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Pay As You Go
From Grime Wikipedia
One of the largest garage crews, Pay As You Go Cartel is notable as being the starting place for grime MCs Wiley, Gods Gift, Breeze and Flow dan, grime producer Target, and also UK underground music figureheads DJ Slimzee and Geeneus.
History
The Pay As You Go Crew started as DJ Slimzee, Geeneus, Plague and Major Ace. Together they played on most of the current pirate radio stations. Around this time a second crew called the Ladies Hit Squad, consisting of schoolfriends Target, Wiley and Maxwell D, was also getting a big reputation. Good friends, these crews eventually decided to combine under the name Pay As You Go Cartel. Around this time God's Gift also became a member of the group.
Pay As You Go eventually rose to be one of the premier UK Garage acts, headlining huge raves like Milton Keynes Sidewinder and London's Garage Nation. They had two major club hits, the first 'Know We' and the second Champagne Dance, which was signed by Sony and reached the Top 40. Around this time they also recruited MC Flow dan into the group. However Pay As You Go were soon dropped from their label, and the group broke up soon afterwards.
Individually, the members of Pay As You Go went on to shape the grime scene. Wiley formed the Roll Deep crew, along with Target, Breeze and Flow dan. Maxwell D, God's Gift and Major Ace went on to create East Connection. God's Gift later formed his own crew, the Mucky Wolfpack. Both Slimzee and Geeneus continued working on Rinse FM, their own pirate radio station and currently the largest pirate in London.
For Pirate Radio & Studio sets from PAUG, check www.grimetapes.com
Releases
Pay as you go released released numerous 12 inches and one cd.
- Be Real (12") Relentless Records (2) 2000
- Know We (12") Not On Label 2000
- Anywhere (12") Pay As You Go Recordings 2001
- Champagne Dance (12") Sony Music Entertainment (UK) 2001
- Champagne Dance (12") Sony Music Entertainment (UK) 2001
- Champagne Dance (Remixes) (12") Sony Music Entertainment (UK) 2001
- Know We (12") Solid City Records 2001
- Terrible (Roll Deep Remix) (12") Not On Label 2003
- Overload / Backdrop / Know We (12") Solid City Records 2004
- Pay As You Go 2CD 2002 (1CD is a vocal less garage mix, while the second cd features Gods Gift and Wiley with Slimzee b2b Geeneus)
