Thursday 15 October 2009

R.I.P Channel U/AKA

LMAO at some of the shit I see on this channel nowadays. If your new to this thing im obviously talking about Channel AKA.(Why would you change a shit name to an even shitter name btw.) People seem to wonder how a channel with no quality control seems to survive... well its cause channel AKA is simply there to rape the market. Urban artists and consumers alike. Raping them all. From them text chats, to the fake video requests, to the competitions, to the admin fees artists have to pay to get their video on(btw some videos ACTUALLY get rejected and they will still keep your money lol), to the fact they are granted the rights to your music if you choose to submit a video.(You have no choice their gonna be shotting your ringtone for months.) Oh yeah and lets not forget they make the artists waive their right to PPL and VPL payments...

But thats a next thing everyone knows aka is dead. Even the local celebs that used to make a video every 2 weeks just to see their face on sky know its dead. If you watch it for half an hour and dont laugh/cringe at the poor quality of EVERYTHING all the way thru come meet me so i can slap you. Dead.

But who remembers when Channel U, was the TING. When it first started, good/hype/fun music, good quality videos, constant new vids as well(50% involving the same guys tho, shizzle and napper featured on everything) actually interesting stuff. Well 'Us dead now, and has been for some time but you can watch all these videos below and reminisce about the good old days. (I gave up searching for the vids but if theres any you feel NEED mentioning, drop it in the comments and I'll add them when I get back)























POUR SOME LIQUOR OUT FOR CHANNEL U.

LOL @ me ever forgetting this.

4 comments:

  1. REALLLL TALKKKKKKKKK

    ADD CRZY TITCH - I CAN SEE YOU

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  2. BACK IN THE DAY, AFTER SCHOOL, IT WAS THE TING. SKA RIDDIM AND SOUTHSIDE ALLSTARS...BOY..THE MEMORIES !!

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  3. The Mitchell Brothers Ft/ Kano & Skinner - Routine Check
    Kano - P's & Q's
    Bruza - Get Me & Doin Me
    Crazy T - Singalong
    The Streets - Get out of my house Remix
    Shystie ft/ kano & bruza - One wish remix
    Roll Deep - When Im Ere
    Bearman - Drinkin Beer
    Mastermind Troopers - Monsta Riddim
    SLK - Hype Hype
    Rep ur Endz south
    YGC - Countdown Riddim
    Faith SFX - Oh My
    YGC - Young Guns
    Essentials - State Ur Name
    Roadside G's - Can't come to the roadside
    Wong - Orchestra Boroughs
    Mondie - Pull Up Dat
    Skepta - Private Caller
    On Da Block (w/ d.dark, royal and them lot)
    Kidset Vocal

    lol@the long list I forgot too many though

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  4. There used to be a website called Channel U Exposed (I think it still exists on myspace or sth). Well, AKA is a rebrand because VITV (the owners of Channel U) hit the wall... a new company setup by the same people bought the rights to the channels (U and the pop one) and decided to rebrand so it doesn't look so dodgy.

    Actually, everything mentioned in CHU Exposed still occurs. The same agreement form etc. The rebrand was to shake off the exposure (which stopped many people putting in videos) and the dodgy drop of a failing company full of debt, to begin with a new one (similar to what "faceparty" (if you remember it) did).

    It also is a myth to believe Channel U was responsible for big artists such as Dizzee Rascal etc. (anyone aware of such music will realize he was part of the Roll Deep Crew who had numerous non-CHU avenues such as pirate radio stations to develop fan base and exposure). I wont discredit them from for having a helping part in the success - but for example, other music channels can also claim for the bigger artists such as Dizzee Rascal. In fact, CHU has a low viewer length statistics typically due to quality of music/videos and ringtone adverts - requiring many people to keep channel hoping every couple of minutes.

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