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A MiniMag by Sussex Teenagers

RollDeep From The Street To Success

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EditorsLetterDéjàVu is the name we gave this minimag because it sounded good. It also sounded like coming back to something familiar but better than you remember it. DéjàVu is only eight pages but we hope that those eight pages are full of content that shows the real possibilities of people bettering themselves. We’ve also paid a lot of attention to the music that we feel makes life better. And there’s a page of poetry and thoughts about the way you have to adapt to life’s changing circumstances. We started DéjàVu not knowing where it would lead but we’re made up with the results.

The DéjàVu Team

CONTENTS3 HotArtists HotArtistsThe DéjàVu crew choose the top five artists that inspire them.

4 RollDeep RollDeepDéjàVu interviews Scratchy from grime collective Roll Deep about how the band have transformed their lives and become a success.

7 StrongWords StrongWordsThree poems written by Jack Mansell, Sunni Collar and Joe Capel.

Editor Jack Mansell

Editor-at-LargeTuesday Jackson

Staff WriterCharlie Hammond

Visual EditorRyan Dove

Contributing WritersSunni CollarJoe Capel

Project ManagerRachel Denyer

Managing EditorThomas H Green

Managing DesignerStephanie Young

Special Thank YouA special thank you to Varndean School, especially Alison Browning, for huge support & assistance

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HotArtistsWhatWe’reLikingMusic That Inspires Usby DéjàVu’s Charlie Hammond & Tuesday Jackson.

PROFESSOR GREENWe like this London MC because he has good flow and he is a good performer. Check It Out: Monster

TINIE TEMPAH We like Tinie Tempah because he is good at performing live and his music is sick. Check It Out: Written In The Stars

EXAMPLEWe like him because his remixes are unique.Check It Out: Kickstarts

PIXIE LOTTWe like her because she is appealing to the male eye and a very talented live performer. Check It Out: Mama Do

MIKE POSNER We like him because Cher Lloyd covered his song on X Factor and then he became popular.Check It Out: Cooler Than Me

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Beyond Grime

East London grime collective Roll Deep finally hit

the big time last year with a couple of monster hits

‘Good Times’ and ‘Green Light’. They began in 2005

and were the original home of both Dizzee Rascal and

Tinchy Stryder. Over four albums Roll Deep have gone

from being hardcore grime to embracing a crossover

club sound. Their story is one of making the most

of their natural skills in a rough environment, and

pushing themselves to make it. Déjà Vu’s Jack Mansell

and Ryan Dove spoke with longstanding Roll Deep

member Scratchy (Ryan Williams) about fame, fall

outs and the long road to success.

The Rise and Rise of Roll Deep

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DéjàVu: Who’s your favourite artist you’ve worked with?Scratchy: I’ve worked with a few girl singers – Jodie Connor on ‘Good Times’, that was good.

DV: Is it possible to have a normal relationship with a girlfriend when you’re famous?S: You’ve got to keep your music and your girls separate. You don’t want your girlfriend coming with you to all the clubs and raves you go to. You need to separate it so you have time for them and time for the music – you can’t have them both together.

DV: Do you see a lot of the Roll Deep crew?S: I’m always with them but Breeze is a mate who doesn’t live in the same area so we don’t really see him. Wiley does his own thing – here, there, this, that – but the majority of them I see every day.

DV: Is Skepta still in Roll Deep?S: No but, you know what, there’s the Roll Deep crew and the Roll Deep entourage and with the entourage everyone’s involved. It seems that everyone starts in Roll Deep then branches off and does their own stuff.

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DéjàVuDV: Do you have a favourite Roll Deep song?S: I like the song on the album called ‘The One’. I done the chorus on it and I like it because it meant something to me when I was writing it, it came natural and easy. Some songs are harder to write and some are quick – that one was quick.

DV: What inspires you to make your music?S: I’m around people who do music all the time and my laptop inspires me because I write the beats as well. I made a song on the Roll Deep album called ‘Team’ and I made the beat.

DV: How did you and Roll Deep reach fame?S: We just didn’t stop making music. We started in 2005, we carried on, had people leave, come and go, but we stuck at it. Wiley is a solid person in our crew, he’s like a rock, he’s an inspiration and he played a big part in the run we’ve had this year even though you don’t see him so much.

DV: What was the hardest moment in your and Roll Deep’s career?S: You’ve got to make sure you look after yourself. We’ve been here, there, everywhere, and in this game there’s free alcohol, all sorts of stuff… so you’ve got to look after yourself.

DV: Do you give each other nicknames?S: Our nicknames are our MC names. I was a DJ so I used to do a bit of scratching and it said Scratchmaster on my mixer. I took that and then when I was an MC I thought, “I ain’t gonna change my name now,” so I was Scratchy from the start.

DV: Have you ever thought about leaving Roll Deep?S: I had a little fall out, as you do – everyone has little fall outs. You wake up sometimes and just think, “Nah, I’m not doing this, I’m just going to do my own thing and get Scratchy on the platform.” I had the hump, but I’ve grown up with Roll Deep and whatever happens, whatever disagreement, it’s like, “Let’s make music and carry on.” We’re family, we’re not just a crew.

DV: Five or ten years ago did you think you’d make it this far?S: The Dizzee, the Tinchy, they come from the same scene so I thought that if everyone else can do it, it’s only a matter of time. I knew that people would see us, see we’re as good as everyone else. Not being big-headed but we do deserve to be here. Ten years we’ve been doing it and it’s finally paid off. We’ve worked hard, had our ups and downs - money, no money - you’ve just got to carry on, make your music, go and perform it, make everyone happy.

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I'll go far by Sunni Collar Go rehab,

Stay a while,Come back, settle down,Have a child,Get a job,

Have the house retiled.Link up with some of your nice matesLike Kyle,Have a chat, Hang out,You aint seen him in a while.One year gone,

You got a child,You’ve named him after me,Dat gave me a smile.Good man for changing,I’m gonna see you around, Kyle.

You shine waters dangerous,There’s loads of fighting,Mummies hurt daddies,Fear and babies cryin’,But I’ll go far

I’ll go far,I’ll go far.

Defeat Happens But BeingStrong

Is A MiracleBy Jack Mansell

My emotions are still hiding behind that fragile child.

My life has really changed but I still can’t crack that smile.

The life I choose is certainly a mistake

Because these feelings I felt have all been fake.

I thought finding happiness would be easy and fun

Until love came into the picture my heart was undone.

I wasn’t happy and I didn’t feel love,

You could have said I was lonely and in need of a hug,

But when life gets hard and defeat is near

Diamonds fall from my eyes and crystal all the tears

But with loneliness, sorrow falls hand in hand.

It’s finally my time to take to the stand

And prove to the world the man I really am.

Being defeated nine times out of ten

Puts devastation to your life and you think it’s the end

But that night when the stars told me the truth,

How happiness lies deep inside you, I rose up to my

Destiny, to what I really should be, and I finally realised

the love and happiness is surrounding me.

I’m from DV8

Don’t want to abbreviate

My life is made

To forget the days

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on thecaseby Joe Capel

Thoughts & Poetryby the DéjàVu Crew

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The DéjàVu MiniMag which you hold in your hands came about as a result of TransitionPod, a programme training Sussex 14-18 year olds in film, journalism,

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