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HEY D DOUBLE E! COULD YOU DE- SCRIBE YOUR CURRENT STATE OF MIND TO ME IN FIVE WORDS OR LESS? What, right now? Erm, I'm feeling…I dunno, I'm thinking to myself, when I finish this, what am I gonna do? When I finish this interview – I've been doing press all day – what do I wanna do? I might go studio, I might go pick up a draw…I just wanna have a bit of a break. I wanted to ask you about your new video for 'Lovely Jubbly'. It's got a new vibe, kind of 'Top Boy' – seems like you've gone a bit se- rious! Have you grown up a bit? Naah, I mean, I've got all different sides to me – 'Lovely Jubbly' is closer to the old stuff, more on a joke-y vibe, [similar to] tracks like 'Get Out of my House' that I did back in the day which was a bit quirky. I just feel like I'm more on point when it comes to making something jokey and still getting the credit to look good, instead of looking dumb. It's a part of me, that style, and I've got more like it. OH REALLY? SO CAN WE EXPECT MORE OF THIS SIDE OF YOU THEN? Yeah, I've got stuff in the pipeline. Even in the video [for 'Lovely Jubbly'] I was acting a role and I wanna do a lot more of that as well. HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE THE MU- SIC YOU'RE MAKING AT THE MO- MENT? I'd say the music I'm making right now is probably the best music I've made in my life, it's like, real music. I'm really not into the cheap sounding grime, on loop, repeat, playstation ting. I need it to be sounding more musical. I mean if I'm in a rave I might merk that kind of [raw] tune, get the re- winds and whatever, but when I'm in the studio I might not be picking that sound. Tunes like that are built for the rave – if I wanna freestyle, go crazy, then gimme them beats. But if I wanna make a life and be an artist, there needs to be a bit more music to the tunes. THAT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE AS AN MC WE MIGHT NOT THINK YOU'D BE SO DRIVEN BY THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCTION… Yeah, the beats have got to be good quality, [as an MC] you've got to know what beats you can go in on, how to ride them. With the flow that I've got, it adapts to all sorts of genres. I feel like I've got a wide range going for me, I can adapt! WHAT IS THE WORST JOB YOU'VE EVER HAD? Erm, probably working in the stockroom of Habitat – a shop that sold furniture and that. I used to do night shifts and shit like that. OTHER THAN MUSIC, WHAT DO YOU KNOW MOST ABOUT? I know a lot about life – I'm a life person! I like real life stuff, like documentaries, animal pro- grammes on the Discovery chan- nel. I like to watch crime chan- nels, I like to learn about history - Egypt and that. I'm just that guy who likes real stuff - gone off that Eastenders stuff - if I'm watching TV I like to watch something deep. WHEN YOU WERE A KID, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP? I wanted to be a basketballer, an MC, a footballer, dancer - I used to do body poppin' and all that stuff. Music came at the last min- ute, and took over everything. When music came - everything else started slacking - I don't even watch football now. WHY ARE YOU A DEEP PAN AND NOT A THIN CRUST? DOES IT MEAN THAT YOU PREFER PIZZA HUT TO PIZZA EXPRESS? Nah! It just means that I've got more and he's got less, a plus and a minus ting... JUST FOR THE RECORD, WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE KIND OF PIZZA? My favourite pizza is thin crust! It's just the bar that's different. It's got nothing to do with what I prefer eating. WHAT ABOUT TOPPING? Chicken supreme! With no black olives... I DON'T LIKE BLACK OLIVES EI- THER. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE THING TO EAT WHEN YOU'RE HIGH? Erm, a waffle...a waffle is nice man. When I go Amsterdam - I've been over fifteen times - those waffle shops. If you've been 'dam you'll know what I'm talking about. But when I'm here in Lon- don...anything will go down... once you're bunnin' it down, any- thing will go down. Except black olives. WOULD YOU RATHER LIVE IN A POST-APOCALYPTIC FUTURE OR THE DARK AGES? Post apocalypse. Dark ages re- mind me of struggle - man makin' fires and that. Cos I mean, I am an old skool man, but this is too old - man weren't even wearing clothes... WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT CON- SPIRACY THEORIES? I kind of come up with my own...I take in what everybody says, then I make up my own mind. 7 7 Issue 69 / 2014 GUESTLIST guestlist.net "I like real life stuff, like documentaries, animal programmes on the Discovery channel. I like to watch crime channels, and to learn about history - Egypt and that. " follow @D Double E D Double E is an MC from East London who is considered to be one of the founding fathers of Grime. From the N.A.S.T.Y. Crew to a successful solo career via the Newham Generals, D Double has seen it all. We spoke to him about getting the munchies, working in Habitat and living in a post-apocalyptic future.