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with whole neighboured listening, it was a must. Nicky Blackmarket (NBM) was the people's favourite. He played the ravers' selection that the people always wanted to hear, serving the best bass line tracks of that era. Although at the time the wounds were still fresh from the scene's loss of their shining star, Stevie Hyper D (RIP). You couldn't help thinking these tracks and those drops were made for Hyper D to baptise with pure fire. Nicky's Kool FM shows always featured Stevie until his death and during this set there were still messages of respect in celebration of the life and work of Stevie Hyper D. Funky Flirt was a legendary old skool DJ from the Weekend Rush FM days, and in recent years had secured himself as part of the Kool FM furniture. He would continue to headline top events of that year like Telepathy @The Temple, Tottenham London N17, on Saturday 27 March 1999. Also, Heat & Jungle Fever (Friday 17 September 1999 @Hastings Pier, where he would go back to back with Nicky Black Market and Devious D). Shabba D was stepping up a gear touring Japan and parts of Europe he had already established connections worldwide also forming the SASAS a year earlier with Skibadee and Shockin B. In the years that followed Shabba would set up Highly Blessed Recordings with Skibadee, also running the MC Convention @The Rex (Stratford), which gave an opportunity to other up and coming MCs to break through. Shabba D always supported up and coming MCs, he brought through the likes of Maxwell D, Stormin (RIP), Harry Shotta, Grima and many other MCs. With that in mind you thought it would have silenced his critics. He also founded the Rawhill Cru which extended a collective partnership with artists from different musical genres, with likes of Tenor Fly, The Ragga Twins, Navigator, Daddy Freddy, Spyda and Soultrain. They hooked up with German Drum & Bass producers and released tracks like Rawhill Cru - Mo' Fire (U3R Music, 2002), Rawhill Cru - Helpless (U3R Music, 2003). Shabba D was constantly putting in the work and it was by no fluke or coincidence that he formed the formidable SASASAS (Skibadee, Shabba D, Grima, Harry Shotta, Stormin (RIP), Phantasy and Macky G). MC Riddla D was a grafter and his own man. He put in the hours on London pirate radio stations like Flight FM, Cyndicut FM and Rude Awakening FM before moving to the dizzy heights and becoming part of the Kool FM Hit Squad, in 1999. He featured on all the big name events that year: One Nation @Stratford Rex, Best of British @Bagleys, Telepathy @The Temple, Desire @Bagleys, Heat & Jungle Fever @Astoria, Pure Science @Atomics, and many top raves that year. In later years he also featured at the MC Convention @Stratford Rex. Towards the late 2000s Riddla began his career as a Hip Hop artist working with UK and international artists and hasn't returned to DNB since then. Original Junglists have called for his return to the scene, but with the change in direction Drum & Bass took over the last ten years some MCs moved on whilst others that left like Evil B (B Live) returned and revived their career. All that being said Riddla goes down as a top MC in the Drum & Bass history books who did the rounds at all the prestigious DNB events in the early 2000s. We salute you MC Riddla D. Check out our channel for more recordings of him. Out to all the London FM pirates of the past. Although they aren’t about now their contribution to the British music industry and to the London music scene has been immense. Here's a list of some of our most loved pirate radio stations in frequency order from 1989-2005: Flava FM 87.6 / Shine FM 87.9 / Rude FM 88.2 / Impact FM 88.2 / Centreforce FM 88.3 / Unity FM 88.4 / Conflict FM 88.4 / Ice FM 88.4 / London Underground FM 89.4 / Defection FM 89.4 / Raw FM 90.0 / Raw Mission 90.0 / Raw Blaze FM 90.0 / Pure Magic FM 90.2 / Pulse FM 90.6 / Chicago FM 90.6 / Mission FM 90.6 / Y2K FM 90.6 / Rinse FM 91.8 / Passion FM 91.8 / Format FM 92.3 / Weekend Rush FM 92.3 / Kik FM 92.3 / Deja Vu FM 92.3 / Weekend Rush 92.5 / Taste FM 92.5 / Mac FM 92.7 / Freeze FM 92.7 / Touchdown FM 94.1 / Stompin’ FM 94.2 / Kool FM 94.5 / Origin FM 95.2 / Entice FM 95.5 / Heat FM 96.6 / Rinse FM 97.6 / Flashback FM 97.6 / Cyndicut FM 97.8 / Shake FM 98.0 / Fantasy FM 98.1 / Fantasy FM 98.6 / Future FM 99.1 / Upfront FM 99.3 / Rinse FM 100.3 / Pressure FM 100.4 / Don FM 100.5 / Eruption FM 101.3 / Erotic FM 101.3 / Industry FM 101.3 / Freek FM 101.8 / Temptation FM 102.4 / Chillin’ FM 102.9 / Delight FM 103.0 / Flex FM 103.6 / Smoove FM 104.0 / Rude FM 104.3 / Ruud Awakening FM 104.3 / Don FM 105.7 / Shadow FM 106.5 / Force FM 106.5 / Girls FM 106.8 / Dream FM 107.0 / Freedom FM 107.3 / Dream FM 107.6 / Don FM 107.9. #DnBMovementUK #TakeMeBackPirateRadio