Devlin Bio
It’s taken a handful of years for Dagenham resident
Devlin to take his deep, dedicated lyrics out of the
confines of East London and prove his worth across
the North/South border. It’s now not unusual to watch
Devlin causing carnage on stage in Northampton or
booking shows in Amsterdam.
At 18 years of age Devlin has what can only be
described as a cult following of supporters that value
his intelligent and evocative lyrics, in a pool of MCs
that all too often spawn monotonous and lacklustre
rappers. A diamond in the rough, Devlin’s road to
success began at O.T. Recordings where he still
currently resides with label-mates Dogzilla, Shotz,
Syer, Rachet, and Deverlish amongst others.
Devlin was first brought to O.T's attention when he
hit the airwaves on a local radio station at jus 13;
even then it was easy to see he had real talent. Devlin
would go up radio as much as he could with whoever
would let him on, he was also writing and recording
songs with friends and local producers at a very young
age. It wasn’t very long before he built up a good
reputation in the area. A few years later he was brought
to Dogzilla's attention again, this time by a mutual
friend, Dogzy decided to give Devlin a chance and took
him to the studio to check him out and lay some vocals.
At the time the Danny Weed's (Roll Deep) "Heat Up" was
one of the most popular tracks around, Devlin jumped on
it and didn’t disappoint, spitting a high level of content at
a good speed and at the same time displaying a style and flow
well beyond his years.
Devlin was soon introduced to the rest of the O.T Crew
and Dogzy wasted no time in organising a radio slot on
Flava FM. Flava was a well known breeding ground for
new talent, the management at Flava have had almost
every big name in the scene on there at some point so it
was the perfect place for Devlin to start his membership
with O.T. The sets on Flava FM were massive, every week
the phone line would jam when Devlin and then dj and O.T manager, Mikee hit the airwaves. He
soon made the switch to Rinse FM where he was an instant hit.
Still only 16 Devlin had shown he could mix it with the big
boys; he even managed to do a set with the legend that is
DJ Slimzee before his departure from radio.
His relentless progression continued with each track
Devz featured on. The combination between Dogzilla
and Devlin on tracks was deadly and a freestyle from
producer Rootz showed just how far Devlin had come,
and in such a short space of time. The Rootz track along
with eight other tracks featuring Devlin was to appear on
O.T Recordings fist mixtape release.
The London Borough of Barking & Dogenham Mixtape was
released in Feb. 2006 and received great critical success.
(Check Blog - Reviews/Interviews). One of the stand-out
tracks on the CD was Devlin's Ghetto Kyote Remix freestyle
which was produced by O.T Recording's Deverlish. The track
was played right across the board, from pirate stations like
Rinse to commercial radio stations such as 1Xtra and Kiss
Fm. Devlin has performed live sets on both commercial
stations; with DJ Logan Sama at Kiss100FM and DJ Cameo
at BBC 1Xtra. He has also appeared on The Media Gang's
Practice Hours DVD and Target's Aim High, Risky Roadz and
Rinse FM's Rinsessions mixtape.
2006 saw Devlin hit the shops twice with the O.T Recordings
mixtape, vinyl release April Shower from O.T producer Shotz
and Firein produced by production talent Rachet. Devlin also
featured heavily on Broad Street Stories and the
uber-successful Shot City Mixtape.
More recently Devlin joined The Movement; a group of some
of the very best MCs and producers in the grime scene
including long time friend Ghetto, Scorcher and Wretch32. Tempo Specialists
was released in 2007 and proved that the best MCs in the
scene had formed a strong alliance.
Devlin's first solo mixtape entitled Tales From The Crypt was
released in November 2006. It featured collaborations with
O.T and The Movement members and was considered one of
the best grime mixtapes of 2006.
Since Devlin’s first solo release, the young MC is gearing up
for his second mixtape The Art Of Rolling E.p,free download DEVZ E.p and his first album 'Bud, Sweat & Beers'
as the talented MC garners more press attention and
support throughout the world.
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