The RWD Champ vs The RWD Boss

I recently went to the RWD office to complain about War Martial's racist comments towards me and the Black Boys track but I bumped into Danny Walker in the lobby! Danny told me that his phone hasn't stopped ringing since he interviewed me for RWD a couple of months back and thanked me for bringing him into the big league with such a major interview.......NO PROBLEM MATE!

Explain some of the changes to the website and why they happened?

(Twitches Moustache) Well the last website was being hacked to death and was falling apart faster than Amy Winehouse’s rehab schedule. It simply had to be changed. “Some of the Changes…” Where do I start? We simply wanted to get a fresh/ clean website/ forum. It’s not the best but our hits are growing so we can’t really complain.

Whats the funniest thing you have seen on the forum?

There have been loads of things. Even before I started working for RWD it was a very funny place to be. Some of them we nearly got sued over by various people. (I stopped the interview at this point because I was hurt he didn’t mention the whole Carter, Yorkie and Jenny thing)

Why are UK Record Shop moderators?

To promote the RWDshop.com.

How do the staff at RWD really feel about Grime?

I personally think grime is big. In the office we listen to a whole load of things to suit everyone’s taste but mainly the radio (like Kiss or Radio 1). You can’t just listen to radio rips and rinse FM all day. There are people trying to sell ad pages and chase money who don’t necessarily want to hear what the editorial/ design team likes.

Does RWD really rep the underground or just the hip thing like Bassline or Niche?

I think we have done our best to rep what’s hot and keep up to date. Over the last few years we have positioned ourselves as a contemporary youth title so that means we need to keep it a fresh multicultural magazine that everyone who is 14-40 can enjoy. Also being a free magazine we can’t afford to put everyone that we want to. If you don’t think we’re doing a good job don’t pick up the mag, simple.

I noticed a post on your blogspot called “T2 Vs Grime Artists in the UK Singles Charts”? You didn’t include So Solid Crew or Miss Dynamite but had Lady Sovereign, Soundbwoy Ent and Pay As You Go on there! The chart was made to make Grime look bad right?

No, not really that was just something I knocked up on my two minute lunch. In between eating my jacket potato, transcribing and updating the RWD website I put a few names into everyhit.com and compiled a chart. It’s like a thought in my head posted online. (Translated into real talk.........its a par)

Roughly how many complaints do you get, when I get banned from the RWD forum?

I wish I could say the phone at RWD is unplugged cos of calls concerning “Carter the Hater” but it’s simply not the case. I hope your online ego is cool with that.

Why have stories like Kesshia: Who’s That Girl? I read the whole thing and still didn’t get who she was or what she did!?!?!

Cool? (looks at watch)

Who are We Are Fags, Smoking Hot Fags or whatever!?

Lol - We Smoke Fags are an indie/ electro group signed to 679… like the article suggests.

After the interview we made paper airplanes and threw them at Logan while he was writing his column........