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Issue 1
A step above the rest
EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEW
Tinie Tempah
storms at the
MOBOs
GAME OVER
GRIME’S GREATEST
COLLABORATE GRIME’S
Tinchy Stryder*GIGGS NEWEST
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IMPACT
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taking
over”

2. CONTENTS
FEATURES
10 BEHIND THE
MUSIC...
learn the back stories which lead to
success of girl band IMAPCT
15 EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEW
Tinie Tempah after his win at the
MOBOs
22 GAME OVER
Behind the scenes on the sets on
“GAME OVER” featuring interviews
with Tinchy stryder and Devlin
REGULARS
32 NEWEST TALENT
STEP UP magazine finds fresh
talent and lets you decide who
should pefrom at our showcase
“STAND OUT”
50 STEP UP IN YOUR
NEIGHBOURHOOD
Find out whats going on in your area
that can improve your imput in
music

3. BEHIND THE “NEVER, STOP,
BELIEVING!”
IMPACT
MUSIC.....
Here at STEP UP we
like to find out the
real artists behind
the music in our arti-
Q. Who or what inspired you
to become apart of the Grime
industry?
A.“Growing up in East London we
would constantly be listening to
A.“To be honest the reaction was
initially was amazing, we were
so excited, getting a top 10 hit
single is a huge achievement for
anyone, especially if you are just
starting out in the industry, it
cle “BEHIND THE MU- this style of music because of its gave us a huge boost. It showed
popularity at the time and it was that there is an audience out
SIC” by asking your considered as part of our culture, there that enjoy our music but
questions to your especially at secondary school can also relate to our lyrics. This
we went to. Lunchtime would single meant a lot to us in indi-
favourite Grime art- transform into the arena for the vidual ways, and as the majority
best rappers to show their talent
ists. off in a form of a battle show-
of the song is rap the support
gave us a shock.”
casing their original bars to get
Q. How did you cope as a the applause and respect of the
group with the transition from Q. How did you come up with
crowd. Being in a male territory the name of your group “IM-
school to the music industry? at the time it was intimidating, PACT”?
so we would sort of write and
A. “At the beginning of our perform our bars to ourselves
career we found it difficult not A.Uh..our name basically is what
and close friends. We were grow- we as a band feels represents us,
to have the familiar security of ing in support and we knew that
people like teachers and stu- we are strong as a whole, and we
we had something and getting started out to create an impres-
dents around us for support, it over stage fright was a growing
was a big step for us to take. By sion within the Grime industry,
process.” making us a name while showing
making the move into the mu-
sic industry we knew that there that if we can make it from a
Q. Before music became your dream so anyone with a dream
was never any certainty that we priority in life what were your
would be successful, not knowing should as well.
own individual dreams & pas-
whether of not we would achieve sions?
our dreams was a change from This interview has been great,
the stability that we felt school and I think your fans would
A.JaZmine “Well I always had have found out everything
gave us. As months passed by we and interest in animals and at
became comfortable in our new they need to know about your
sALISHA
the time I thought I would be- group. To finish this interview
urroundings and knew we had come a vet, since then that
made the right decision.” dream has been pushed back into Q. In three words what do
the distant future.” you say to people that think
Q. Some people may com-
pare you to girl bands like for that they can’t make it into
A.Layna “I actually wanted to the music Industry?
example Mis-Teeq, how would be an actress the celebrity fac-
laYNA
you say you differ from their tor is what attracted me to it, I
style of music? A.“NEVER, STOP, BELIEVING!”
always wanted to live life in the
fast lane and have my name in FINAL THOUGHT
JAZMINE
A.“Being compared to a success- lights.”
ful girl band is always going to
be seen as a compliment to us I hope this inter-
as we know that we have similar
A.Salisha “I personally had and I view has shown you
styles: for example our band also
think will always have the pas- dedication that has
features a large amount of rap-
sion for fashion, so if my career to been put in to
ping. But we consider ourselves
in music doesn’t work out as become success-
to be different and unique in
planned you’ll be seeing my ful in following your
a way because we are braking
name on the labels of your new dreams, if your like
through into a male dominated
favourite clothes.” IMPACT and found
environment,show others we can your path in career at
be as good as them even perform
Q. How did you react to the an early take the girls
to a higher standard.”
success of your debut single advise.
“On the other side”?
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