IYRE’s Food Themed Bangers

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The thought process behind this chart was to showcase some of my favourite UK Flavours with literal food culture references, some of which are exclusive to the UK, but some of which are exciting wordplay, across a few other genres besides Electronic Music that I carry dearly in my heart. The chart truly represents who I am as a Musician, along with clever food related word play.- IYRE

Foreign Beggars x Noisia – Contact

“I’m seasoned like a chicken tikka wrap in Dalston”

NOW, you CANNOT go wrong with a nice Chicken Tikka Wrap and who’s better to start the list other than the mighty Foreign Beggars. PAV4N pays homage to his Indian roots by shouting out a favourite dish which is quite popular in the UK.

MC Det Skibadee and Shabba D

“Mans spicy like peri-peri, jumpin’ on riddims like I’m mad off curry”

Obviously, being a fan of the jungle and drum & dass MC culture, I had to include a legendary exchange between MC Det, Skibadee and Shabba D, from the olden golden days. Clever wordplay, and another famous dish in the UK.

Stormzy – Wiley Flow

“Now I’m eatin’ prawns on a Caribbean Coast, couple of jerk wings, I’m the GOAT”

Stormzy’s music inspires me, and I do tend to incorporate some of the grime elements in my music then and there, which is why I chose this tune, along with some TASTY food references. Reminds me of the time we went to this Jamaican restaurant called The DUTCHIE!!

Aitch – Taste (Make it shake)

“Finish fingers, chips, beans, and some broccoli”

Can’t go wrong with a balanced diet (somewhat hahaha) but shouts to Aitch for bringing in the greens to the table.

D Double E – Where Do We Come From

“Steak bake, corned beef pasty, man get a ting from Greggs”

For the East London crew, and whenever I visit London, I don’t forget to get my dose of G R EGGS (see what I did there) Personally, a huge fan of the Orange Chocolate !!! Can’t go wrong with a nice pastry to go with the Orange Chocolate..

Nina Simone – I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl

Clever word play I thought, with the name, makes me happy. Nina is a legend, so obvious to have made this list.

The Beatles – Savoy Truffle

“Crème tangerine and montelimar, a ginger along with a pineapple heart”

I’m a huge fan of chocolates, the song is basically about Eric Claption’s fondness for chocolates, hence why this was selected !!

Mouth watering goodness..

Nirvana – Pennyroyal Tea

“I’m on warm milk and laxatives”

A bit of grunge never hurts, and this performance was historical, nice word play in relation to Tea, something Sri Lanka is world famous for..

Duck Sauce – Babra Streisand

The whole aesthetic of duck sauce associated with food so had to choose this as well..

Prince – Cream

Mostly a metaphor but prince might also be hinting about the actual cream.

Apparently he had written this as a response to a label who requested a hit song from him. Initially started as a parody of himself, this became one his smash hits. Quite rebellious and a cleverly used metaphor to show his disdain towards the situation he was in.