Tricky - Knowle West Boy

[sherbert500]

wow tricky wanted to be a tough guy...well here in knowle he never was but godfrey is a big name of sorts....would have helped if they had some film of knowle in this........and yes his tunes are shit lol

[cj150000118]

I like the "myspace/mixtape" comment.. its my bench mark for guys and dating..

nice to hear these stories but its so annoying when Mancunians go on about where they're from when its completely inappropriate!

[TheAfro1000]

le prestaron dientes, ayer lo vi y no tenía

[oasisforever00]

@TheAfro1000 Donde lo viste?!

[ambientdweller]

We used to leggit from paul and chrissy morgan...

[geminicfc69]

tricky,s honesty is so refreshing in music world of plastics,i'd listen to the man all day long if it was possible.

[mrbumbleclat]

easton boys n st pauls had it easy try being a paki/wog growing up in knowle totterdown or bedminster the 80's. i called paki so m,uch I thought I was irish. had to bury them cunts but now my mates all all colours white, black, indian, chines fuck it BS4 hardcore

[creamnblack]

@rasclatuk 2 armed officers on every street...?! lol

[scottycbs4collins]

there no point arguein about knolwe im from knowle my self these days are alot different from when tricky was growin up but we are a still loyal no snitches and there aint alot of fakes dont get me wrong every area city an country got fakes look at 50 cent for instints.... but knowles knowle an thats how it is here if u say somethin to me or my freinds they dont like then the worst is guna happen an basicly ur just guna be another satistic !!!!!!! BRISTOL GUN CAPITAL

[BRIANHEP]

Funny thing is, whoever made this video took some shots in Bristol but never made it to Knowle West. Only three miles up the road (up the hill).

[jonjuliecat]

i liked living in Knowle West ... i didn't even mind so much when the little fuckers torched my garage ...

[6mattymatt]

Hey, Hey Tricky..Pauly selby sez hi....

[zihernadla]

song in the end of video is..?

[trickykid73]

@zihernadla Cross to bear - Tricky

[zihernadla]

song in the end of video is..?

[mooncooninc83]

I'm from St. Louis, MO, USA. I first heard Maxinquaye in '99. And it's one of most single best memories I have of those times. From Knowle West all the way to the Mid West of America, Tricky is the shit! Along with Excess and Maxinquaye, Knowle West Boy has become another fav of mine.

[egilssaga1]

WOW. This is so interesting. Despite coming from another part of the world, Tricky's thoughts on his own background chime.

[angelizer999]

Tricky es realmente un gran artista, recuerdo su interpretacion en el video parabola de tool, fenomenal, es un granda entre los grandes!!!!

[IdontWatchIsee]

what song is at 2:11 ??? its great

[Zajcik]

@IdontWatchIsee it's Tricky - Past Mistake

[trickykid73]

@IdontWatchIsee Past Mistake - Tricky

[zyder9]

So f**kin' true, I'm writing this from Knowle West and I remember my careers advisor in school saying 'don't put knowle west on your job application' ... well, it worked! anytime i did put it on one i never heard back as a kid. I've welcomed a godfrey into my family recently.

[caribind3]

I'm originally from Knowle West too and I remember you Adrian, you were friends with my brother and cousins back then :)

[scottycbs4collins]

if u think knowle is soft come try

[ybot1983]

Brizzle

[dunxs68]

nice to see one of merrywoods finest made it big........good on ya

[Zajcik]

For me, Knowle West Boy is the best album of 2008. I listen to it almost everyday, Tricky is a musical genius. I hope there will be a new album soon.

[slippynuxxable]

SEXIEST MAN that ever lived. And that is real. Love him.

[mchclate]

is the music on the video on an album?

[myingmying]

KWBB

[sptfgpn]

Fist fighting is scary.

[wgjpinoy654]

im so excited for this :D

[knuckleupjonez]

IS ARFUR..the same as ARTHUR?

[creamnblack]

@knuckleupjonez pmsl

[sweding101]

@knuckleupjonez do you mean D'ARFUR or do you mean Ooh Athur from On the Buses

[cj150000118]

@sweding101 joker

:)

[rainbowghostsplinter]

Tricky came to Sziget this summer, but I think i was standing right behind him in an airport cafe in budapest.

[JLamarsVids]

Yo, whoever put this video up. Thank you. I really felt this.

[ZtiputizKisuiz]

TRICKY THE MAN

[MrClauchito]

hahahaha, I'd been living in Uk for about 5 years, I'd been in "dangerous" places, not in this specific one but hahahaha, iTs funny for me when I hear these stories Im from Mexico City, the dangerous places in my hometown are not even remotely similar of what I'd seen anywhere in UK or in any developed country. What it makes these stories funnier is that in fact the speaker pretends to impress with them!!!

I respect his music, but he isn't a bad guy!! hhahahahahah.

[jimmdo]

@MrClauchito what you saying man.. tricky is no gansta wannabie he tells you how it is muppet..

[donsy]

It's a community and a very safe place to live believe it or not....people look out for eachother ...everyone gets on well.

Nickruckdgl for you....high crime rate???? what crime is that? the only crime I see is few people who take drugs , nothing more .

[veganrockchick]

Hehee that was funny!

[nickruckdgl]

Im from Bristol and Knowle West is a deprived area with high crime rate

[ciderbcfc]

how can u get a good impression of a place from google maps? its the people that live there that make it what it is.

[bazzthegod]

im from knowle west and wot tricky says about knowle is true

[flickflange]

tricky is ill as hell,

and new uk acts like Scroobuis Pip and AllFlaws aint far behind.

bless

[jimmdo]

tricky is letting you into his childhood - have a little respect you dumb fuckers.

explain your childhood and now look back we all see things different dont we !!

you carnt take his music away from him tho !! regards jimmdo

[varnqvist]

stop being so goddamn sexy!! too much for me...

[RamonAllnightlong]

You've got to be careful now Tricky pretending you're from the ghetto.

People can now very easily just type in 'Melvin Square, Bristol, UK' in to Google, and they can see it's just the standard suburban semi-detached houses, some of them quite nice actually, and almost all of them with nicely kept gardens even! The best way I'd describe Knowle West Bristol is mediocre and boring at most ... you certainly do 'wannabe' as tough guy, as you so rightly say in this clip!

Ur music is great however

[RamonAllnightlong]

Google Street Maps - that is.

[FuegoHanson]

Did you just try to tell off Tricky?

[AlexSbristol]

hahaha true that mate, knowle west a bit of a hole but ain't exactly compton

[Lalinupa]

he is my GOD

[telepolocaster]

m2 !!

[mongosapian]

My father grew up in Knowle West near Melvin Square in the 40's / 50's and told me that the only Goddfrey family he's heard of were not particulary criminal, although he did mention some other notorious familes.

[donsy]

who who who??? I heard of few too fom back in the day and Godfreys were one of them.

[mieery]

i turned off pharcydes "passin me by" for this?

[LLIIVVEEWWIIRREE]

Gun shots!! lol it aint the hood...

[05morses]

:) wooh! knowle west BS4 for life xD

[deadwood2]

this song begin with "Road" by Portishead!

[hellofromdave]

i rekon scotty and azabee are the same person

[debris666]

znajomi wynajmują chatę na knowle west za 625pcm (bardzo ładną zresztą) i pomimo kiepskiej reputacji dzielicy bardzo sobie chwalą :P

[msteras]

He's a work of art.  Art in motion.

[scottycbs4collins]

i supose youv heard a fare amount of gun shots wer u live an so av i how long was u in knowle 4

[scottycbs4collins]

knowle west has no schools no pubs no youth centres read about knowle on google every were we go we cause destruction all we ave is the new studio they built an the streets big up the k-west soldiers an the fallen soldiers

[azabee1]

that accents sounds shit, knowle west is pussy them man would be shook of stratford , well overated like its real

[scottycbs4collins]

you wont last 5 minutes in knowle fukin pussys

[scottycbs4collins]

stratford never heard of the place ever been in knowle. every jail we go 2 we got it on lock down as pre usaul

[azabee1]

if you ever go london go hackney/stratford an then talk shit, i rent flat in knowle never heard shots like i used to in east, pikeys with knives aint nothin big at all,

[scottycbs4collins]

pikeys u muppet if its so bad y rent a flat here u know nuffin u twat ill blow ur flat up

[azabee1]

cos its cheap and dont nd to get all internet tupac on me , im jus sayin it doesnt compare to east london is the truth

[scottycbs4collins]

listen mate in ashfield h.m.p thers only 4 knowle westers and they had a row wid some east london boys and they dint wont 2 know and plus ther more london boys in ther than any other city boys and plus look at the size of east london capared 2 knowle west

[azabee1]

i hear you mate it is alot smaller but ashfield is know way to judge lol u must be quite young then! mate youth offenders aint even worth mentioning when i went feltham we had boys transferred away to ashfield,

[scottycbs4collins]

ah dont worry mate hackney/stratford is wat it is an knowle is wat it is ther aint no point in arguin about it ther probley just as bad as another o yea youth offenders r worst than big jails cuz every 1 wonts to proove a point young mouthy youths trust

[azabee1]

na been felts and then wandsworth big man prson was no joke an was only their 6 months glad it werent any longer!werent trying to argue mate no worries,

[echoplex89]

i love this album, really original.

But I'm not so sure Knowle West is as bad as some places here in America.

I think I'd rather take that place over West Garfield Park in Chicago.

[downpeninsula]

Or anywhere in Detroit.

[Ukgrime32]

Knowle isnt that bad at all.. i was born in bristol .. moved to london when i was 18.. east bristol is way worse.. easton.. st pauls are much worse .. stapleton road in easton in 2005 was the most dangerous road in country and the most likely place to hear a gun shot

[Tarantulus666]

Knowle is more Knife-crimey little punk white boys, east bristol is yardie territory

[scottycbs4collins]

wat ever mate alot of people i know r on murder charges easton and st pauls have gone real silent over the past 2 years its hartcliff an knowle gone bad  k-west

[jackh4eva]

Knowle West - worst place in Bristol.

[flickflange]

got so so much respect for tricky kid.

fukin luv the bristol scene and all its artists.

big up 2 Allflaws and all the new bristol sounds comin thru.

got some wicked new dubstep 2.

benjy x

[karl0ogden]

knowle west;)

brap brap bs4

pmsl

[tricka911]

we will

[NearlySam]

I prefer Nearly god & Maxinquaye

[GingeUnit2]

detroit city is by trick-trick

[DilLspitZen]

relate

O

[PsyCusss]

first song is 'council estate' from knowle west boy :) one of its best

[nixie1986]

what is this first song?

[arkano01]

so sad!!

[tedward10101]

Its All Bout Staplton Road Mayte!!

Its Rough Man!

[charrlimbx3]

whattt he said it like a white ghetto :S isit fuck.. i work at a primary school in knowle west and yeah there are a few run down shops but it aint no compare to a ghetto! but i do like tricky especially his tune "ditroit city" sung with eminem!

[hammoreds]

Knowle west...."a few run down shops" - "I work in a primary school"...as a dinner lady or is this made up?

[charrlimbx3]

NO! as a reception teacher, thanks for the sarcasim though :)

[StephenWooWoo]

Different tricky

[arsenaltillidie81]

detroit city was not done by him theres an american tricky

[OhNoItsGojira]

wow. i cannot wait for this album to come out.

[angermagnet]

Love Tricky. Saw him in 1999 and got to meet him. So glad he has a new album out and it sounds brilliant!

[jethro1985]

I lived in and went to school in knowle west...its a shit hole full of ignorant cunts still i had some good times there though, stealing motor bikes and kicking the crap out of eachother, i went there when i was 12 wearing dr martins and i had long hair (my school was full of chavs) so i had a fight every day and i dont have any brothers to help me i just lived with my mum and sister. Now i live in Lima, Peru (South America). Knowle west seems as soft as disney land.

[GavBS30]

fuck off aint fuck all wrong with Knowle St Pauls and now mainly Easton is were all the problems lie with all the fuckin somaliens! the rest of Bristol needs to get more like Knowle and south bristol

[paracranium]

my best mate is from knowle west. i have to say massive respect to tricky for not making it sound like compton or something more than it is. his honesty is brilliant. nice one tricky

[madamViolent]

TRICKY IS FUCKING UNIQUE i love the man!

[deitizi]

Tricky Live is a bomb.

[melmothd]

white getto...la familia...cool stuff

[parcifal22]

Past Mistake, one of the best songs I heard in the last 20 Years

[alcrz]

i agree to that :)

[jimlick]

This is the best album since Maxinquaye. Hope we don't have to wait 5 years for the next one.

[anarckinblack]

Wonderful - this brought back all my old forgotten memories of my childhood in Knowle West in the 1950/60's. The accent is perenial.

[LightFromADeadStar]

tricky is great saw him live in New York and it was the best

[ErnestResendes]

So great to have him back ! Hope we get many more albums.

Please come to Boston, Ma !

[whiteproductionnet]

really great album.

[horribleburningitch]

tricky is amazing. i have loved his music for a decade and i can't imagine my life without his work. i think he just keeps getting better and better.

[paparatt1]

Nice to see someone talking about South Bristol and what it was like growing up there. Don't see that often. As much as it's a part of me tho, I'm glad to be getting out.

[yazkal]

you just gotta respect this man for being humble like a true artist should, while others "super stars" are enjoying their glory he is talking about family friends and school teachers. big up knowle west boy.

Your arab fan from the middle east.

[riggy123456]

fuckin fair play tricky knowle wester fer ever like he sed its all bout eyr familys last name and it rely is not how u look now how u act or how u are its ye rname it slike me my famils the bushes like im lil bush me bruvers bushy and so onlike but fair play how he actually got famous from livin in da west and dat he actually admits he lived der and even though ders loads of criminals up da west they are all loyal and u can trust em all anyway im off big shout out too ceejay fer da kwest songs

[Rockapellas]

more evidence that tricky is the bizzle

[SeptemberGroup]

lol...u already know... ill alternative and hard rock like a black Billy Idol

[freshinit]

the thing is if you made a tape for a girl. It was for her ears only. that's why it took so long to get right. it was not for other people. Immediatly music becomes more public it becomes less tricky!!! init. I wouldn't dream of playing certain sounds in public. they are too intimate....but good luck

[energyflash23]

Ha Knowle Knowle West. Same league as Hartcliffe! He's right its almost a different town, rather live in 'ponds and anyday Tricky, sorry!

[joeat963]

I don`t realy understand why I just 5 stared this...maybe cause I like it?

Joe

[xangelteethx]

Holy crap he used to fight THE king of the gypsies ?? Bartley Gorman ?? Fucking hell ! Legend !

[tontotings]

Knowle West people - Loyal but full of shit hahaa, brings memories still.

[EssBee60]

3 more sleeps. Tricky at the POW, Melbourne. I'm excited.

[cmysquat]

just downloaded this album couple of days ago..and can,t stop playing it,it's great,fresh,diverse just like tricky..love "cross to bear" and "puppy love"..welcome back,and thank You for the music

[pastoruldeaur]

if your gonna thank him for the music go buy his album ;)

[cmysquat]

paid for my download actually..

[fatuesque]

lmaoo his grampa was an irish nigger.Thats hilariously degenerate.

[jasondudeman]

welcome back!!! tricky is one of the few artists that i keep up with. been listening to his stuff since '95. great stuff!

[KeepOnSinging]

My dads a godfrey and he remembers adrian very well and my mum remembers adrian because he was always asking for fags Lol. Mum and dad wishes adrian all the best x Andy And Kar x

[ErnestResendes]

Thanks very much for the story, Kar !

[2007unclebuck]

I knew Ade since he was nobody...

Big up the Bristol Old Skool - The Dugout Crew still rules...

:o)

[apocalipshere]

yea the Dugout,WOW!!! Grant,Nellee,Miles,Claude etc on the decks, what a place late 70's early 80's RESPECT!! Keep the Faith.

[jaemoon2]

I look up to this guy. When he starts talking about wanting to be his favorite artists, I saw myself in him straight away :)

[scottpurnell1st]

Aint no weekend boy aint no tricky kid K.W.B.B

Negativity to your own use your not a wester cant go to new york for a year and call myself a new yorker you not a wester you fraud from abroad.If you want to help give dont take

[crocshow]

i lived in knowle west for a long time its true what he says.

[200miles]

Welcome back mate! Good album and good mixed tape for my ipod as well. I should admit sometimes you are a meal for my brains.

[ErnestResendes]

It's so cool he's made a record around his home town. And the album KICKS ASS ! Buy it...

Welcome back Tricky. You've been missed.

Peace,

Ernie

[dtremzo]

im from the west.its fukin mint leaving ear.like tricky says its aclose knit community.apart from sum smack heads and fuckin theifing little wankers its sound.so big up tricky who i went 2 school wid

[thekillerangel2008]

comenten en español weyes no mamen!!

[TALIBANBOYOreturns]

he is such a plastic gangsta, trying to big himself up.... you are just a kid from a council estate, knob.... like hundreds of thousands of others... the boy needs to grow up... it's like my dad is bigger than your dad with this silly cunt.

I enjoy the music though... shame he is so insecure.

[9reds9]

wat the fuk are u on about

[redeye99999]

Please you know nothing about Knowle West if you are talking this rubbish! It is tough and hard and rough! He's just talking about where he is from and how he is a product of that, Knowing the are a like I do I can't imagine it was wasy for him being black in that area. It's a very white rough area. So befor you start throwing this rubbish around check your facts!

[Karol2307]

Welcome back Tricky!

[Trickynerd]

Great EPK. Thanks a lot!

[ThomasJeromeNewton]

what's with teh bluddy Belfast axshent?

[Shinygummi]

Thats a Bristol accent. He sounds nothing like Northern Irish.

[Charliebristol]

You are making it out as if Knowle West is a complete slum. Alright, it has had a lot of problems with crime, etc, but when you claim that Knowle Wester don't have the oppurtunity to go on in life you are chatting rubbish.

Knowle West has a local health clinic, tennis club, swimming pool, cricket club, police station, brand new school and is helped by projects like KWADS.

OK Knowle West obviously can struggle with crime, but it isn't that bad - I live next to it by the way in Brislington.

[ThomasJeromeNewton]

5:05 , sounds like he calls it a very protective enviroment, with lots of clannish ties.

[TALIBANBOYOreturns]

he says it all ways.... very contradictory.

[9reds9]

shut it

[paparatt1]

Now is not 20 years ago, and yes it's a lot better than it used to be, but between KW, Withywood and Hartcliffe = I never want to go back to living there.

[killuminati1234]

past mistake is so incredible. cant wait for this disc.

[csven]

Well-spoken.

[AutomaticTLC]

I am so excited for this record.

[interpolluter29]

Never forget where you came from. Where you come from makes you what you are.