyone the roots of the music.

Ruff sqwad mandem ❤🔥🔥 Quality interview 👌

Rapid & Dirty Danger are pioneers. Set levels for unique sounds in grime production

Ruff Sqwad will always be the best crew in grime

Long live Scholar, RSMD forever

Ruff squad was the reason I started making beats and producing back then, their sound was unique and ground breaking growing up, made me fall in love with music and sound . Thank you 🙏🏽 proud to have grown up during those times

Ruff Sqwad x NSG Crossover needed

Legendary crew! 🔥🔥

jheeze da metal messiah making big moves. Big respect for doing this and to the ruff sqwad lot for coming thru for it. Would be awesome to see more interviews like this in the future, its great to hear about the origins of the genre directly from the pioneers. One thing, when you're asking the questions it sounds a bit quiet.

Ruff squad had a major impact on my grime career 🏆🙏👌

large up for putting this up! foundation right there trussss

They’ve matured so well 💯

what a throwback. thanks for this!

Is this something you've arranged? Mad

Ruff sqwad original dons in this ting. Underrated far to much for what they done for Grime and UK music in general.

Ruff Sqwad were the best grime collective everyone knows, The Movement were close second. Rapid was way ahead of his time man salute 🫡

We need more ruff squad this year foreal

I remade the tings in boot riddim on FL studio 1. It was incredible

Together was one of the first records I bought when I decided to start DJing. Always wondered about the sting thing , great to here the back story on it x

"Enterrrr wid da streetfighterrrr" YOOO memories lol

What a video, big up I didnt realise it was you that put this together until the very end. Sick interview and very interested to hear their new music

Wicked interview big up ruff sqwad. Pirate radio u had to be there the birth ov grime. Thank you for some ov the best years ov my life!!!

These guys had me spending all my wages Happy with my collection of a few hundred grime vinyl now

Fantastic interview

DaMetalMessiah doing up interviews now yeaaahh i see ya mate

This is absolutely amazing to watch the amount of tracks that I can relate to and connect to, which take me back to place in my life which was so pivotal to the music that I love😢

Bare love for RSMD from way back until now. Still bumping their sets/music.

An interview we needed. Clio is such a tremendous riddim!

Top interview, half of this I never knew! Baffles me they dont get more recognition for what theyve done a what theyre still doing 💪

RIP scholar 🙏🏽 ❤

great interview

All the tunes are so fresh and such a different vibe 🎉

10:48 this is so crazy how he just “1 day” made 1 of my all time favourite instrumentals lol

Can't wait for the new releases, GNR volume 3 sounds craaaazzy 🔥🔥🔥

Big love to ruff squad. Anyone think Daniel kaluyaa is moonlighting as danger? Suspicious 😂

Memories

Ruff Sqwad riddims dropped like an African spaceship dem times - foundation sound

Living legends!! These man could be the guys to bring this sound back, I’m sick of this drill shit and central C type shit music, THESE MAN MAKE TIMELESS REAL MUSIC!! I hope everyone gets to see how great they really are!! 🐐

Yeah man the Don Slicks went my college Bromley in South Standup Guy ❤ big up ruff squad

Legends.

This was needed !!! Big up the foundation

Big up the man dem tho and rest in peace scholar absolute g he was

These are my brothers 👊🏾 ruff squad xtra beat legendary london fire 🔥

Forever legends ❤💯

I like the fact that they've stayed together and they stil look tight.

Amazing work mate, followed you for years. Would love to hear Trim speak on the journey

Thank you messiah big up urself🔥🔥

17:20 the way they sat up in unison for the national anthem lol

Absolute legends we need new music

Slix was my one of my favorite since lotm1

Levels 🔥🔥🔥 foundations 💯 sick interview (and hoodies 👌) 🫡

Randy C was one funny f****r on Deja back then😂

It was flavour fm first then temptation then heat FM on to Mystic then Deja vu after that it was Rinse fm. After that the rest is History the cement was set.

legends

Functions on the low truly is a special song.

Dope interview!

Incredible stuff

Guns n roses mixtape was sick

Flee Gang 🥶

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Big moves 👊

Let me know who you want to see next

Xtra sounds so good with ghetts and devlin on it on fuck radio 👌👌

Got man through mad times

Foundation!

V sik interview big uppzzz

David is a King - Hood Celebrity.

Yo when can we get our hoodies and that?

Yeah this was sick

Heat fm, Deja, Flavour, Temptation, Mystic, Rinse FM just to name a few

sickk vid, big up

Where all my 30+ crew 😅

Was fuda guy an original member?

Put some respect on these man’s names

DJ BEGG

where did you find the crazy titch scholar dub ??

What happened to tinchy and shifty rydos?

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True stories

WOW

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Get wrapped in a white sheet like a soother