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Gunshot was a British hip hop group formed by MC Mercury, MC Alkaline, Q-Roc and DJ White Child Rix in the area of Leyton in East London. British hip hop is a genre of music, and a culture that covers a variety of styles of Hip hop music made in the United Kingdom. Leyton is an area of East London and part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. East London is the name commonly given to the north eastern part of London, England on the north side of the River Thames.

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They released their debut single "Battle Creek Brawl" (Vinyl Solution, 1990) to some acclaim, which was followed swiftly by the single "No Sell Out/Crime Story" (Vinyl Solution, 1991). The Big Brawl, ( also known as Battle Creek Brawl, was a 1980 Martial arts film which marked Jackie Chan 's first attempt Vinyl Solution was a Record label of the late 1980s and early 1990s that was spawned from an independent London based record store based at 231 Portobello Road (now Vinyl Solution was a Record label of the late 1980s and early 1990s that was spawned from an independent London based record store based at 231 Portobello Road (now Both singles were well received within the hip hop scene, but following this release Q-Roc left the group to join Son of Noise under the name Curoc. Hardnoise were one of the founding fathers of the British hip hop scene and - along with early label-mates Hijack - set the template for the UK hardcore Mercury, Alkaline and White Child Rix continued with the group, releasing a succession of singles in 1991/1992 that soon cemented them a place as one of the leaders of the UK Hip Hop scene. Their style was hardcore and fast, quickly coming to be considered - along with groups such as Hijack - the defining style of the genre. Hardcore hip hop is a form of Hip hop music that developed in the late 1980s Hijack were a hip hop group from Brixton in London, featuring Kamanchi Sly, DJ Supreme, DJ Undercover, Ulysses

One of their releases in this period was "Killing Season/Nobody Move" (Vinyl Solution, 1992), which was the first of their tunes to feature guest vocals from the rapper Barry Blue. Vinyl Solution was a Record label of the late 1980s and early 1990s that was spawned from an independent London based record store based at 231 Portobello Road (now Blue continued to provide guest vocals on some tracks for the group right up until their final album, as well as releasing the White Child Rix produced "The Story Begins . . . EP" (Move, 1994) as a solo artist. Unfortunately, his solo career never took off.

The reception of Gunshot's first singles was good, and demand was soon growing for an album. The group released the seminal album Patriot Games, which soon became regarded as one of the defining albums of the British hip hop scene. Patriot Games ( 1987) is a Novel by Tom Clancy. It is chronologically the second book (after Without Remorse) featuring British hip hop is a genre of music, and a culture that covers a variety of styles of Hip hop music made in the United Kingdom. The album was notable for the track "Mind Of A Razor," which was subsequently released as a single and included an unlikely remix by British heavy metal band Napalm Death. A remix is an alternative version of a song different from the original version Napalm Death are

More singles followed, including "Color Code" (Vinyl Solution, 1994) which featured remixes by Depth Charge - repaying the favour of Alkaline rapping for them on the "Depth Charge vs Silver Fox" (Silver Fox Records, 1991) single.

A second album was anticipated, and indeed the group were working on it for Vinyl Solution. However, there were problems and the album was never released. Instead, Vinyl Solution released a compilation of the highlights of the group's singles to date. This marked the end of Gunshot's association with Vinyl Solution, and the group went underground. They communicated with their fans via their now defunct website www. gunshotuk. com whilst they worked on getting a new record deal.

The fruits of this were another single and a new album - Twilights Last Gleaming (Words of Warning, 1997), which was well received but led to another long period away from the limelight as they worked on producing their second album - International Rescue (Words of Warning, 2000) - from the ground up. Again, the album was well received but failed to ignite the scene in the way that their earlier work did. Most notable on the album was the track "The English Patient", which included guest spots from some of the founding father's of the British scene - Blade, MC Mell'O', Huntkillbury Finn, Chester P and Icepick. Blade (Born August 2 19?? is a British rapper born in the Armenian quarter of Iran and came to MC Mell'O' comes from Battersea in south London, and was originally known for his bodypopping skills rather than his rapping going under the tag Moomin Joey Coombes (born June 21, 1976) better known as Chester P, is a much respected rapper in the UK hip-hop scene The song bemoaned the current state of the British scene - at a time when new artists were starting to come up and get recognition nationwide.

The album was billed as Gunshot's final album even before it was released, and the group made good on that promise. In recent years, Alkaline has been guesting on tracks by artists such as Junior Disprol and Aspects. There is still hope within the scene that the group will reform, although as yet there is no sign of it happening.

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