Example (Elliot John Gleave) started of as 12 year old getting involved in rap battles at friends parties and making money on the side while at University he got involved in opening his garage up for Mcing battles .
Example :Early Career (2004-2008)
When Example went to University he wanted to get involved within the Film industry as a film director .
During his period in University he met Joseph Gardner , AKA Rusher and a producer who he would later go on to work with . The university process at a young age was a massive benefit to who Example is within the industry today as he kept the contact he created .
After moving back to London after University Example decided to pursue a future path in editing . But after releasing three singles through his own Label 'All the Chants' Example received a lot of attention from Pete Tong , Zane Lowe and other personalties at Radio 1 . Example also caught the attention of people at four major record labels 'Mike Skinner' ( The Streets)
After receiving a lot of attention through the music labels , Example signed a deal in April 2008 with the beats . Example put out a response to compete with Lilly Allen No 1 hit 'Smile' . Example's first proper release on the beats was 'What we made' released in November 2006
Example then had a major second hit called 'You Can't Rap' which was released in March 2007 followed by a new release of the single 'I Don't want to' .
In February 2008 Example attempted to start his own stand up comedy as part of the BBC2's The Culture Show where he was mentored by English comic Richard Herring . As part of the show example spent six weeks writing and praticing his own stand up routines . His first showing was in front of a paying audience in Covent Garden which was relatively successful . This very much boosted Example's reputation within the music industry and within the comedy industry
Main Breakthrough (2009-2011)
Example's main Breakthrough was in September 2009 when he released a leading single called 'Watch The Sun Come Up' as the lead single from his second album 'Wont go Quietly' . On the debut of the single it came at number 20 in the UK Singles chart which eventually rose to number 19 the following week of being released
On January 18th 2010 Example released another single called 'Wont go Quietly' which got a massive reception from the UK music charts and came in at number 6 which marked a landmark for Example as it was his first single that made the top 10
There was an announcement then made in April 2010 there would be a second album which would include a single called 'Kick Starts' . It received its radio debut on 13th of April on BBC Radio 1 . The single was released on the 20th June and it came in a at a staggering 3rd place within the UK Charts making it Examples highest chart number .
On the 12th September Example released another single called 'Last One Standing' which is my song choice I have chosen to complete for my A2 Media Project . 'Last One Standing' reached a peak of number 27 within the UK Charts .
Thursday, 30 September 2010
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
Thursday 25th September - Example - You can't rap
This is one of examples most popular song that came into the UK TOP 5 which is a very big deal for any artist . It is a very popular song with an amazing beat to the song that is one of the reasons it is so popular .
I decided to put this certain song on my blog because it contains certain cuts which is how I would like my music video to look at the end of the project .
This song is generally considered Example's most popular song by certain people within the industry
Lyrics
You can’t rap my friend you’re white and you’re from Fulham
Please put down the mic there’s no way you can fool them
Don’t be stupid you wont get that far
Turn your back on Hip Hop bruv and go and play guitar
Of all the possibilities I ever coulda chosen
Supposing career wise I’d picked hip hop
Imagine all the tip top rappers’ bottom lips drop
Sittin there shocked that some other bloody shit hot
Dude with a mullet, bussin shorts wearing flip flops
Is spittin to a gathering lookin like a criss cross
Of fans lovin Prodigy, Kylie and Slipknot
Nearly coulda happened bruv, look at me I shit not
Little Elliot, rhymes for the hell-of-it
If only he was ghetto mans maybe we would sell-a-bit
I tried hard to dig up the credentials
Even thought about putting gold in my dentals
An Anglo-Saxon with a broken accent
But rapper’s from Fulham get a strange reaction
So I said bye to rap, saw the issue at hand
Some guitar lessons later, formed my own band
Chorus
Attention Seeking - how far should a man go?
Cut his ear off like Vincent Van Gogh?
Dash cash to the crowd so the venue scrambles
Turn my good life into a Babyshambles?
Fuck myself up real properly, like Pete Doherty
Cover of Heat I’m hot property
Everybody’s clockin’ me I own the crowd
Now I gotta link me up with a Girls Aloud
Next exchange vows now my pops is proud
There’s a nine on my cloud I’m as pleased -
As I ever been bro, mans flash like Jose Mourinho
Women crave me like bottles of Pinot
Now I’ve got big I can fight photographers
Bang the obvious, please biographers
Spend currency til there aint none left
And when I need more I’ll fake my own death
Chorus
Right now it’s just hit and miss, soon I’ll taste a bit of bliss
Bangin chicks at worst with looks like Jayne Middlemiss
Never doin’ hideous, it’s too bad for busi-ness
I spin when they grin with skin like Darth Sidious
Never out-riddle this, you’re all chattin gibberish
Verbal Diarrhoea so you’re never getting rid of this
I hear your retorts there’s All Sorts like liquorice
I can sense your bitterness, you wishin’ you written this
Thursday 24th September -Example's Biography
Elliot John Gleave is the rapper 'Examples' full name. He is an english singer/rapper who in the current time is signed to the music studio company called Data Records . He gained a very strong trademark name as e.g which he used as initials before his name .
'Example' made his serious breakthrough in 2010 when he released his second album called Wont go Quietly which has certain singles which were very poplar within the industry these singles were called 'Watch the sun Come up' Wont go Quietly' Last One Standing and Kickstarts . All of these songs reached the top 40 within the United Kingdom and were all very successful .
Example was born in 20th June 1982 at West London Hospital in Hammersmith . In his family there are two other children and he is the eldest of the children . All of the children attended All Saints Primary School near Fulham . Example went on in his teenage years to go on and attend ADT college in Wandsworth .
Example's main reason he starting rapping was due to his general introduction to hip-hop through albums released by Wu-Tang Clan and Snoop Dogg . Aged 12 he entered into his first rap battle at a friends house party in Shepherds Bush where he 'destroyed the other boy with some very clever lyrics'
In 1992 Example won a royal mail award ' The poet of the year ' which won his school a brand new computer .
in 2000 Example Example attended Royal Holloway University in London to study film directing . While at University he started Garage Mcing to earn some money on the side .
'Example' made his serious breakthrough in 2010 when he released his second album called Wont go Quietly which has certain singles which were very poplar within the industry these singles were called 'Watch the sun Come up' Wont go Quietly' Last One Standing and Kickstarts . All of these songs reached the top 40 within the United Kingdom and were all very successful .
Example was born in 20th June 1982 at West London Hospital in Hammersmith . In his family there are two other children and he is the eldest of the children . All of the children attended All Saints Primary School near Fulham . Example went on in his teenage years to go on and attend ADT college in Wandsworth .
Example's main reason he starting rapping was due to his general introduction to hip-hop through albums released by Wu-Tang Clan and Snoop Dogg . Aged 12 he entered into his first rap battle at a friends house party in Shepherds Bush where he 'destroyed the other boy with some very clever lyrics'
In 1992 Example won a royal mail award ' The poet of the year ' which won his school a brand new computer .
in 2000 Example Example attended Royal Holloway University in London to study film directing . While at University he started Garage Mcing to earn some money on the side .
Friday, 24 September 2010
Tuesday 22nd September - Lyrics of the song
Here are the lyrics of the song I have chosen to complete for my A2 Media Project
Tell the taxi driver pull up over there
Sprint down the street and we don’t pay the fare
Onto the district line, force open the door
Theres loadsa seats free but we cotch on the floor
Last night we both died a death
Just flowed til no cider left
Jumped out the wrong side of bed
Now another night of wrong lies ahead, ha
To be a kid again, Nancy and Sid again
Need medicine, cut out the middle men
Run free, only way to get rid of them
Never gonna catch us
We’re on the run
And Im about to lose it
Shes like a gun
And she aint afraid to use it
We’ll catch our very last train
Light our very last flames
And we’ll knock it all back and forget our names
Cos its our last night
And its one last fight
We’re the last ones
The last ones standing
Go tell the waitress, we’ll have 2 rum and cokes
Ask for the bill and then we’ll split when she goes
Out the fire exit wearing some strangers coat
We’ll sing it out til we’re sore in the throat
This aint childs play like pass the parcel or
Build a castle, jus a couple of rascals who
Go harder, live faster
Fight til the end like Jason’s Argonauts
Cos lifes a carnival
Theres no reason, motives marginal
Don’t care if we’re cold and starvin
We’ll still be laughin when…
We’re on the run
And Im about to lose it
Shes like a gun
And she aint afraid to use it
We’ll catch our very last train
Light our very last flames
And we’ll knock it all back and forget our names
Cos its our last night
And its one last fight
We’re the last ones
The last ones standing
We’re on the run
We’ll catch our very last train
Light our very last flames
And we’ll knock it all back and forget our names
Cos its our last night
And its one last fight
We’re the last ones
The last ones standing
Tell the taxi driver pull up over there
Sprint down the street and we don’t pay the fare
Onto the district line, force open the door
Theres loadsa seats free but we cotch on the floor
Last night we both died a death
Just flowed til no cider left
Jumped out the wrong side of bed
Now another night of wrong lies ahead, ha
To be a kid again, Nancy and Sid again
Need medicine, cut out the middle men
Run free, only way to get rid of them
Never gonna catch us
We’re on the run
And Im about to lose it
Shes like a gun
And she aint afraid to use it
We’ll catch our very last train
Light our very last flames
And we’ll knock it all back and forget our names
Cos its our last night
And its one last fight
We’re the last ones
The last ones standing
Go tell the waitress, we’ll have 2 rum and cokes
Ask for the bill and then we’ll split when she goes
Out the fire exit wearing some strangers coat
We’ll sing it out til we’re sore in the throat
This aint childs play like pass the parcel or
Build a castle, jus a couple of rascals who
Go harder, live faster
Fight til the end like Jason’s Argonauts
Cos lifes a carnival
Theres no reason, motives marginal
Don’t care if we’re cold and starvin
We’ll still be laughin when…
We’re on the run
And Im about to lose it
Shes like a gun
And she aint afraid to use it
We’ll catch our very last train
Light our very last flames
And we’ll knock it all back and forget our names
Cos its our last night
And its one last fight
We’re the last ones
The last ones standing
We’re on the run
We’ll catch our very last train
Light our very last flames
And we’ll knock it all back and forget our names
Cos its our last night
And its one last fight
We’re the last ones
The last ones standing
Tuesday, 21 September 2010
Tuesday 22nd September - Example Personal Information
Birth name Elliot John Gleave
Also known as Example, example:/XMPL
Born 20 June 1982 (age 28)
Origin Fulham, London, UK
Genres British hip hop, UK Garage
Occupations Vocalist, Rapper
Instruments Vocals, Rapping
Years active 2004–present
Labels All the Chats (2004–2006)
The Beats (2006–2007)
Data (2008–present)
Associated acts Mr Rusher, Andy Sheldrake, Chase & Status, Hervé, DJ Wire, The Streets, Hadouken!, Don Diablo, MJ Cole Lily Allen
Website http://www.trythisforexample.com
Also known as Example, example:/XMPL
Born 20 June 1982 (age 28)
Origin Fulham, London, UK
Genres British hip hop, UK Garage
Occupations Vocalist, Rapper
Instruments Vocals, Rapping
Years active 2004–present
Labels All the Chats (2004–2006)
The Beats (2006–2007)
Data (2008–present)
Associated acts Mr Rusher, Andy Sheldrake, Chase & Status, Hervé, DJ Wire, The Streets, Hadouken!, Don Diablo, MJ Cole Lily Allen
Website http://www.trythisforexample.com
Friday, 17 September 2010
Friday 17th September - Music Video Choice Conclusion
Me and Josh met up after school and sat down and looked up various videos online that would be challenging for us .
I went Joshes house after school at around 7 and we stayed up until around 1 in the morning to decide on a good music video to do .
We originally decided to do a Lady Gaga song possibly Bad romance but after listening to it on numerous occasions we decided it did not have enough pace and anderenelin in the music video to create something very special from it
At the end of the night we were watching Sky with MTV and a song came on called Example - Last One Standing
As soon as we heard the song I decided to go on the internet and start to research the song in more detail .
I did some research on the Artist who is called Example and found out that he is the sort of personality that I would like to build a music video around .
So we decided to choose this song .
I went Joshes house after school at around 7 and we stayed up until around 1 in the morning to decide on a good music video to do .
We originally decided to do a Lady Gaga song possibly Bad romance but after listening to it on numerous occasions we decided it did not have enough pace and anderenelin in the music video to create something very special from it
At the end of the night we were watching Sky with MTV and a song came on called Example - Last One Standing
As soon as we heard the song I decided to go on the internet and start to research the song in more detail .
I did some research on the Artist who is called Example and found out that he is the sort of personality that I would like to build a music video around .
So we decided to choose this song .
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